Product Strategist, Systematic Active Equities, Associate

About the role

BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. BlackRock’s mission is to create a better financial future for our clients. We have a responsibility to be the voice of the investor, and we represent each client fairly and equally. Constant communication with a diverse team of partners strengthens us and delivers better results for our clients. Continuous innovation helps us bring the best of BlackRock to our clients. BlackRock offers a range of solutions — from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world’s capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.

Responsibilities

• Develop reporting materials including market commentary, client review presentations, and strategy attribution across SAE strategies
• Provide high-quality client service to internal partners and external clients, including timely and insightful responses to client queries
• Partner with senior investment strategists and distribution teams to support client engagement and drive business growth
• Support SAE initiatives across public equity, hedge fund, and private market strategies
• Develop understanding of the competitive landscape and contribute to product positioning and business development efforts
• Assist with ad hoc analysis and client requests, including completing RFPs and supporting new business opportunities
• Act as a liaison between the investment team and key partners across BlackRock, including compliance, legal, operations, marketing, and sales
• Contribute to programming initiatives that enhance the efficiency and scalability of client servicing and business development processes
• Build and maintain Python-based tools, dashboards, and libraries to automate recurring workflows (e.g., reporting, RFP responses, market commentary)
• Possibly partner with research and technology teams to improve data management and enable more proactive client engagement
• Apply data analysis and visualization techniques to strengthen insight generation and client communication
• Support the development of internal tools and systems that improve process consistency and information sharing

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree with 3–6 years of industry experience, including strong investment management knowledge and an understanding of capital markets
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills across internal and external stakeholders
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Excellent Python programming skills and comfort working in data-driven environments; experience developing automation tools or analytical applications strongly preferred
• Familiarity with data visualization and risk models or Aladdin is a plus

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 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.