Japan Wealth (Wholesale), Associate

About this role

Your team

The Japan Wealth team serves a broad range of intermediary clients, including securities firms, banks and other wealth distribution partners, providing investment solutions and services across asset classes.

Within the team, this Tokyo-based role focuses on investment communication, investor education and content delivery, helping financial advisors and investors better understand markets, investment opportunities and portfolio solutions.

Your role and impact

BlackRock Japan is seeking an Associate to support the continued growth of our Wealth business through client education, investment communication, content development, and wholesale distribution engagement.

This is a specialist wholesale role focused on investment communication, client engagement, and investor education rather than traditional relationship management. You will have the opportunity to represent BlackRock externally, delivering presentations, training programs, seminars, digital content, and investment insights for financial advisors and investors across Japan.

Success in this role will reflect both commercial contribution and the ability to educate, engage, and inspire audiences through impactful communication and thought leadership. As a visible representative of BlackRock in Japan, you will help strengthen the firm’s brand, client relationships, and investor engagement across in-person and digital channels.

Your responsibilities

In every role at BlackRock, you'll be expected to apply sound judgement and critical thinking to solve complex problems, adapt as the business evolves, and combine the curiosity to explore new approaches and technologies with the rigor to challenge the results. The scope of this role also includes the following responsibilities:

• Deliver investment seminars, market outlook presentations, training programs, conferences, and webinars for financial advisors, relationship managers, and investors across Japan, serving as a presenter, moderator, and spokesperson where appropriate.
• Translate complex investment concepts into compelling, accessible narratives across active strategies, ETFs, multi-asset, retirement, and alternative investments, strengthening BlackRock’s position as a trusted investment educator.
• Develop and deliver engaging educational and thought-leadership content across webinars, video, podcasts, articles, digital channels, studio recordings, live broadcasts, and other investor engagement formats.
• Build strong partnerships with securities firms, banks, trust banks, insurers, and digital platforms, working with distribution colleagues to support strategic growth and business development initiatives.
• Identify market trends, regulatory developments, and evolving investor needs, using analytics and AI-enabled tools where appropriate to improve audience engagement, content effectiveness, and commercial outcomes.
• Partner across investment, product, Product Strategy, Portfolio Specialists, Marketing, Communications, Risk & Analytics, and Operations to deliver coordinated client experiences and incorporate market feedback into product positioning, content, and business strategy.
• Conduct client-facing activities in accordance with BlackRock policies and Japanese regulatory requirements, while maintaining disciplined CRM practices and appropriate business reporting.

Your experience

• Approximately 3–5 years of relevant professional experience in areas such as asset management, wealth management, securities, banking, insurance, financial media, investment education, journalism, or related fields.
• Exceptional Japanese-language communication, presentation, storytelling, and public-speaking skills, with the ability to simplify complex investment concepts and engage audiences in person and through digital channels.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, investment principles, products, and portfolio construction, with the ability to translate investment knowledge into accessible and actionable client communication.
• Experience delivering investment seminars, advisor training, conferences, webinars, broadcasts, or similar educational programs, with confidence presenting or appearing in live and recorded formats.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel within Japan as needed to engage distributor branches, sales professionals and clients.
• Highly collaborative and effective in a global matrix organization, with strong professional integrity and a client-centric mindset.
• Native-level Japanese and business-level English; knowledge of Japan’s wealth and intermediary distribution landscape is advantageous.
• Relevant regulatory licensing or willingness to obtain required registrations; familiarity with data analytics and AI-enabled tools supporting client engagement and content delivery is advantageous.

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.

Guidance on AI use for candidates

At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.

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.

To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.

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.