Data Platform Product Management, Aladdin Data, Vice President

When BlackRock started in 1988, its founders envisioned a company that combined the best of financial services with cutting edge technology. They imagined a business that would provide financial services to clients as well as technology services to other financial firms. The result of their vision is Aladdin, our industry leading, end-to-end investment management platform. With assets valued over USD $10 trillion managed on Aladdin by BlackRock alone, and over 150 other investment managers and asset owners using Aladdin, our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial wellbeing. About Aladdin Data (AD) Data is at the heart of Aladdin and increasingly the ability to acquire, store, analyse and gain insight from data has become a key component of our competitive advantage. The Aladdin Data (AD) team is responsible for the data ecosystem within BlackRock. Our goal is to build and maintain a leading-edge Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) that provides highly available, consistent data of the highest quality for all users of the platform, notably investors, operations teams and data analysts internally and at investment management firms around the world. EDP supports four outcomes that, together, enable BlackRock's data strategy: Provide high quality, reliable data and services to power the core investment processes for Aladdin clients Enable Aladdin clients to reduce operational overhead and improve client service by offering both Aladdin data and BlackRock-generated premium content through a commercial data platform, Aladdin Data Cloud (ADC) Acquire, process, and deliver well-governed data for internal AI agents and the teams building and using AI Provide a general-purpose Data Platform as a Service (DPaaS) to enable teams across BlackRock to focus on extracting value form their data Members of the AD team get to experience working at one of the most recognized financial companies in the world, while being part of the design and build of a leading-edge data platform to automate data acquisition, ingestion, transformation, and distribution, and to support enterprise-wide data processing. Our product managers and engineers design and build data systems to solve some of the most complex technical and business data management problems in the industry, and they partner with data and analytics experts to deliver high quality analytical and derived data to our internal and external customers. About this role We are looking for a Vice President of Product to help us deliver and grow the Enterprise Data Platform. In this role, you will work closely with other members of the EDP product team to develop the vision and define the execution strategy for EDP's components, and partner with engineering teams to drive the delivery of those components. You will engage with the platform's users to understand their business needs, use cases, requirements, and priorities; define a product offering to meet those requirements; work with UX designers and the broad EDP team to create a positive user experience; support adoption of the platform; and objectively measure its success.

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.