Vice President, Asset Manager Relationship Manager

About this role

BlackRock Overview:

BlackRock is a global leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients. As of December 31, 2024, BlackRock’s AUM was $11+ trillion. BlackRock helps clients around the world meet their goals and overcome challenges with a range of products that include separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares® (exchange-traded funds), and other pooled investment vehicles across public and private markets. BlackRock also offers risk management, advisory and enterprise investment system services to a broad base of institutional investors through BlackRock Solutions®. As of year-end 2024, the firm had approximately 20,000 employees in more than 30 countries and a major presence in global markets, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East and Africa.

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Business Unit Overview:

The Americas Institutional Businesses (AIB) is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with sophisticated institutional investors. Across the US, Canada and LatAm, AIB is focused on helping asset managers, pensions, universities, non-profits, family offices, healthcare systems and other institutional investors meet their financial goals and serve their constituents and communities. We are comprised of teams of professionals with expertise spanning many functions working together to meet the unique needs of our clients including relationship management, marketing, sales, client service, and product development and management. Professionals within AIB work together to deliver a full range of asset management, risk management and advisory services supporting our clients’ investment objectives. 

Role:
The Asset Manager Relationship Manager will develop and cultivate relationships with existing clients and prospects in the target market. They will market a full range of investment options including ETFs, traditional long-only strategies, alternatives, and multi-asset solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage key client relationships and drive engagement with CIOs, Portfolio Managers and traders to identify and pursue new potential business and retain existing business.
• Work alongside Senior Relationship Managers on all on-going business development, client service and communication with clients and prospects.
• Develop asset class fluency across BlackRock's product range - including iShares ETFs, fixed income, equity, hedge funds, real assets, private equity and private credit.
• Lead strategic client targeting and design well-planned and engaging client meetings that uncover Client needs and interests, and best deliver BLK product fit.
• Drive new revenue and opportunities across products and client types.
• Prospect and initiate brand building and sales activity with investors not currently engaged in discussions with iShares or BLK product. Develop and execute strategy to uncover and develop mandates that will have the most commercial impact.
• Use BlackRock's proprietary systems to gather security, capital market and economic data to create a range of presentati