# Director, Strategy & AI Transformation

**Company**: BlackRock
**Location**: New York, NY
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD$173,500.00 - USD$270,000.00
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219635

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## Description

BlackRock's Risk & Quantitative Analysis (RQA) team is seeking a highly motivated Director to join its Strategy & AI Transformation team. This individual will act as a senior delivery leader across some of the firm's highest-profile strategic initiatives, spanning AI transformation, Private Markets risk management, operating model redesign, and cross-functional innovation programs.

The ideal candidate combines the execution discipline of a world-class program leader with the curiosity and adaptability of a startup operator. They are comfortable navigating ambiguity, building relationships across senior stakeholder groups, and driving complex initiatives from concept through implementation.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Strategic Program Leadership:

- Lead the day-to-day execution of a portfolio of strategic initiatives across AI transformation, operating model redesign, and Private Markets risk management.

- Drive Program governance, prioritization, milestone management, dependency tracking, issue resolution, and executive reporting across multiple workstreams.

- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on program execution risks, resource allocation, and delivery strategy.

- Coordinate complex initiatives involving stakeholders across RQA, AI Labs, Technology, Aladdin, Private Markets, and corporate functions.

- AI Transformation:

- Support execution of RQA's AI strategy and flagship transformation initiatives, including the RQA's priority AI projects.

- Partner with business leaders to identify, prioritize, and scale AI-enabled workflows.

- Coordinate efforts across AI governance, model validation, AI risk management, technology teams, and business stakeholders.

- Help establish repeatable operating models, governance frameworks, and adoption strategies for AI solutions across RQA.

- Track value realization, productivity gains, and business outcomes associated with AI investments.

- Private Markets Strategy & Innovation:

- Support the evolution of BlackRock's Private Markets risk management operating model.

- Coordinate strategic initiatives spanning Private Credit, Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate, and related risk functions.

- Work closely with investment, risk, analytics, and technology teams to drive implementation of new capabilities supporting BlackRock's growth ambitions in private markets.

- Facilitate collaboration across BlackRock Private Assets teams to accelerate harmonization efforts.

- Executive Engagement & Stakeholder Management:

- Develop materials and recommendations for senior leadership forums.

- Prepare strategic updates, business cases, operating model proposals, investment requests, and executive communications.

- Influence stakeholders across organizational boundaries without direct authority.

- Represent the team in senior meetings and act as an extension of leadership when required.

- Operating Model & Team Development:

- Help design scalable operating models for AI-enabled risk management.

- Contribute to workforce transformation efforts, including AI adoption, capability development, and organizational effectiveness.

- Support development of governance frameworks, delivery standards, and best practices across strategic programs.

- Identify opportunities to improve execution discipline, transparency, and cross-functional collaboration.

**Qualifications**

- Required:

- Bachelor's degree required.

- 8+ years of relevant experience in strategy, transformation, program management, consulting, technology, risk management, or related fields.

- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale cross-functional transformation programs.

- Strong understanding of AI, data, analytics, or digital transformation initiatives.

- Exceptional project and program management skills.

- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to engage credibly with senior executives and technical specialists alike.

- Proven track record of influencing stakeholders without formal authority.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

- Ability to operate effectively in highly ambiguous and fast-changing environments.

- Preferred:

- Experience within financial services, asset management, fintech, or technology.

- Knowledge of investment management, risk management, or private markets.

- Experience working with AI, machine learning, data platforms, or enterprise transformation programs.

- MBA or advanced degree preferred.

**Benefits**

- Salary range: USD $173,500.00 - USD $270,000.00

- Annual discretionary bonus

- Comprehensive healthcare

- Leave benefits

- Retirement benefits

- Tuition reimbursement

- Flexible Time Off (FTO)

## Skills

### Required
- strategy
- transformation
- program management
- consulting
- technology
- risk management
- AI
- data analytics
- digital transformation

### Nice to have
- financial services
- asset management
- fintech
- machine learning
- data platforms
- enterprise transformation programs
- MBA

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