Associate, Project Management

Description

About this role
- Your teamBlackRock Transformation Office (BTO) is a global group of change professionals that deliver strategic transformation to help make BlackRock greater than the sum of its parts. We drive 1BLK outcomes by continuously connecting, and being students of, the firm’s people, processes, and technology.

We are a versatile team made up of individuals with varied experiences and backgrounds motivated by the challenge of finding solutions which benefit BlackRock and our clients.

In BTO, we pride ourselves on developing our people, improving leadership and delivery skills, and broadening firm and industry knowledge. Projects and roles are assigned not just based on successful delivery, but also on individual development objectives and career aspirations.

Your role and impact

We will teach you how the firm works and combined with your financial markets / investment management industry knowledge and technical skills, you will play a key role partnering with business, technology, and BTO leaders in delivering some of the firm’s most strategic, complex, and high-valued projects. This is not a traditional generic project management role where you are responsible only for project coordination / facilitation.

We are looking for world-class problem solvers who thrive in understanding the details and are heavily involved (i.e., get your hands dirty) in the design and implementation of scalable solutions that typically integrate process, technology, and organizational change. You can look forward to an impactful, multi-faceted role that will help ensure BlackRock’s businesses have the necessary capabilities to support an aggressive growth agenda.

At BlackRock, we strive to empower our employees and actively engage you in our success. We have an extraordinary responsibility: our technology and services empower millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial well-being. Come join our team and experience what it feels like to be part of an organization that makes a difference.

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead virtual teams and partner with business leaders to drive to completion strategic projects, including complex client and technology mandates and commercial opportunities.
- Develop project objectives with measurable goals, roadmaps and execution plans,
- Help manage communication to stakeholders and management
- Quickly learn relevant content and contribute to current state analysis and future state design.
- Advise business partners on workflow improvements to get the most out of our technology.
- Identify areas for improvement in business processes and technology tools.
- Simplify complex topics and create innovative solutions.
- Ensure solutions are fully tested and raise and help resolve issues that put BlackRock and our clients at risk.
- Maintain a One BlackRock perspective and deliver results, which are beneficial for both individual businesses and the firm as a whole.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to the staff’s overall development.
- Engage and maintain relationships with stakeholders across the firm to effectively navigate our global organization.
- Stay current on global finance and technology trends impacting BlackRock

Your experience
- 3-5+ years of experience in financial services or a related industry, including experience engaging with leadership executives and successfully driving and delivering complex and impactful strategic change programs
- Solid knowledge and understanding of investment management products and asset types, including but not limited to ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, equities, derivatives, and alternatives.
- Experience in business process analysis, design, and implementation.
- Experience navigating a complex matrix of accountable stakeholders and global teams in multiple time zones.
- Excellent communication skills: ability to clearly articulate objectives and influence outcomes
- Ambitious and proactive: able to show initiative and come up with ideas without prompting.
- Demonstrated sense of curiosity and the courage to ask tough questions.
- Technical aptitude, understanding technology in a business context.
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects at the same time
- Strongly believes in BlackRock’s purpose.
- Experience with AI (artificial intelligence) /ML (machine learning), including large language models, OpenAI and Azure AI solutions a plus

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. Em