Product Manager, Aladdin Engineering, Associate
Edinburgh, GB
Business Management & Strategy
Description
About this role
Aladdin Engineering – Platform Product Manager
Do you want to shape the future of financial technology?
BlackRock is one of the world’s leading asset management firms and Aladdin® is the firm’s end-to-end operating system for investment professionals to see their whole portfolio, understand risk exposure, and act with precision. Aladdin is the central nervous system powering the investment decisions of both the firm and its clients; a $1bn technology business that has significant growth aspirations over the next five years.
The Aladdin Platform team is responsible for engineering and operating the core service layer that powers Aladdin. We sit at the center of enabling the delivery of products and features in Aladdin for BlackRock and the largest financial institutions in the world. As the pace of growth of Aladdin accelerates, the Platform Team is laser focused on the speed of product delivery, execution predictability and quality. The Platform team is responsible for a suite of foundational and modern products including API Management, Orchestration, Cloud Infrastructure and CI/CD Pipelines. The Platform product management office helps to catalyze our engineering community, delivering well-defined Platform products that have clear outcome-oriented roadmaps and efficient and predictable delivery.
Job background
We are looking for a Product Manager to drive transformation and delivery of one of our core Platform products. As Product Manager you will be responsible for defining product strategy, vision, and own the product roadmap. You will work hand in hand with engineering to drive strategic outcomes, platform adoption and ultimately enable fast delivery of Aladdin features and unlock commercial opportunities. You have experience in delivering scalable, flexible core platform products.
As Product Manager, you take a user centric approach to defining vision. You know how to build a community of internal users and leverage that community to inform prioritization and execution. You are responsible for measuring the effectiveness of your products. Success depends on your ability to understand our technology stack and strategy, and Aladdin’s commercial strategy.
Primary Responsibilities
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Own the product vision, roadmap, and KPIs that will transform and differentiate the offering; You will do this by translating our platform strategy, commercial priorities, and our users’ needs into a product vision and feature priorities.
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Drive value realization through incremental release and the adoption of those features by Product Engineering and partner products
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Influence senior stakeholders & partners to draw alignment on vision and deliver the highest value product offering with the greatest commercial opportunity.
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Drive product execution by defining, building and launching on our product evolution. You will prioritize the build across features and oversee delivery.
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Demonstrate an expert understanding of target customer personas, particularly their needs and their pain points, including developers (both external and internal) and integrators.
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Manage dependencies across teams to ensure alignment and mitigate risks.
Essential Skills And Experience
· Product management experience of minimum 2 years, leading all aspects of development from vision to delivery and adoption.
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Technical understanding of SDLC, DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
· Technical understanding of cloud native principles and technology stacks like Kubernetes
· Can navigate ambiguity with ease
· Deep technical understanding of platform capabilities and ability to define and build specific features at a detailed level
· Significant experience of delivering technology implementations using agile development methodologies.
· Teamwork – ability to work as part of a geographically diverse team.
· Excellent communication skills in navigating a matrixed organization, tell compelling stories with ease to senior executives, and inspire teams about things that should exist that don’t exist yet
· Strong analytical mindset and ability to use sound data and logic to make compelling business cases.
· A bias toward action and a proven track record of delivering at rapid speed.
· Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science or Engineering preferred)
Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; 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.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.
Job requisition #
R240505
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