Associate, Product Manager

BlackRock•Princeton, NJ

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role focuses on delivering end-to-end solutions within the Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) business model, requiring close collaboration with various internal teams including Portfolio Managers, Operations, Onboarding, Billing, and Data Engineering. The Associate, Product Manager will leverage expert knowledge of Aladdin applications to troubleshoot issues and ensure seamless support for portfolio and account management teams. A key aspect of the role involves partnering with cross-functional stakeholders in Implementation, Onboarding, Marketing, and Legal & Compliance to execute large-scale client transitions, aiming to improve scalability and mitigate operational risk. The position also supports the development of a client account management portal by analyzing data requirements, planning the development pipeline, and ensuring accurate data feeds for a seamless client experience. Collaboration with engineering and data teams is essential for designing data models, managing data pipelines, and implementing data quality checks. The role involves defining and managing the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Data Insights capabilities, ensuring alignment with business needs. Additionally, the Associate, Product Manager will oversee processes for generating and validating client deliverables such as performance statements and fact sheets.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
Three (3) years of experience in the job offered or as an Associate, Analyst or a related role.
Two (2) years of experience with Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) business model, including client deliverables including performance statements and fact sheets.
Two (2) years of hands-on experience using the BlackRock Aladdin technology platform.
Two (2) years of experience implementing and managing data quality checks and controls within financial data environments.
One (1) year of experience defining data requirements and working with engineering and data teams to design data models, semantic layers and data pipelines.
One (1) year of experience collaborating with portfolio managers, operations, onboarding and billing teams to support client transitions.
One (1) year of experience providing management of financial services projects through determining sizing and scope, establishing target timelines, driving execution of component steps, performing testing, preparing project artifacts, and maintaining stakeholder engagement.
One (1) year of experience supporting development of client facing portals in financial services, including defining data requirements and ensuring accuracy to delivered data feeds.

Responsibilities

Leverage deep expertise in the Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) business model to deliver end‑to‑end solutions, collaborating closely with Portfolio Managers, Operations, Onboarding, Billing, and Data Engineering teams.
Utilize expert knowledge of Aladdin applications to help troubleshoot issues and ensure seamless and timely support for portfolio and account management teams.
Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders across Implementation, Onboarding, Marketing and Legal & Compliance in a technical capacity to execute large‑scale client transitions, improving scalability while mitigating operational risk.
Support the development of a client account management portal by analyzing data requirements, planning the development pipeline, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of portal data feeds to enable a seamless client experience.
Collaborate with engineering and data teams to design data models and semantic layers, manage data pipelines, and implement rigorous data‑quality checks.
Define and manage the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Data Insights capabilities, ensuring alignment with the needs of Business, Portfolio Managers, Advisors, and Operations teams.
Oversee processes to generate and validate client deliverables such as performance statements, fact sheets, and related reporting accurately.