Product Management Whole Portfolio Technology - Director

About this role

About the Role:

We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused leader for our Aladdin Product Management Whole Portfolio technology team. This leader will drive the vision, technology roadmap, and delivery of innovative solutions that power the next generation of investing across Aladdin’s Whole Portfolio technology product platform.

The ideal candidate will bring deep technology experience and knowledge across public and private markets and workflows, while successfully leading and empowering colleagues across a wide range of business functions to deliver results for Aladdin clients and BlackRock. The role will partner with globally distributed product and engineering teams, drive technical architecture decisions, accelerate AI-enabled capabilities, and lead cross-functionally across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Strategy & Vision

• Define and evolve the long-term product strategy for whole portfolio technology, aligned with firmwide objectives to scale BlackRock’s private markets business and deliver against Aladdin’s private markets commercial targets.
• Translate market trends, client needs, and internal partner feedback into a technology product roadmap that spans the end-to-end investment book of record.
• Partner closely across the Private Markets Product team to drive a cohesive Whole Portfolio product narrative.
• Embed AI explicitly into product strategy formation, roadmap definition, and prioritization. Leverage AI to increase efficiency, velocity, and rigor in setting, sequencing, and evolving the private product roadmap, enabling faster iteration and clearer trade-offs.

Execution & Delivery

• Lead cross-functional squads to deliver on roadmap priorities, including support for complex fund structures, enhanced fund operation and transaction models, investment operations, and accounting and performance.
• Partner with engineering and design teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of features across Aladdin and eFront platforms.
• Lead a cross functional Aladdin team to drive forward product builds across Aladdin Data, Trading, Portfolio Management tools, Compliance, Post Trade, and Risk and Analytics.
• Drive the adoption of an AI enabled product development lifecycle and hold teams accountable for using AI to improve execution velocity and operating efficiency, while maintaining appropriate governance, quality, and risk discipline.
• Manage the product backlog and existing and new product commitments and escalations for 75+ clients.
• Engage with internal BlackRock investment and operations teams, external asset managers, and data partners to validate product direction and gather feedback.

Client & Partner Engagement

• Partner closely with Aladdin business development, client transformations/implementations, and relationship management teams to drive client engagement and deliver commercial revenue targets for Aladdin’s Whole Portfolio technology product offering. 
• Collaborate with go-to-market, marketing, and enablement teams to support product launches, client pipeline, revenue conversion, client onboarding and implementations, and internal education.
• Educate and evangelize the Whole Portfolio product narrative to Aladdin business partners.

Team Leadership & BlackRock Engagement

• Grow and mentor a high-performing team of product managers. Lead by influence and encourage a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Set clear expectations for AI enabled ways of working across product teams, positioning AI as a core component of how product managers plan, prioritize, and execute.
• Cultivate relationships with BlackRock investing and operational teams as part of our Aladdin “user-provider” model, and marshal and lead colleagues across the firm to deliver technology solutions and operating model enhancements that deliver priority business outcomes.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in investment management, enterprise investment technology, or financial markets, ideally across OMS/EMS, portfolio management systems, risk systems, or private markets platforms. 
• Strong understanding of front-to-back investment workflows, risk processes, portfolio construction, trading, operations, and technology architectures. 
• Strong understanding of private markets, including deal structures, operational workflows and ecosystem participants.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept to launch.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with experience engaging senior executives and clients.
• Self-starter comfortable operating in fast paced, multi-cultural environments; strong team management and leadership skills. 
• Organized, diligent, and committed to excellence in client engagement and internal execution.
• Deep passion for financial markets and technology. 


For NY7 - 50 Hudson Yards, New York Only the salary range for this position is USD$215,000.00 - USD$275,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.


Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents 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.

Guidance on AI use for candidates

At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.

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.

To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.

BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.

BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email [email protected]. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.