About this role
Business Overview
BlackRock helps investors build better financial futures. As a fiduciary to our clients, we provide the investment and technology solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. At the heart of technology at BlackRock, is Aladdin Engineering (AE), the team responsible for designing, building, and operating Aladdin, BlackRock’s investment and operating technology platform. Being a member of Aladdin Engineering means working with the industry’s thought leaders to build and power innovative and next generation investment technology products that shape the financial markets. We are 3,500 strong and we eat, live and breathe tech. We partner with our end users to deeply understand their business strategy and build technology to help them get there. We think big about new opportunities and ways technology can change the financial services ecosystem.
Since its inception, Aladdin has fueled the firm’s commercial success. The question that we are asking ourselves today is: how do we continue to revolutionize Aladdin through to the next wave of innovation? Join us and play a critical role in shaping the future of FinTech.
The Aladdin Quality Engineering team creates the strategy for delivering software resiliently at scale, in a business that is remarkable in its scale and incredibly risk-aware. This global team is a fundamental part of Aladdin’s core business, driving new revenue, unlocking trust and scale, and enabling the growth of our client business. A successful candidate will have a critical seat in accelerating Aladdin’s and BlackRock’s multi-year strategy, including enabling the technology transformations that are necessary for us to grow our future businesses. You will fall in love with the culture, be excited by the challenge, and be an inspiration to your team to get things done .
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead a global team of ~250 quality engineers, including a central hub of engineering transformation leaders
• Partner with key product leaders and stakeholders across multiple businesses
• Align our transformation strategy with our platform strategy to ensure our multi-year technology strategy is future-facing, adaptive and risk-adjusted
Who you are:
• You have a deep understanding of how to build for scale, for resilience and how to think about risk from a client perspective
• You are passionate about modern engineering best practices, efficiency, and productivity and see it as your mission to advocate for a strong, productive engineering culture.
• You are data-driven and apply measurements to understand impact and outcomes for your organization and stakeholders – “what gets measured gets managed.”
• You believe diversity crafts driven advantage through insights, team cohesion, personal dedication, and interpersonal culture.
Desired Qualifications:
• Significant technical leadership experience in Technology or Financial Services, with a track record of delivering for complex clients
• Experience as a leader in both software development and quality engineering, ideally in building a culture of quality and stability as first principles
• Strong intellectual ability and stakeholder management skills, evidenced by being able to establish his/her credibility and influence with senior leaders throughout the firm.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a dynamic business environment and continually reprioritize to focus on the key issues/topics.
• Outstanding interpersonal characteristics, reputation, and team orientation, which will enable her/him to earn confidence, loyalty, and respect of colleagues
• AI domain knowledge, in the context of driving productivity, automation and migrations, is a nice-to-have.
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.