Associate, Data Product Manager

About this role

Data Product Manager – Associate

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.

As the Product Manager for Client Data Platform, you will own the strategy and roadmap for providing a data platform that empowers business insights, analytics, reporting, and data applications across the company.

This position requires you to be a self-starter with the ability to take ownership, work with tight timelines, handle various tasks simultaneously while continuing to develop a positive work culture. The candidate should be creative, detailed and very client data oriented.  Furthermore, this candidate should be able to coordinate and drive work among a large set of stakeholders to achieve a goal with very little supervision.  Being results driven is a must.

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Own the strategic direction and creation of the data platform roadmap, with key initiatives and milestones.

• Own and enhance data tooling around data science, storage, transformation, analysis, sharing, and reporting.

• Represent the team as the main interface for collaboration with internal business partners and actively engage with them to ensure delivery is aligned with business needs and the product vision.

• Maintain close partnership with the data science, data engineering, and business intelligence teams.

• Lead the development of data centric toolchains that enable both technical and nontechnical people to access, visualize, and leverage insights from complex datasets.

• Present roadmaps, complex ideas and features to a broad audience effectively.

• Design and implement a domain driven data architecture and create data lakes across different domains.

Qualifications

• BA/BS required; major in Business, Finance, MIS, Computer Science or related fields preferred

• Excellent presentation skills (oral and written) and analytical skills (including building models and managing complex XLS datasets)

• SQL and/or database experience highly desired

• Strong self-motivation and ability to lead work streams relatively independently

• Ability to multi-task, managing long complex projects alongside urgent high-priority tasks.

• Deep experience with CRM, eBusiness or Database Marketing

• 5+ years of experience writing requirements documents and functional specifications.

• 3+ years of experience using BI tools e.g. Tableau, Business Objects etc.

• 3+ years of project/task management

• A deep understanding of the software development life cycle and best practices

For Seattle only the salary range for this position is $117,500 – $142,500.0. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, 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.

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.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

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.