Description
Elevate your career by joining the world's largest asset manager! At BlackRock, we strive to empower our employees and effectively engage your involvement in our success. We value and recognise your contributions daily.
We are looking for top-level problem solvers who like getting into the details and are actively engaged in creating and implementing scalable solutions that usually involve process, technology, and organisational change. You will gain an understanding of how the firm and ETF ecosystem functions and leverage your financial markets / investment management industry knowledge and your technical abilities to collaborate with business, technology, product and operational leaders in delivering the firm’s most critical and valuable ETF projects.
Responsibilities:
- Design, innovate, and implement ETF operating models, technology solutions and commercial opportunities
- Operate horizontally at the intersection of capital markets, investments, ETF servicing, post trade processing, technology, and core services
- Lead and drive ETF platform change both internally at BlackRock and externally across Service Providers partnering with business leaders
- Develop a solutions capability for tactical and strategic needs referencing API’s and data across the ETF and Investment book for record
- Partner with the firm’s leadership to help shape BlackRock’s ETF platform strategy to maximise growth, scale, and consistency
- Develop project objectives with measurable goals, drive consensus and communicate plans and results to stakeholders and management throughout
- Establish, oversee and execute complex multi-faceted testing strategies to deliver change
- Maintain a One BlackRock perspective driving positive and impactful outcomes for the firm
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to the team’s overall development.
Qualifications:
- 3-5+ years of experience in financial services or a related industry, including experience engaging with leadership executives and successfully driving and delivering complex and impactful strategic change programs
- Ability to define holistic business requirements and communicate the needs of the team effectively
- Experience in platform design and system integration
- Outstanding leadership experience with a track record of successful people management outcomes
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of investment management products and asset types, including but not limited to ETFs, Mutual Funds, Fixed Income, Equities, Derivatives, and Alternatives.
- Significant and successful track record in driving and delivering complex and impactful strategic change programs
- Experience navigating a complex matrix of accountability and stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills: ability to clearly articulate objectives and influence outcomes
- Results driven individual with a high level of attention to detail and intellectual curiosity
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects at the same time
- Technical aptitude, understanding how technology drives scale and the ability to sit at the intersection of business subject matter experts, product management and engineers
- Ability to gather and analyse facts, analyse big data, define problems, and suggest solutions
- Prior experience or interest in data analysis including python, sql, API’s and power bi
Our benefits include retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
Our hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities.