About this role
About this Role:
The BlackRock Private Markets Technology (BPMT) team within Aladdin Engineering is seeking a Director-level business architect and technology strategy leader to help scale BlackRock’s private markets platform across investment teams, product strategy, engineering, data, operations, and client-facing capabilities.
BPMT is dedicated to digitally transforming BlackRock’s private markets investment teams by translating business strategy into executable technology architecture, implementation roadmaps, data and operating-model requirements, and measurable adoption outcomes. The team partners deeply with Aladdin Product Management, Aladdin Engineering, Data, Operations, Risk, Implementation, and end business users to ensure private markets technology is designed, delivered, adopted, and run in a way that scales BlackRock’s business and strengthens Aladdin’s broader private markets platform.
The team sits at the intersection of Private Markets business and technology. BPMT acts as the connective tissue between investment professionals, product strategy, engineering delivery, data integrity, operating controls, analytics, reporting, and user adoption. The Director will be based in New York City and will directly face off with investment teams and product strategy teams to shape, prioritize, and implement technology solutions that support BlackRock’s private markets growth agenda.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive Private Markets Technology Strategy: Partner directly with investment teams, product strategy, engineering, data, operations, and risk stakeholders to translate private markets growth objectives into actionable technology roadmaps, capability maps, and implementation plans.
- Serve as a Forward-Deployed Business Architect: Engage hands-on with end users to understand investment workflows, pain points, decision needs, operating constraints, and adoption barriers; convert those insights into practical technology solutions that scale across businesses.
- Lead Cross-Functional Implementation: Own the connective operating model across Product, Engineering, Data, Operations, Risk, Implementation, and user communities so that dependencies, testing, readiness, controls, and go-live decisions are managed as one coherent system.
- Shape Target-State Architecture: Define and steward private markets business architecture across deal pipeline, portfolio management, analytics, reporting, risk, data management, operational workflows, controls, lifecycle events, and whole-portfolio integration.
- Translate Strategy into Execution: Create executive-ready decision frameworks, roadmaps, risk views, implementation plans, and operating-model recommendations that move complex initiatives from issue identification to measurable outcomes.
- Scale Private Markets Data and Controls: Partner with data, operations, and engineering teams to improve data quality, establish scalable sources of truth, strengthen reconciliation and control frameworks, and enable self-service analytics and reporting for private markets users.
- Champion Change Management and Adoption: Drive user engagement, readiness planning, communications, training, support models, and post-implementation value tracking so technology solutions are adopted and sustained in business-as-usual operations.
- Protect Long-Term Platform Integrity: Challenge tactical approaches that undermine the target-state architecture while making pragmatic tradeoffs needed to deliver business value, manage risk, and maintain leadership confidence.
Qualifications:
- Experience: 10+ years of experience in financial services, with a required background in private markets and a proven track record in technology, data, operations, business architecture, platform implementation, or investment-technology transformation roles.
- Private Markets Expertise: Deep understanding of private markets investment workflows across one or more strategies such as Private Credit, Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate, or multi-alternative strategies; experience with front-office, portfolio-management, investment-operations, or data workflows is required.
- Technology and Transformation Background: Demonstrated experience delivering technology, data, or operating-model change in a complex investment-management environment, including business process reengineering, platform implementation, workflow automation, data transformation, or large-scale change management.
- Strategic Business Architecture: Ability to translate ambiguous business objectives into capability maps, product requirements, architecture principles, execution plans, decision frameworks, success measures, and adoption criteria.
- Investment-Team Credibility: Proven ability to engage directly with senior investment professionals and business leaders, understand their workflows and commercial priorities, and convert user feedback into scalable technology solutions.
- Product and Engineering Partnership: Strong ability to partner with product strategy, engineers, data teams, and implementation specialists; familiarity with Aladdin, eFront, data platforms, analytics tooling, workflow technologies, or comparable investment-technology ecosystems is highly valued.
- Executive Communication: Superior communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics, frame decisions, surface risks, and influence senior stakeholders across business and technology organizations.
- Self-Starter Mindset: Entrepreneurial, proactive, and comfortable operating through ambiguity; able to develop a plan, build stakeholder engagement, drive execution discipline, and deliver outcomes without waiting for a fully defined playbook.
- Analytical and Technical Fluency: Strong analytical orientation and comfort working with data, platforms, reporting, analytics, and technical teams. Hands-on experience with SQL, Python, BI tools, data platforms, or product configuration is a plus, but the role is primarily a business-architecture and transformation leadership role.
This is a unique opportunity for a senior private markets technology leader to help shape BlackRock’s next generation of private markets capabilities. The successful candidate will be a creative solutions architect who can work directly with business users, influence product and engineering strategy, and drive business transformation from idea through adoption.
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 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.Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in financial services
- Professional background in private markets
- Experience in technology, data, operations, business architecture, platform implementation, or investment-technology transformation
- Deep understanding of private markets investment workflows in one or more strategies, such as private credit, private equity, infrastructure, real estate, or multi-alternative strategies
- Experience with front-office, portfolio-management, investment-operations, or data workflows
- Experience delivering technology, data, or operating-model change in a complex investment-management environment
- Experience with business process reengineering, platform implementation, workflow automation, data transformation, or large-scale change management
- Ability to translate ambiguous business objectives into capability maps, product requirements, architecture principles, execution plans, decision frameworks, success measures, and adoption criteria
- Ability to engage directly with senior investment professionals and business leaders and convert user feedback into scalable technology solutions
- Ability to partner with product strategy, engineering, data, and implementation teams
- Superior communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Ability to operate entrepreneurially through ambiguity and drive execution without a fully defined playbook
- Strong analytical orientation and comfort working with data, platforms, reporting, analytics, and technical teams
- Familiarity with Aladdin, eFront, data platforms, analytics tooling, workflow technologies, or comparable investment-technology ecosystems
- Hands-on experience with SQL, Python, BI tools, data platforms, analytics tooling, or product configuration
BlackRock Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off (no fixed PTO bank) with manager approval is highlighted alongside separate sick and bereavement leave, signaling broad time-off options. Feedback suggests this high‑trust approach is a notable strength among large employers.
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Parental & Family Support — Gender‑neutral U.S. parental leave offers up to 16 weeks for primary caregivers and up to 4 weeks for non‑primary caregivers, plus a two‑week flexible return‑to‑work transition. Backup child/elder care, fertility/adoption/surrogacy assistance, and lactation support are also emphasized.
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Retirement Support — Offerings include 401(k)/retirement savings plans, financial counseling/education, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, complemented by programs like tuition assistance and student‑loan/college‑savings support where applicable. Feedback suggests these components form a strong financial‑wellness package.
BlackRock Insights
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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