Associate, Platform Product Manager

Do you want to shape the future of financial technology?

The Aladdin Platform team is responsible for engineering and operating the core service layer that runs Aladdin, the central nervous system powering the investment decisions of both BlackRock and its clients, and a $1bn technology business that has significant growth aspirations over the next five years. As the pace of growth of Aladdin accelerates, we are dedicated to the speed of product delivery, predictability in execution, and quality. The Platform team is responsible for a suite of foundational and modern products and services including IT Service Management, Observability, Orchestration, API Management, Cloud Infrastructure and CI/CD Pipelines. Our Product Management Office sits within Platform and supports our engineering community by delivering well-defined products with clear roadmaps and efficient and reliable delivery.

Primary Responsibilities

As a Product Manager within Platform, you will be responsible for driving the transformation and delivery of services and capabilities that support Aladdin. You will define and own the product vision, roadmap, and success metrics, and will build relationships to develop a community of internal teams and senior leaders to influence prioritisation and execution alignment. You will work hand in hand with engineering to drive strategic outcomes, platform adoption and ultimately enable fast delivery of Aladdin features and unlock commercial opportunities.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Product or programme management experience of 2+ years, leading all aspects of development from vision to delivery and adoption.

• Technical understanding of SDLC, DevOps, ServiceNow or similar

• Can navigate ambiguity with ease

• Experience in defining specific features at a detailed level and delivering technology implementations using agile development methodologies.

• Experience in delivering scalable, flexible core platform products.

• Demonstrates strong teamwork values and an ability to work as part of a geographically diverse team.

• Communicates effectively, shares compelling stories with senior leaders, and encourages teams to envision new possibilities.

• Strong analytical approach and ability to use sound data and logic to make compelling arguments.

• A bias toward action and a proven track record of delivering at rapid speed.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience (Computer Science or Engineering preferred)