Technology Program Manager

About this role

Associate/VP, Program Management

Job Description

BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. BlackRock’s mission is to create a better financial future for our clients. We have a responsibility to be the voice of the investor, and we represent each client fairly and equally. Constant communication with a diverse team of partners strengthens us and delivers better results for our clients. Continuous innovation helps us bring the best of BlackRock to our clients. BlackRock offers a range of solutions — from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world’s capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.

About BlackRock Aladdin Data Role

Data is at the core of the Aladdin platform and our ability to consume, store, analyse and gain insight from data is a key component of our competitive advantage. Our goal is to provide highly available, consistent, high-quality investment data & analytics to our clients, while evolving our platform to enable growth at scale. We are driving a major transformation of the entire data supply chain for the firm, while operating the existing pipeline, also modernizing our data platform architecture for resiliency, scale and performance. To accomplish this, we have created a portfolio of programs. Some programs own elements of the data supply chain, others own functions that span the entire supply chain, with others focused on infrastructure. The programs intersect at specific points but are designed to work in parallel and independently deliver incremental benefit to clients and the firm.

Your role and impact

You will apply your skills and knowledge to some of the firm’s most strategic, complex and high-valued projects. You will have the opportunity to drive resiliency, scale, consistency and reduce risk across the firm with a key focus on infrastructure programs leading a key database replatform initiative for Aladdin Data.

The Program Manager is responsible for one or more programs in the portfolio providing: 1) program leadership; 2) strategic planning; 3) structure for workstreams; 4) steering committee updates; 5) program management.  This role operates within an agile development framework that spans operations and engineering as well as adjacencies such as the Aladdin product group, risk, quantitative modelling, and engineering teams.

The domain is complex. The program manager is responsible for crafting a path from requirements to deployment that realizes benefits with minimal disruption to clients and internal consumers. Successful program managers will be able to break down complex decisions into a series of steps and move the organization through those steps to reach a consensus. They will need to harness not only their core program management skills but knowledge of data management, technology development, operational improvement, and financial asset management as well as the ability to communicate clear in writing and in speech to all levels of the organizations.

Responsibilities and requirements include

• A passion for high quality, efficient solutions
• Experienced in IT infrastructure and technical project delivery
• Manage large, complex, multi-year projects/programs to an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, cost and quality
• Coordinate the development of product definition and roadmaps in partnership with the product management team
• Coordinate project delivery across organization functions & engineering team
• Structure and manage integrated projects and programs to achieve expected business results
• Manage the product increment lifecycle and associated ceremonies
• Manage relationships with senior leadership team and communicate status and issues regularly
• Clarify and communicate project objectives and success criteria
• Mobilize and manage a team to execute against project plans
• Lead business and technical design phases

Your Experience

• 3+ years of work experience
• Ability to clearly articulate objectives and influence outcomes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of Scaled Agile practices across global teams.
• Advanced user of agile management tools
• Understanding of IT infrastructure including database platforms
• Advanced MS Excel & PowerPoint user
• Ambitious and proactive – able to show initiative and come up with ideas without prompting
• Technical aptitude, understanding technology in a business context
• Experience working with global, distributed teams across multiple cultures and time zones
• Sense of curiosity and the courage to ask tough questions
• Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science or Engineering preferred)

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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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.