About this role
Business Area: Fixed Income Product Strategy
BlackRock’s Fixed Income team manages over $3 trillion globally and is recognized as one of the industry’s most innovative and diversified fixed income platforms. The team brings together world-class portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, and fundamental investors across regions, offering clients a uniquely broad set of solutions across index, active, alternative, and liability driven strategies.
Product Strategists are insightful investment professionals who partner closely with Portfolio Managers and Client Business. They play a central role in connecting investment teams with the client business, ensuring investment perspectives are aligned with client needs and market realities. Embedded within investment teams, Product Strategists provide specialized product, investment, and market expertise.
As Product Strategists progress in seniority, the role offers a unique opportunity to shape high-impact investment proposals and deliver strategic presentations that meaningfully influence client decision-making. Senior Product Strategists play a critical role in helping Japanese clients navigate fixed income markets by translating global investment insights into actionable, locally relevant solutions, thereby making a tangible contribution to the evolution of fixed income investing in Japan.
This role is also rewarding in that it allows Product Strategists to work closely with BlackRock’s global fixed income platform and help make its capabilities accessible and relevant to Japanese investors. By partnering with global portfolio managers and investment teams, Product Strategists support the effective delivery of global fixed income insights and solutions to the Japan market, contributing to thoughtful product positioning and client engagement.
Responsibilities:
Lead partnerships with client business, marketing, and internal stakeholders to position and support BlackRock’s fixed income products in Japan
Represent products and portfolio managers in client review meetings, market updates, and adhoc portfolio discussions — independently and effectively
Communicate investment outlooks, market insights, and product updates to key clients, using global research and resources
Be responsible for the creation and enhancement of product materials, including presentations, marketing content, RFPs, reports, and written commentary
Manage and respond to sophisticated client requests, including deep duediligence questionnaires and product assessments
Drive new product development from idea generation through launch, collaborating with global and regional teams
Qualifications:
Candidates should bring proven experience in product strategy, product management, or investment related roles (within asset management or broader financial services), or a solid understanding of fixed income and capital markets concepts
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Japanese and English
Proven track record to understand and address the needs of strategic clients
Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts clearly and concisely
Collaborative attitude with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships quickly
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.
BlackRock Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — A 401(k)/Retirement Savings Plan with a stated company match formula (subject to plan caps) alongside an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is prominently featured. Feedback suggests these elements make the financial-wellness offering a notable strength among large employers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of at least 16 weeks for primary caregivers, plus adoption support, fertility benefits, and child/elder back‑up care, is highlighted across materials. Offerings are substantial, with specifics varying by location.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off for many U.S. salaried roles, paired with sick and bereavement leave, provides generous time‑away options. Wellness resources such as free access to Calm and an Employee Assistance Program further support rest and recovery.
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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
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