Blackrock

About this role

About this role

BlackRock is one of the world’s leading asset management firms and Aladdin® is the central nervous system powering the investment decisions of both the firm and its clients. Aladdin is a $1bn technology business that has significant growth aspirations over the next five years. Recently, Aladdin launched Aladdin Studio, a suite of tools meant to empower the Aladdin Community to build on top of Aladdin and unlock innovation.

The Aladdin Product Marketing team is focused on driving awareness, engagement, and adoption for the Aladdin’s Portfolio Management offering across the community, including prospects, and existing clients. As part of this team, you connect directly with our users to understand their business problems and help deliver solutions. We partner with product and client teams to build products that deliver a superior user experience and have a robust community of evangelists.

The Product Marketing Manager (PMM) for Aladdin Investors is responsible for working cross-functionally to drive awareness and adoption of Aladdin’s product suite across active, passive, multi-asset and ETF managers. Aladdin includes a suite of portfolio management applications to support our clients in the implementation of their unique and diverse investment strategies. In this role, the successful candidate is responsible for defining and executing plans to deliver happy customers throughout the product lifecycle. This includes incorporating awareness of market themes and portfolio manager priorities to measure and optimize product and feature adoption.

Primary responsibilities

• Devise and implement strategies to measure and increase engagement and enablement for existing portfolio managers on the platform
• Partner with sales teams to grow Aladdin’s market share for portfolio construction workflows for institutional portfolio managers
• Work with internal teams to create high-quality product communications and marketing assets
• Assist in the development of narratives to the community on Aladdin’s portfolio management technology capabilities – demonstrating to them how Aladdin can be used to produce analysis, model orders and execute on client investment strategies even in changing market conditions
• Connect industry knowledge and market trends with user feedback to influence product decisions and prioritization
• Assist in business development activities as a subject matter expert – attending prospect meetings, participating in proof-of-concept sessions, and crafting gold copy responses to RFPs

Essential skills / experience

• 5+ years product marketing, product management, or project management experience with a focus on products for financial services or portfolio management
• An understanding of the buyside order management & portfolio construction process
• Experience working with a technical product, including technical ability to get into the weeds on technical product features and representation of technical solutions for clients in simple manner
• Understanding of investment risk (e.g., sustainability analytics, market risk analytics) and capital markets instruments (equities, fixed income, private markets, derivatives)
• Experience with query languages such as SQL and data visualisation software such as PowerBI is a plus

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.