Associate, Technical Project Manager

BlackRock • San Francisco, CA

2d • $125,000 - $155,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

With over $230B in client assets across direct index and active investment strategies, SMA Solutions is a rapidly growing business within USWA (~10% org growth rate). Our personalized portfolios utilize individual securities, BlackRock Mutual Funds, and iShares ETFs to customize, diversify, and tailor investment solutions to high net worth/ultra-high net worth, mass affluent, and institutional clients. We’re looking for a Technical Pro ject Manager to support the delivery of cross- functional, product and platform focused initiatives critical to the growth and operational excellence of our core products and services . This role is ideal for someone who is a problem-solver, execution oriented, technically fluent, and comfortable operating in complex technology and business domain s . You will work closely with engineering, product, and cross- functional partners to help move initiatives from planning through execution. Y ou will play a meaningful role in driving progress, maintaining alignment, and ensuring teams have the structure and visibility they need to deliver.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
• 3 + years of experience working with product and engineering teams in a technical program management, project management, software development, or similar role
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile delivery methodologies
• Experience coordinating cross- functional work with multiple stakeholders and dependencies
• Proficiency with tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Airtable, and AI-enabled tools used throughout the planning and delivery phases of projects
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple workstreams concurrently

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern software development practices, languages and frameworks
• Experience working in wealth management, financial services or other regulated industries

Responsibilities

• Support and drive cross- functional technical and product initiatives through planning, execution, delivery, and post- launch follow- up
• Provide hands- on project support across the software development lifecycle, including planning, dependency tracking, progress monitoring, risk identification, incident management, and stakeholder communications
• Partner with engineering, product, and operations to maintain strong collaboration and clear communication across teams
• Help manage timelines, dependencies, and competing priorities across multiple teams and initiatives
• Instrument and m onitor program health using metrics and derived insights
• Facilitate agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand ups, and retrospectives for one or more teams
• Contribute to improving processes, documentation, and workflows to increase execution speed, visibility, and team effectiveness
• Use tooling, automation, and AI assisted workflows where appropriate to support planning, reporting, and documentation

Benefits

• employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits.
• strong retirement plan
• tuition reimbursement
• comprehensive healthcare
• support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level