Job Description

Description

About this role

The Aladdin Institutional Business prides itself on being a culture of high touch, highly specialized, client first orientation. Relationship Managers deliver service support, advocate for the clients needs internally within BlackRock, look for ways to do more for the client and communicate positive and difficult messages above all, keep the client happy.

Client Engagement Managers actively drive new business opportunities by educating and delivering the entire breadth and scope of BlackRock capabilities. A successful Senior Client Engagement Manager is a market savvy leader who anticipates the needs and evolving priorities of client organizations. They provide analytical and investment process solutions that demonstrate the capabilities of the entire BlackRock Solutions organization.

About the Aladdin Financial Institutions Group

The Aladdin Financial Institutions Group (FIG) leads the partnerships formed with each insurance and bank client and is the trusted advisor, problem solver, and business partner to clients. Client Engagement Managers are the key point of contact for clients and are charged with driving, deepening, and growing the relationship over time through product and analytics knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

Leading and Developing a Team

* Leads individuals and team to achieve objectives and get results; inspires and motivates people to the highest levels of performance. Is accessible, engaged and a positive force for change. Provides timely and meaningful feedback.
* Able to grow the team through new hires or upgrading existing talent.

Building, Fostering, and Growing Client Relationships

* Uncovers and meets the need of external clients; builds strong working partnerships with clients and internal organization; addresses client demands; effectively handles clients expectations and delivers valuable service.
* Uncovers business development opportunities through understanding client workflows and deep partnerships. Is able to position Aladdin ecosystem-based solutions based on client needs.
* Drives strategic client projects to allow clients to extract the full value proposition of the Aladdin tool suite.
* Presence and gravitas to navigate both internally and externally. Confidence to deliver deep content, be relevant to the client and provide vision.

Delivering Aladdin Product & Analytics Expertise

* Understands business, financial and technical terminology, including how organizations operate, compete, profit and grow. Stays ahead of developments in own field and considers how this knowledge can be applied.
* Insurance or asset management sector domain expertise.
* Conversant with current trends in fixed income and equity markets (e.g. the impact on our clients of Fed hiking rates, etc.).
* Continually improves analytics processes to provide solutions for clients in partnership with the broader BlackRock platform.
* Technologically aware to be conversant with clients and visualize opportunities.

Contributing to the Broader Aladdin Business

* Provides client context across business processes to internal partners.
* Deepens relationships with the broader BlackRock teams to identify further areas of growth opportunities or internal partnerships.
* Ability to coordinate and influence various partner groups within the platform to gain consensus and resolve issues (i.e. portfolio management, business teams, legal, fund administration and investment operations).
* Partners with business development and other internal partners to achieve commercial goals.

Desired Qualifications

* Bachelors degree or equivalent in Finance, Financial Engineering, Economics or a related quantitative field of study.
* 10+ performing quantitative and investment risk analyses across multiple asset classes.
* Demonstrated experience successfully leading critical initiatives within a global organization.
* Committed to gaining relevant knowledge, skills and experience in commercial markets; stays up to date on the business and maintains current knowledge about competitor products and services; has broad securities industry knowledge and an understanding of where BlackRocks products and services fit within the industry.
* Ability to operate as a self-starter, operating with limited guidance in a highly matrixed organization.
* Possesses initiative and creativity to solve the needs of a rapidly expanding platform.
* Strong project management skills.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

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.

About BlackRock

BlackRock's purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, we help millions of people build savings that serve them throughout their lives by making investing easier and more affordable.



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