Aladdin Client Transformations, Director

BlackRock•Atlanta, GA

4d•$180,000 - $245,000•Hybrid

About The Position

BlackRock runs on Aladdin, an operating system for investment managers that connects information, people, and technology needed to manage money in real time. Aladdin combines risk analytics with portfolio management, trading, compliance, and operations tools on a single platform to power informed decision-making, effective risk management, efficient trading, and operational scale. The Aladdin Client Business is growing rapidly, and successful candidates will help clients onboard this end-to-end operating system to manage investment portfolios and transform their business. This Director-level project management role within the Aladdin Client Transformation team is responsible for project delivery and management to ensure successful implementations of Aladdin products and services. Project managers are expected to be organized and efficient, balancing multiple client engagements concurrently, providing the highest level of client service, driving projects to completion, building client relationships, and exceeding client expectations to meet deadlines, ensuring a satisfied, referenceable client. The ideal candidate will be a teammate, bring new insights, and assist in process improvement once familiar with our implementation technology, clients, and processes. The Aladdin Client Transformation team is responsible for the installation and deployment of Aladdin and related products and services globally. These are high-profile initiatives that require team members to have senior-level exposure and play an active role in the redefinition of investment organizations. A typical transformation project is as much about processes and implementing change as it is about investments and technology. We help clients achieve ambitious strategic objectives, ranging from streamlining investment operations to integrating teams, unifying their investment analytics and risk reporting framework, and modernizing their overall investment process. Aladdin’s transformation model takes full responsibility for the client going live on our solution and develops true partnerships with clients at the most senior levels, which continue to grow post go-live.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher.
Minimum of 12+ years related experience in financial services, alternative investments, software and/or a large consulting firm industry.
Must have consulting experience working with external clients.
Detail-oriented, proactive teammate with a can-do attitude.
Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders, with excellent project delivery methodology knowledge and practical application.
Excellent risk, issue, action, decision, and assumption management, along with budgeting, forecasting, maintenance, reporting, and management skills.
Leadership/ability to mobilize internal and external teams.
Communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills.
Flexibility, adaptability and resourcefulness.

Nice To Haves

Project management qualifications such as PMBOK, PMP, Agile, Six Sigma, a plus.

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with the Client's senior management team to provide strong leadership throughout the implementation.
Understand client’s goals/objectives and take strong emotional ownership to deliver solutions.
Effective overall responsibility for project delivery and management of key elements including scope, deliverables, resources, timelines and budget.
Continuously refine project management process and standards, adopting best practices to ensure optimal value delivery.
Identify target milestones and create detailed project plans.
Manage and communicate all deviations from plan.
Monitor and control projects by actively identifying, tracking, managing, mitigating and resolving project issues and risks – provide the requested internal and external reporting.
Conduct project meetings, collaborate with project team members to build consensus on complicated issues.
Communicate requirements and actively set and manage expectations to ensure all team members and stakeholders are accountable for their role in the project’s overall success.
Project documentation such as SOWs, weekly status reports, issue/risk logs, time analyses and analyzing/estimating project costs and forecasts.
Manage key stakeholders by setting appropriate expectations, ensure proper communication and manage crisis.
Defining and following up on the schedule and the quality of the deliverables.