About this role
About the Role:
Are you passionate about technology shaping global financial markets? At BlackRock, we combine the agility of a startup with the responsibility of managing $12+ trillion in assets, empowering millions of investors worldwide.
As Director, Enterprise Architecture within Aladdin Engineering group, you will define and drive strategic architecture across the asset management platform—aligning business strategy, regulatory obligations, and technology capabilities.
This role influences target-state architecture across front-, middle-, and back-office domains, enabling scalable investment processes, robust risk management, and resilient client servicing.
You will partner with senior leaders across investments, distribution, operations, risk, compliance, and technology to modernize platforms while ensuring security, availability, and regulatory compliance.
Scope of Aladdin Engineering Group:
- Design and scale technology for tomorrow’s challenges
- Build solutions for BlackRock and our global client ecosystem
- Champion best practices and contribute to open-source communities
- Deliver high-quality, testable software with continuous innovation
Key Responsibilities:
Enterprise & Domain Architecture
- Define and maintain architecture vision, principles, and target-state across:
- Investment platforms (e.g., portfolio management, trading)
- Data, analytics, and reporting platforms
- Client, distribution, servicing, and IT operations
- Core operational and reference data services
- Align architecture to the business strategies and commercial outcomes of the firm.
Data & Analytics Architecture
- Define enterprise data architecture for investment, market, reference, and client data
- Enable advanced analytics, risk modelling, and performance attribution
- Promote governance, lineage, quality, and privacy controls
Technology Strategy & Governance
- Establish architecture standards and approved patterns (cloud, data, integration, security)
- Govern solution designs for consistency, reuse, and alignment
- Drive technology rationalization and vendor/platform strategy
Cloud & Platform Modernization
- Lead cloud and hybrid architecture strategy balancing innovation with regulatory constraints
- Modernize legacy systems supporting trading, settlement, accounting, and reporting
- Support strategic partnerships with fintech and market infrastructure providers
AI Adoption & Implementation
- Define enterprise AI strategy to enhance investment insights, operational efficiency, & client experience
- Identify opportunities for AI/ML integration across Aladdin platform components
- Establish governance frameworks for ethical AI use, regulatory compliance, and risk controls
- Partner with data science and engineering leaders to align AI initiatives with business objectives
- Drive strategic decisions on AI platforms, tooling, and vendor partnerships
Transformation & Change
- Provide architectural leadership for:
- Front-to-back platform modernization
- Data and analytics transformation
- M&A integration and platform consolidation
- Identify technical debt and define pragmatic remediation roadmaps
Regulatory, Risk & Resilience
- Ensure compliance with global regulations and internal risk policies
- Embed resilience, continuity, and disaster recovery in designs
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Cybersecurity for “controls by design”
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors in computer science/engineering (Masters preferred)
- 10+ years in enterprise/solution architecture within financial services
- Deep understanding of asset management domains (investments, risk, operations, distribution)
- Proven experience in regulated, high-availability environments
- Strong ability to communicate complex concepts to senior stakeholders
Preferred Skills & Experience:
Technology & Architecture Expertise
- Strong foundation in data architecture and analytics platforms
- Cloud architecture experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) in regulated environments
- Familiarity with APIs, event streaming, messaging, & modern design patterns (SOA, Microservices, DDD)
- Hands-on coding in Java, Python, JavaScript, C/C++; relational and NoSQL databases
- Experience with frameworks for streaming/distributed systems (Kafka, Cassandra)
- Knowledge of secure architectures and modern web stacks
Certifications & Standards
- TOGAF and cloud certifications preferred
Leadership & Analytical Skills
- Advanced problem-solving and influential communication across global teams
- Ability to guide software architecture decisions and evaluate integration methods
- Collaborative leadership across time zones
Key Competencies:
- Strategic mindset with commercial awareness
- Passion for technology and ownership of outcomes
- Strong understanding of risk, controls, and regulatory obligations
- Ability to influence across business and technology domains
- Pragmatic decision-making under pressure
- Clear, confident communication with senior stakeholders
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.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.
BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email [email protected]. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.
BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.Top Skills
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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