Technical Product Manager - Aladdin AI, Vice President

About this role

Product Manager, BlackRock AI  

The Product Manager for Aladdin AI will be responsible for setting a clear AI Product Strategy with our Aladdin business partners and delivering cohesive AI experiences for Aladdin clients & the firm. They will be responsible for enabling teams to deliver against this strategy in an accelerated, safe and managed way.

Success looks like integrating AI across Aladdin and surrounding workflows to improve the client servicing experience and deliver unmatched value to clients through productivity and efficiency gains. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become ubiquitous within technology and will be core to our strategy to advance our firm. We believe it will transform the investment process and is critical to BlackRock staying competitive.  This team will sit at the forefront of development for AI solutions within Aladdin to unlock sizable value, scale, and opportunity for our clients. 

As the product manager for Client Sales and Servicing, your chief responsibility will be setting the vision & strategy for AI products to improve the client experience and working with teams across the firm to deliver against that strategy. You will be responsible for executing on the product roadmap that enables us to achieve that vision and effectively balances priorities across the firm. You will be responsible for working with Sales leads to conceptualize a cohesive AI experience to do their jobs more efficiently & effectively. You’ll partner with the Aladdin AI product management team to prioritize shared solutions & lead product increment planning, enabling us to deliver on our objectives. 

Your insights and ability to drive our product forward will help our team deliver world-class AI capabilities and a superb experience for clients. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your unique skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual! 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Build a cohesive & robust Sales and Servicing experience. Articulate strategy for building AI tools & features within Aladdin to improve both the client experience and user productivity. 
• Conceptualize and communicate a product vision for the client experience, identifying key opportunities and product solutions to leverage AI. Set clear path for adoption. 
• Educate and evangelize product value internally with senior stakeholders and externally while developing and managing key product relationships. 
• Actively shape the AI strategy with business teams across Aladdin. Set the standards & processes for adoption, development, and releasing of AI solutions. 
• Partner with Aladdin product team to prioritize initiatives across Aladdin to achieve product strategy and work with Aladdin product teams to deliver against firmwide roadmap. Establish critical partnerships across the central & federated teams and lead product increments to ensure delivery on set objectives and key results. 
• Support the prioritization of the backlog and work with team to mitigate development blockers and define deployment strategy across firm. 
• Deeply understand the end-to-end processes across the Aladdin to identify opportunities to evolve the product. Lead user research and actively engage with investment community to acquire feedback that influences product roadmap and improves product value. 
• Stay up to date on the fast-evolving artificial intelligence space, keeping ahead of trends, and competitive financial capabilities in the fast-evolving AI landscape, ultimately influencing product offering and strategy. 

For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$162,500.00 - USD$215,000.00 . 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.

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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.