# Associate, ETF Product Developer

**Company**: BlackRock
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD$110,000.00 - USD$150,000.00
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219635

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## Description

BlackRock is seeking an Associate, ETF Product Developer to design and deliver innovative iShares ETFs and platform capabilities.

The ETF Platform team sits within BlackRock Global Markets & Index Investments (BGM), which brings together Index Investments, Markets, Liquidity & Financing, and Platform & Strategy.

The successful candidate will support the development of next-generation ETF and ETP solutions across active, derivative-based, and digital asset exposures, translating investment concepts into scalable product structures, market solutions, and operating models.

Responsibilities:

- Architect innovative ETF operating models: Design and implement end-to-end operating models and platform capabilities that enable new ETF products, investment strategies, and asset classes.

- Enable product innovation: Partner with Product and Investment teams to evaluate new product opportunities, identify structural and operational complexities, and develop solutions that support successful launches.

- Drive cross-functional execution: Lead initiatives across Portfolio Management, ETF Capital Markets, Technology, Operations, Risk, Legal, and Compliance, aligning stakeholders and managing dependencies to deliver outcomes.

- Build scalable and resilient platforms: Ensure operating model designs are scalable, efficient, risk-controlled, and capable of supporting continued business growth and product complexity.

- Solve complex challenges: Identify risks, constraints, and opportunities across the ETF investment lifecycle, developing creative and practical solutions that balance commercial objectives, investment needs, and operational considerations.

- Advance platform transformation: Identify opportunities to leverage technology, automation, AI, and market infrastructure developments to improve efficiency, reduce operational risk, and enhance platform capabilities.

- Influence and communicate: Synthesize complex topics, articulate trade-offs, and drive alignment and decision-making across diverse stakeholders and senior leadership.

Requirements:

- Experience in financial services, preferably in ETF product development, investment management, capital markets, investment operations, or risk management.

- Strong understanding of securities markets, investment products, and the ETF ecosystem, including familiarity with multiple asset classes and the investment lifecycle.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to connect the dots across complex processes, challenge existing approaches, and design innovative, scalable solutions.

- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, build relationships, influence decisions, and drive outcomes across diverse stakeholders without direct authority.

- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex topics, articulate trade-offs, and engage effectively with senior stakeholders.

- High intellectual curiosity and an interest in investment strategies, market infrastructure, and technology, with the ability to learn quickly and navigate ambiguity.

- Self-motivated, organized, and outcome-oriented, with sound judgment and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience designing ETF operating models, investment workflows, or technology-enabled platform capabilities.

- Familiarity with ETF primary markets, portfolio management processes, and BlackRock's Aladdin platform or comparable investment technology.

The salary range for this position is USD$110,000.00 - USD$150,000.00. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits.

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## Skills

### Required
- securities markets
- investment products
- ETF ecosystem
- analytical skills
- problem-solving skills
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- ETF operating models
- investment workflows
- technology-enabled platform capabilities
- Aladdin platform

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