Investment Platform Team, Associate

Who we are

PMG Tech Platform is responsible for delivering the Power of the Platform: central capabilities to accelerate tech and research solutions, drive innovation, and build a tech community.

Within PMG Tech, the Investment Platform Team (IPT) focuses on delivering high impact Platform Change for Investments & Trading: partnering with investors and traders and playing a critical role in developing the investment and operating platform. The team combines strategy, business process, and technology expertise to maximize growth, scale, and operating consistency across Investments, with a strong focus on Aladdin.

Projects often span people, process, technology and product. We also work with senior technology, investment and business management partners to define and lead platform strategy, ensuring the platform continues to evolve with the key priorities of BlackRock’s investment teams.

What you will be doing

This role is primarily passionate about the following key areas:

• Work across the globe, managing critical initiatives that improve the investment operating platform

• Help create solutions to complex problem statements, including regulatory changes, new instrument or product launches, macro events, to name a few

• Assist with business process reviews, use a data driven approach to solve sophisticated problems & influence solutions

• Engage with our Aladdin Partners to help identify innovative solutions, build new Aladdin functionality and unlock insights to influence further advance of the platform

• Navigate and connect the dots across the firm to ensure efficiency, scalability and risk management

• Define, handle and execute platform strategy together with Investment COOs and leadership teams

We are looking for someone who

• Holds at least a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.

• 4+ years’ work experience in financial services, FinTech, and/or order/trade management systems preferable.

• Has experience with APAC financial markets, investment operations, and regulatory environments.

• Enjoys a challenge and is curious about how things work

• Is comfortable navigating a sometimes-steep learning curve while gaining subject matter expertise

• Is a great teammate, is open and exudes positivity in a group setting

• Has excellent communication skills and a “get the job done” mentality

• Brings knowledge of the capital markets, asset classes, financial instruments (equities, fixed income and derivatives) beneficial

• Ability to navigate life of a trade from both a business and technology view

• Aladdin knowledge and proficiency in technology (SQL, Tableau, Python) a plus

• Proficiency in local APAC languages (Japanese, Mandarin) is a plus.