About this role
Aladdin Engineering Platform Technical Product Manager
Do you want to shape the future of financial technology?
BlackRock is one of the world’s leading asset management firms and Aladdin® is the firm’s an end-to-end operating system for investment professionals to see their whole portfolio, understand risk exposure, and act with precision. Aladdin is the central nervous system powering the investment decisions of both the firm and its clients; a $1bn technology business that has significant growth aspirations over the next five years.
The Platform Engineering team is responsible for engineering and operating the core service layer that powers Aladdin. We sit at the center of enabling the delivery of products and features in Aladdin for BlackRock and the largest financial institutions in the world. As the pace of growth of Aladdin accelerates, the Platform Team is laser focused on the speed of product delivery, execution predictability and quality. The Platform team is responsible for a suite of foundational and modern products including API Management, Orchestration, and our cloud infrastructure. The Platform product management office helps to catalyze our engineering community, delivering well-defined Platform products that have clear outcome-oriented roadmaps and efficient and predictable delivery.
Job background
We are looking for a Technical Product Manager to drive the transformation and delivery of our Aladdin Graph, the backbone of our platform’s data connectivity and interoperability. As the lead Product Manager you will be responsible for defining product strategy, vision, and own the product roadmap. You will work hand in hand with engineering to drive strategic outcomes, platform adoption and ultimately enable fast delivery of Aladdin features and unlock commercial opportunities. We are looking for a seasoned technical product manager with experience in delivering scalable, flexible core platform products.
Success depends on your ability to understand our technology stack and strategy, and Aladdin’s commercial strategy; combining these to drive product developments for Platforms key products that will transform our ability and clients to build on Aladdin. You will be responsible for prioritizing product build and lead execution in partnership with both the engineering team and other stakeholders to deliver strategic products. You are comfortable orchestrating discussion, defining complex requirements and driving decisions in a matrixed organization.
Primary Responsibilities
Own the product vision, roadmap, and KPIs that will transform and differentiate the offering; You will do this by translating our platform strategy, commercial priorities, and our users’ needs into a product vision and feature priorities.
Drive value realization through incremental release and the adoption of those features by Product Engineering and partner products
Influence senior stakeholders & partners to draw alignment on vision and deliver the highest value product offering with the greatest commercial opportunity.
Drive product execution by defining, building and launching on our product evolution. You will prioritize build across features and oversee delivery.
Demonstrate an expert understanding of target customer personas, particularly their needs and their pain points, including developers (both external and internal) and integrators.
Manage dependencies across teams to ensure alignment and mitigate risks.
Essential Skills And Experience
Product management experience of minimum 6+ years, leading all aspects of development from vision to delivery and adoption.
Strong understanding of API design (REST, gRPC, Protobuf) and event-driven architectures.
Familiarity with OAuth 2.0, entitlements, and multi-tenant security models.
Experience with cloud-native platforms and service mesh concepts.
Can navigate ambiguity with ease
Deep technical understanding of platform capabilities and ability to define and build specific features at a detailed level
Significant experience of delivering technology implementations using agile development methodologies.
Teamwork - ability to work as part of a geographically diverse team.
Excellent communication skills in navigating a matrixed organization, tell compelling stories with ease to senior executives, and inspire teams about things that should exist that don’t exist yet
Strong analytical mindset and ability to use sound data and logic to make compelling business cases.
A bias toward action and a proven track record of delivering at rapid speed.
Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science or Engineering preferred)
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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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.
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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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