Associate, Global Executive Search

Your Team

The Global Executive Search Team is a high-performing team responsible for Managing Director hiring and critical leadership succession planning across the BlackRock franchise. Since 2012, the team has completed hundreds of executive searches across every business unit and is recognized as a trusted talent advisor to BlackRock's most senior leaders and HR executives.

Beyond recruiting, the team serves as a strategic talent advisor to BlackRock's most senior leaders. The team provides executive market intelligence, succession planning support, competitive intelligence, and access to exceptional external talent, helping leadership teams make informed talent decisions that drive long-term business success.

As trusted partners to senior stakeholders, the team plays a critical role in shaping leadership pipelines, assessing organizational talent needs, and identifying executives capable of advancing BlackRock's strategic priorities.

Your Role & Impact

As an Associate on the Global Executive Search Team, you will partner closely with BlackRock's senior executive recruiters to support Managing Director level hiring. Working alongside trusted advisors to BlackRock's most senior leaders, you will help identify, assess, and engage exceptional talent while supporting strategic decisions that shape the firm's future leadership pipeline.

You will contribute to all aspects of the executive search and talent advisory process, including talent mapping, market intelligence, competitive benchmarking, candidate engagement, and search execution. The role offers unique exposure to members of the Global Executive Committee, business unit leaders, and regional and divisional Heads of HR.

This is a unique opportunity to learn from and work alongside some of the most accomplished executive recruiters in financial services. Through direct exposure to complex executive hiring, succession planning, and strategic talent advisory work, you will develop the skills, judgment, and executive presence required to become a trusted partner to senior business and HR leaders. Over time, you will assume increasing responsibility for your own portfolio of searches, talent mapping initiatives, and strategic talent projects while continuing to expand your advisory capabilities and executive search expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Executive Search senior team to support Managing Director searches and critical succession planning initiatives across BlackRock.

• Conduct market mapping, talent research, and competitive intelligence to identify and assess executive talent.

• Develop and maintain diverse pipelines of senior talent through direct sourcing, networking, referrals, and market research.

• Engage and cultivate relationships with prospective candidates, effectively communicating BlackRock's opportunities, culture, and value proposition.

• Support succession planning efforts by identifying, evaluating, and benchmarking external talent aligned to future leadership needs.

• Prepare talent maps, candidate assessments, market intelligence reports, and executive-ready search updates for senior business leaders and HR executives.

• Partner with senior recruiters to provide insights on talent markets, competitor activity, organizational structures, and emerging leadership trends.

• Assist in managing candidate processes, stakeholder communications, interview coordination, offer development, and onboarding activities.

• Meet with prospective and newly hired executives to build market intelligence, strengthen referral networks, and deepen competitive insights.

• Maintain accurate search activity, market intelligence, and candidate information.

• Contribute to delivering a highly personalized, high-touch candidate and stakeholder experience throughout the search process.

Qualifications & Experience

• 3-7 years of executive search, recruiting, talent acquisition, talent research, or related experience.

• Experience working within a leading executive search firm or high-performing in-house executive search function strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated success identifying, engaging, and attracting passive candidates through research and direct sourcing.

• Experience supporting executive-level hiring, succession planning, talent mapping, and leadership pipeline development.

• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex assignments simultaneously.

• Ability to build credibility and relationships with senior candidates, business leaders, regional and divisional Heads of HR, and other key stakeholders.

• Experience supporting executive compensation discussions, offer negotiations, and closing processes preferred.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with executive-level polish and professionalism.

• Strong judgment, exceptional attention to detail, discretion, and ability to handle highly confidential information.

• Self-starter with a proactive, commercial, and client-focused mindset.

• Undergraduate degree required.

What Sets You Apart

• Executive presence and intellectual curiosity.

• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills.

• Commercial awareness and passion for executive talent markets.

• Ability to think strategically while delivering against tactical priorities.

• A consultative approach to partnering with senior stakeholders.

• Commitment to delivering exceptional candidate and client experiences.

• Thrives in a fast-paced, high-performing environment with competing priorities.

Why Join Us?

This role offers a rare opportunity to work at the center of BlackRock's most important leadership and succession planning decisions, partnering with senior business leaders, regional and divisional Heads of HR, and members of the Global Executive Committee while learning from some of the industry's most accomplished executive search professionals. Through mentorship, hands-on experience, and progressively greater ownership, you will build the foundation for a long-term career in executive search and strategic talent advisory.