Associate, Portfolio Management - Index Investment

About this role

Business Unit Overview:

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

About this role

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join the ETF Portfolio Management team as an Associate, based in Taipei. The successful candidate will be part of a regionally integrated team operating across APAC and will be responsible for a broad range of portfolio management activities. This role involves managing ETFs, including day-to-day portfolio construction and management, contributing to investment research and commercial initiatives, and driving technology and process enhancements across the portfolio management platform to deliver strong investment outcomes, consistency, and scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily portfolio management activities, including liquidity management, FX management, portfolio rebalancing, corporate action analysis, primary market activities, and hedging.
• Develop and implement best-practice portfolio management processes that enhance scalability and minimize operational risk.
• Partner with operations, risk, data, and other platform teams to drive process improvements and contribute to system, investment, and trading process enhancements.
• Engage with business and ecosystem partners, including industry participants, clients, and liquidity providers.
• Collaborate with internal partners to design and launch new portfolios and implement changes to existing portfolios.
• Communicate portfolio positioning and investment strategy clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
• Work closely with portfolio management teams to automate workflows and enhance investment processes using Python.
• Explore and apply AI and machine learning techniques, including prompt engineering, to advance scalable analytics and streamline processes.

Key Qualifications

• 3–5 years of relevant experience in portfolio management or a related role, with demonstrated knowledge of financial markets, financial instruments, portfolio construction, risk management, and performance attribution.
• Eligibility to manage multiple Taiwan-domiciled passive ETFs.
• Strong working knowledge of equities, fixed income, FX, and derivatives.
• Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a highly global, team-oriented environment.
• Strong process orientation, with a high level of accountability and ownership in identifying and addressing business risks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
• Experience with Python, SQL, VBA, or other programming languages is preferred.
• Ability to fulfill local licensing requirements.
• Qualified applicants, including people with disabilities, are welcome to apply

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.