Vice President, Markets and Investments Advocacy

About this role

Are you ready to join the world’s largest asset manager and lead the way in index investing?  BlackRock Global Markets and Index Investments (BGM) brings together BlackRock’s Index Investments, Cash Management, Global Trading, ETF Markets, Securities Lending, and Financing & Financial Resource Management businesses.

Together, we provide clients with superior market access and index investment outcomes through:

• World class talent, operating at the intersection of investment insight, markets expertise, risk management and process design
• Technology at the heart of our processes, with in-business tech teams that create cutting-edge IP, providing an advantage in quality, scale, and risk control
• A focus on transforming markets, driving and advocating for more accessible, resilient, and transparent markets to deliver more choice and lower costs for investors

Your team

The mission of the Markets and Investments Advocacy team is to effect change that makes investing easier and more accessible for people around the world. We drive growth by introducing new ways to modernize markets and set industry standards, and we anticipate challenges by engaging with internal and external stakeholders early and often, ensuring that BlackRock’s and our clients’ interests are advanced and protected.

Our approach to advocacy is centered on three pillars:

• Setting our strategy: We connect horizontally across our markets and investments businesses and with our partner teams to identify the most pressing issues for our clients and our business to drive commercial growth. We build alignment and create visibility around our priorities to improve market investability, promote investor access and protection, and support innovation.
• Activating the industry: We engage with external partners in and around the capital markets ecosystem (e.g., liquidity providers, index providers, trade associations, exchanges, and policymakers) to identify areas of shared interest and amplify our impact.
• Telling our story: We use our voice to advocate for investors and our clients, and shape how we “show up” in markets. This includes establishing our principles, aligning key internal stakeholders, and creating content and thought leadership to educate investors and build awareness externally.

Your role and impact

We are seeking a Vice President to lead critical initiatives to advance our markets and investments priorities. This person will play a meaningful role researching and analyzing competitive and industry dynamics and unlocking growth, partnering closely with the Head of Markets and Investments Advocacy and teams across BlackRock.

Your responsibilities

• Lead a subset of BlackRock’s markets and investments advocacy priorities, including developing principles, engagement strategies, and activation plans. Topics may include ETF innovation, digital assets, retirement, private markets, and market structure modernization.
• Identify opportunities for BlackRock to play a leading role in transforming markets, including ways to engage partners across the capital markets ecosystem to build support.
• Collaborate with BlackRock’s Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team to execute on public policy initiatives (e.g., responses to regulatory proposals, supporting business leadership’s meetings with policymakers, etc.).
• Create a feedback loop into the markets and investments business around market changes, enabling us to go to market quickly, capitalize on opportunities, and absorb industry change back into our operating model and procedures.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests for content, feedback and insights (e.g., input for town halls, Board meetings, briefing memos, etc.)
• Contribute to thought leadership that supports the strategic direction of the Advocacy team (e.g., whitepapers, OpEds, social media activations)

You have…

• A passion for markets, with asset management expertise strongly preferred
• An interest in public policy and an investor-first mentality with a desire to effect significant change
• Exceptional judgement with ability to independently lead cross-functional projects with a high degree of visibility
• Excellent written communication skills, with proficiency in adapting communication styles based on format (e.g., memos, whitepapers, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal skills with experience engaging and influencing a diverse set of partners, including senior leaders
• Proven project management and organizational skills, with high attention to detail and sense of urgency
• Ability to work in entrepreneurial environment and to be a motivated and adaptable self-starter

For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$137,500.00 - USD$194,000.00 . 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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