Investment Product Strategy - Equities, Vice President

About this role

Fundamental Equities

Fundamental Equities sits within BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (PMG), which encompasses Fundamental and Systematic investing across Fixed Income, Equities and Multi-Asset Strategies. The Fundamental Equities business is a key division at BlackRock with over $228bn of assets under management, across 70+ strategies and over 240+ investment professionals. The Fundamental Equity teams (FE) use traditional analytics to pick stocks and assemble coherent, deliberate and diversified portfolios. Through cutting edge technology, sophisticated models and embedded research, our investment management approach provides superior performance for our clients and is an important part of the BlackRock brand.

About Product Strategy

Product Strategists are serving as a link between portfolio managers, client relationship managers and various internal partner teams. We use our deep understanding of products and markets to make the investment process more relatable to our clients.

We are expanding our Core Product Strategy team in Budapest, one of our innovation hubs responsible for timely and effective production of marketing materials and fund analytics, also fielding client inquiries. In addition to servicing existing clients, core product strategists have an opportunity to help support campaigns that drive new AUM for the team, defend existing business with clients, and ultimately achieve commercial objectives for Fundamental Equities.

About the Role

We are looking for an innovation lead responsible for driving sales enablement and automation projects utilising coded and AI based solutions. Our new hire will focus on adding scale to the FE Platform by overseeing the FE PS innovation pipeline, leading our global Citizen Developer group and spearheading new tech socialisation efforts.

Role Profile

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead sales enablement projects that incorporate technology or automation
• Support client servicing through workflow automation; Drive initiatives focused on efficiency gains and improving collaboration among PS teams
• Design a data framework that enhances our ability to extract and visualise business intelligence
• Seek ways to grow utilisation of GenAI tools
• Act as a repo guardian and oversee the FE Citizen Developer community; Help juniors to develop their coding skills
• Build familiarity with FE product offering and key fund metrics; Represent the team on internal forums, seek synergies with other functions (PAG, Aladdin etc.)
• Keep abreast of regulatory and other structural trends and ensure that both new and existing products comply with regulatory requirements
  

You should have:

• 5+ years’ experience in financial services, preferably with focus on equity markets or data analytics
• Excellent communication skills across both verbal and written mediums. Fluency in written and spoken English is essential
• Strong problem solving, data management and manipulation skills with a focus on Python, R and Snowflake
• Experience in data visualisation using Tableau or PowerBI is a plus
• Strong attention to detail, a sense of urgency around deadlines and an ability to multitask
• People management experience is a plus.
• Proactive, problem-solving attitude supported by the ability to effectively combine outputs from different sources of technology/systems
• Keen interest in global financial markets; be up to date on macro events and market trends
• A desire to pursue CFA, FRM and/or CAIA is welcome

Your Learning & Development will include:

• Participating in market updates about the positioning of our products
• Learning about our clients and their investment strategies
• Assisting investors in achieving their investment goals by utilizing BlackRock’s technology
• Collaborating across multiple business functions to learn about the product life cycle

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; 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.

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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.