Vice President - Data Platform Program Management

About this role

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.
 

The Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) is a central data onboarding and provisioning platform powered by Snowflake that enables data producers and consumers to share and access data offerings via Aladdin Data Cloud (ADC), Aladdin Studio, and graph services into core Aladdin. EDP and Studio are two key platforms central to Aladdin Data's growth strategy for the next 5 years.

Responsibilities and requirements include:

• Deep expertise in the front and middle office of the asset management domain (buy-side)

• Expertise in the data management space – data acquisition, ingestion, transformation, distribution, consumption and data governance

• Manage large, complex projects/programs (50-100 people) to an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, cost and quality

• Coordinate the development of product definition and roadmaps in partnership w the Product Mgmt team. Requires intimacy with business objectives and Studio technology evolution

• Develop and execute plan for the "commons" across EDP and Studio (i.e. shared technology components & infrastructure), including whatever integration is needed

• Manage Studio squads (following agile methodology and evolving the practice as needed)

• Manage the program increment lifecycle and associated ceremonies

• Produce regular updates for SLT and other stakeholders

• Structure and manage integrated projects and programs to achieve expected business results

• Clarify and communicate project objectives and success criteria

• Manage relationships with senior leadership team and communicate status and issues regularly

• Mobilize and manage a team to execute against project plans

• Lead Business and Technical Design phases

• Lead teams with multiple discipline representation (especially technology, user experience, and product)

• Familiarity with Agile and Iterative Development

Your role and impact:

You will apply your knowledge to some of the firm’s most strategic, complex and high-valued projects. You will have the opportunity to drive scale, ensure consistency and reduce risk across the firm. This is not your traditional project management role; we are looking for world-class problem solvers who want to learn the details and be heavily involved in designing and implementing scalable solutions. We act as the “connective tissue” between the various lines of business by applying in-depth knowledge of BlackRock’s organization, processes and technology in order to execute change.

Your Experience

• 10+ years of work experience

• Ability to clearly articulate objectives and influence outcomes

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience in business process analysis, design, and implementation

• 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)

• Ability to drive the adoption of Scaled Agile practices across global teams. Should be proficient and certified in agile at scale methodologies such as SaFE, LeSS, Nexus etc.

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, su