Aladdin | Private Markets | Senior Product Manager | Director | London

About this role

At the heart of BlackRock, the largest investment management firm in the world, is the Aladdin Product team. Being a member of Aladdin Product means working with the industry’s thought leaders to build innovative and forward-looking products that shape the financial markets. The Aladdin Private Markets Product team builds next-generation technology that changes the way global investment firms manage their private markets assets.

Sitting at the intersection of business and technology, Product Managers work closely with Aladdin developers and other stakeholders to innovate, conceptualize, design and pilot new capabilities to simplify our clients’ biggest problems. As an Aladdin Private Markets Product Manager, you will be responsible for leading, managing, and executing on our product vision.

About Aladdin Private Markets

Aladdin is our operating platform to manage and account for investments. It unites client data, operators, and technology needed to manage transactions in real time through every step of the investment process. Aladdin exists so that every financial professional can understand investment decisions and act with clarity.

Aladdin combines sophisticated risk analytics with comprehensive portfolio management, trading, operations, and accounting tools on a single platform to power informed decision-making. The Private Markets product group extends the scope of Aladdin, providing our clients a single, front-to-back investment platform with comprehensive private markets coverage.

In this position, your primary responsibility will be to assist asset servicers in utilizing the Aladdin private markets product to collaboratively serve asset manager clients. Additionally, you will work on enhancing our investor management capabilities for private markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the private markets asset servicer & Investor product story to expand Aladdin’s private market capabilities.
• Understand and communicate private markets concepts to internal and external stakeholders.
• Partner with engineers to craft and deliver accounting and performance solutions for the private markets community.
• Demonstrate comfort with ambiguity and the ability to navigate and resolve unfamiliar challenges independently with a driven, solution-oriented mindset.
• Execute against core principles of standard Product Delivery Life Cycle (PDLC) including maintenance of product roadmaps, requirements, specifications, release notes, and stakeholder management.
• Analyze and research private markets data, working with partner teams to mitigate challenges and explain results.
• Be a market expert - be ahead of industry, market, regulatory, and technology trends to build opportunities for BlackRock and better serve our clients.

Desired Qualifications

• 5-10 years of work experience in product management or in asset servicing for private markets.
• Experience with product and software development lifecycles, including interacting with product stakeholders, end users and software developers.
• In depth knowledge of private markets operating models, asset servicing in private markets, and private markets investor management. 
• Ability to present complex conceptual ideas to senior stakeholders and execute against them.
• Ability to prioritize, schedule and manage tasks effectively, problem solve independently, and manage business risk exposure.
• Understanding of investment lifecycle and market performance is a plus.
• Experience engaging with clients and understanding their product needs is a plus.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: 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

BlackRock’s 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. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

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