About this role
Who we are:
BlackRock’s Global Product Solutions business (GPS) was formed in 2024 to innovate, curate and commercialize the full breadth of our investment platform to meet client needs, wherever they are. We do this by innovating the next wave of products and solutions, accelerating iShares adoption, sharpening our focus on active, scaling private markets and our transition businesses, and driving focus on commercial priorities through product prioritisation.
Within the GPS organisation is the EMEA COO team, which is accountable for core business management activities (includes headcount, financial discipline and talent strategy), business governance and oversight, driving operating efficiencies as well as leading strategic cross-functional projects. The team has a broad remit and partners with teams across GPS and the firm.
Your Role:
As an Associate, you’ll bring strong organisational, analytical and communication skills, navigating the organisation with confidence and resourcefulness. Your ability to build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholder groups will be key to your success.
What You'll Do:
- Partner with senior management to execute strategic priorities and key initiatives, ensuring delivery against milestones and business objectives
- Support the effective functioning of the GPS business, including headcount and budget strategy, and coordination with partner groups and global teams
- Drive governance, reporting, and control frameworks to ensure transparency, risk mitigation, and strong operational discipline
- Develop recurring performance and strategy reporting, tracking initiative progress, key risks, and investment outcomes for senior stakeholders
- Gather, synthesize, and translate complex information into clear, impactful executive-level presentations and materials
- Scope, plan, and execute multiple, often quick turnaround projects to drive operational efficiency, automation, and process enhancement
- Facilitate regional forums and leadership reviews, ensuring clear ownership of actions and accountability for execution
- Build strong cross-functional relationships to enable alignment, manage dependencies, and drive delivery across teams
- Manage strategic fee agreements process, coordinating across stakeholders to ensure smooth execution
- Champion GPS talent and culture initiatives in partnership with HR and senior leadership
What You Offer:
- Strong understanding of the asset management industry, BlackRock’s business and operating model
- Proven project, relationship and stakeholder management experience, with the ability to influence and partner effectively
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience producing executive level, management quality materials
- Structured thinker able to synthesise complex information and turn insights into clear, actionable recommendations
- Experience supporting governance, oversight and risk management frameworks in a fast-paced environment
- Highly organised and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver against tight timelines
- Digitally fluent, with strong PowerPoint and Excel skills and the ability to leverage emerging tools (including AI) to drive efficiency and quality
- Proactive ‘roll-up-your-sleeves’ approach to deliver results
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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What We Do
As the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock partners with investors around the globe to help them (and those on whose behalf they invest) plan for life’s most important goals – like retirement, home ownership and their children’s education. Our clients range from governments, foundations and other large institutions to those investing on behalf of individuals, including firefighters, nurses, teachers and factory workers. BlackRock was founded with the idea of creating a better asset management firm — one that was purpose-driven, focused on clients and risk management, and propelled by data and technology. Our breakthrough Aladdin® platform is BlackRock’s technological backbone, helping investors see and manage their whole portfolios in one place – from constructing investments to monitoring risk and executing trades. Used by hundreds of external institutions around the world, Aladdin combines powerful analytics and a common language to help investment teams make faster, more informed decisions across public and private markets. It’s a key part of our business and one of the reasons we’re trusted to manage more assets than any other investment manager today. At BlackRock, we challenge conventions and raise the bar for what’s possible. We harness technology to unlock new solutions, simplify complexity, and deliver investment strategies that meet people where they are. Whether it’s retirement planning, wealth building or navigating market shifts, we’re here to help clients invest more easily, more affordably and with more choice as we chart a path toward financial well-being together. Learn more: Careers.BlackRock.com
Why Work With Us
Without our people, technology is irrelevant. When we combine the power of people with the power of technology, we amplify our ability to create better outcomes for our employees, clients, shareholders and society alike.
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