Director - Data & Analytics, BlackRock Investment Stewardship

Function Description 

 The BlackRock Investment Stewardship team (BIS) operates across three regions – the Americas (New York and San Francisco); Europe, Middle East and Africa (London); and Asia-Pacific (Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney) – and undertakes engagement with and proxy voting at portfolio companies on behalf of index clients globally. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of high performing specialists globally. 

Team Overview  

The BIS team’s activities are guided by BIS’ role as a fiduciary on behalf of our clients. In this role, the Director will lead the Data & Analytics team within BIS supporting the delivery of processes and tools on behalf of the global BIS team. The role is based in New York, and reports to the Head of Platform, BIS.  

Role

The Director will lead the BIS Data & Analytics team, managing three engineers based in New York. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering global, data-centric stewardship capabilities including research and reporting, which will complement the qualitative company-specific research conducted by BIS engagement and voting analysts. In this role, the Director has responsibility, in close partnership with BIS’ engagement and voting analysts, to drive the buildout and maintenance of various tools and processes in support of BIS’ engagement, voting and client reporting operations.  

The successful candidate should possess a passion for creative and critical thinking about the stewardship ecosystem, investment research, financial and corporate governance data analysis, as well as working closely with the broader technology business at BlackRock. 

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