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Form of workJob Title:Aladdin Product, Senior Product Manager
Employer: Blackrock, Inc.
Location: London, United Kingdom
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Employment Type: Permanent
Reference Number: 10826_c1c8e3a15cef453e76b8990743ac48ef
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About this role
We are looking for a Product Manager to join the Aladdin Investment Operations Product Management team and lead the reconciliation product area! This is one of the core components of Aladdin and is used by BlackRock as well as all the Aladdin customers!
The position is a combination of Strategic and Tactical tasks. Many strategic areas need exploration, evaluation, and prioritization, while in parallel ensuring that the tactical needs for continuing to operate the platform are met. It is a sensitive balance of prioritization and partner management.
You will support the end-to-end product roadmap. You will advance the regulatory requirements, feature development, automation, and user experience. On a day-to-day basis, you will be responsible for gathering requests from multiple collaborators, bringing together product requirements, translating these into our Agile operating model Epics and Feature stories, and prioritizing them as part of the backlog grooming.
You will also work very closely with both our UX design and engineering teams to bring the product to market. As a part of a multifaceted and vertically coordinated team that is based in London. Additionally, the structure of the business internally means operating in a matrixed fashion with multiple collaborators in functions like the Platforms team (infrastructure), Product Marketing, Client Services, etc. who are each passionate about diverse clients and users. As you develop the product roadmap, you will need to strategically solve this complexity of users and partners and bring people on the journey in an effective way.
Our ideal candidate is someone who has a proven understanding of the Post Trade-Operations space, a strong technical product orientation, a passion for user experience, and an ability to turn sophisticated requirements into products that make peoples’ lives easier.
About the role:
Aladdin Investment Ops Product Manager: inclusive of the road map, delivery, and results. You will translate product strategy into detailed requirements, and backlogs and partner with design and engineering teams to bring those to life through concepts, wireframes, and final delivery in the market.
Collaborate with Design Leads to optimize how we use data and UX research to define and solve user problems. Part of this also includes supervising external trends and being able to communicate these in a simple, compelling way.
Partner with Engineering Leads to ensure sprints are handled within our release cycle and testing protocols.
Manage customers effectively – communicate product developments in a way that partners understand what we’re doing and why. You’ll be encouraged to partner with other Product Managers to ensure these are in sync with other priorities.
Support the reason and rationale for new features and innovations.
Keep leadership advised of the team’s progress and provide a realistic picture of what is achievable with the resources at hand.
Work with Product Marketing, Client Services, and other team members on promotional plans to ensure that strategies are coordinated.
Quantify the value of features and capability improvement and metrics
Represent the firm and the product by meeting with clients to solicit feedback and be flexible to travel approx. 10% as needed.
About you:
You have proven experience leading technical product developments, and managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle for 5 years.
Understanding and awareness of post-trade ecosystem in 3 areas: Asset management, Asset servicing, Recon utilities such as Intellimatch etc.
Can acquire a deep functional understanding of Aladdin and client use cases.
Understanding of design thinking, Lean UX practices (e.g. concepts, user testing, prototyping, etc), web/mobile development practices, and knowledge of APIs is a significant bonus.
Experience and understanding of both waterfall and Agile project management subject areas, with an emphasis on Scrum.
Good written and verbal communication and ability to gain consensus on plans from a non-technical audience at varying degrees of seniority.
Positive attitude and resilience, with strong problem-solving skills.
Skilled at working effectively with cross-functional teams in a matrix organization.
Working with large-scale transactions & data volumes is helpful
CTM, FIX, and SWIFT knowledge would be beneficial
Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; 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, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.
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