Associate, Employee Engagement

About the role

The BlackRock Human Resources team helps great people experience extraordinary careers. We strive to transform the human resources function in the same way we are transforming access to financial well-being. We are passionate about finding, growing and retaining the best talent to help deliver on the firm’s purpose to help more people build a strong financial future. BlackRock’s Talent and Culture team is the heartbeat of our organization – the people. Our team is dedicated to shaping an inclusive, high-performing, and purpose-driven workplace where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to do their best work. We collaborate across HR and the business to attract, develop, and retain top talent while fostering a One BlackRock culture that reflects our values and drives engagement. To be successful in this role, you will need to build relationships across HR and the firm, learn the business, and build long-term solutions to support our inclusion and culture efforts.

Responsibilities

• Owns end-to-end project management of key components of the employee listening framework, to include firmwide lifecycle survey programs
• Leads insights related to talent practices, early careers, and learning & development
• Supports firmwide sentiment analytics, partnering closely with the Sr. Insights Partner on global insights
• Conducts ad-hoc analytics in response to business requests
• Partners on measurement and reporting strategies – scales insights into leadership-ready materials and dashboards
• Serves as an internal consultant to support employee engagement initiatives across the firm
• Discovers opportunities to implement new AI use cases or new approaches to data analytics, staying up to date with the latest cutting-edge methodologies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience in data analytics – strong foundation in statistics, research design, and data interpretation
• Talent management or HR consulting experience is preferred with the proven ability to translate insights into practical business recommendations
• Master’s degree in I-O Psychology (or similar) is preferred
• Experience with Perceptyx (or similar EX platform) and Workday is preferred
• Experience in either R or Python (or other statistical programming languages)
• Experience with data consolidation and visualization tools, including reporting dashboards
• Strong problem-solving skills; ability to proactively anticipate problems and confidence to take initiative to pursue solutions
• Strong project management skills with keen attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience using generative AI tools

Pay

The salary range for this position is USD $105,000.00 – USD $135,000.00. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

Benefits

• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)

Schedule

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.