Head of AI and Data Transformation - Global Product Solutions

About the role

BlackRock’s Global Product Solutions (GPS) group partners across the firm to lead the iShares business and drive the commercial priorities spanning all of BlackRock’s investment capabilities. This encompasses innovating new products, curating the product platform, commercializing products at scale, and developing actionable market and portfolio insights.

Responsibilities

• iShares has a long history as an innovation leader in the asset management industry, redefining how investors access markets through scale, technology, and product design; this role will build on that legacy by championing the adoption of AI-enabled tools and capabilities to unlock new growth opportunities, enhance product differentiation, and extend iShares’ leadership position into the next generation of digital and data-driven investing.

• Lead an AI-powered reimagining of end-to-end product value creation at BlackRock (including product innovation, product development, and product commercialization to clients) to enhance capacity, speed to market, and commercial success

• Architect and deploy AI capabilities to accelerate time-to-market, enhance decision-making, and drive sustained commercial growth across the product organization.

• Implement a product data strategy, leveraging existing internal databases, third party tools, and client data from partner distribution firms to enhance strategic insights and support product targeting and executive decision making

• Develop and drive a comprehensive strategy for broad AI tooling, enablement, and engagement across the entire product organization, serving as the senior sponsor and champion for AI adoption in product

• Manage the existing set of critical product reporting infrastructure, including daily ETF industry global flash updates used by BlackRock c-suite management

• Educate the business on the AI commercial opportunity and establish a data-driven, results-oriented culture of success within GPS to drive adoption

• Monitor industry trends with respect to advances in AI and data to inform strategic pivots and ensure the business remains at the forefront of innovation

• Oversee a team of approximately 20 technology strategists and data engineers spread across San Francisco, New York, London, and Budapest

Your Experience

• 10+ years of work experience, experience in wealth management or investment management preferred

• Demonstrated experience developing an AI and data strategy within a complex and nuanced global organization

• Ability to clearly articulate objectives and influence outcomes

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience in business process analysis, design, and implementation

• Ambitious and proactive – able to show initiative and come up with ideas without prompting

• Technical aptitude, understanding technology in a business context

• Experience working with distribution teams across multiple functions

• Sense of curiosity and the courage to ask tough questions

• Bachelor’s Degree

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.

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.

To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, 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, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. We interpret these protected statuses broadly to include both the actual status and also any perceptions and assumptions made regarding these statuses.

We recruit, hire, train, promote, pay, and administer all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), sex stereotyping (including assumptions about a person’s appearance or behavior, gender roles, gender expression, or gender identity), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. We interpret these protected statuses broadly to include both the actual status and also any perceptions and assumptions made regarding these statuses.

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.

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