Vice President _ Data Vendor Management

About this role

Key responsibilities:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and strategic VP with a focus on Operational Excellence and Vendor Management. The ideal candidate will be a high-energy and data driven individual who has a track record of leading and doing the day to day operations.

• Vendor Management:
  • Develop and implement policies for vendor management, including performance tracking and reporting.
  • Ensure on time high quality data delivery with a single pane of glass for data pipeline observability and support
  • Partner cross-functionally to enhance existing data sets and vendor operations, eliminating manual inputs and ensuring high quality, and onboarding new data sets
  • Lead change while ensuring daily operational excellence, quality, and control
• Ops Excellence:
  • Develop, monitor, and manage capacity management for multiple vendors
  • Perform monthly variance analysis on KPI and provide insights to internal stakeholders
  • Collaborate with leaders to identify efficiency opportunities on new and existing datasets
  • Support senior management in strategic decision-making with accurate financial/operational data and projections.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Partner across different teams to manage and improve cross-functional processes related to vendor workflow and onboarding/offboarding
  • Communicate insights and vendor performance data to senior management.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and lead initiatives independently
• Ability to operate and monitor large data sets through the data lifecycle, including the tooling and observability required to be ensure data quality and control at scale
• Practical and detailed oriented operations leader
• Unimpeachable ethical standards
• Ability to navigate a large, highly matrixed organization
• Nice to haves: Knowledge of cloud-based databases/warehousing (Snowflake)  SQL, Python, and Business Intelligence tools
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Statistics or Data Analytics

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 Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.