Technical Solutions Architect - Aladdin Studio, Vice Presdient

BlackRock • New York, NY

1d • $162,500 - $215,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Technical Solutions Architect for Aladdin Studio at BlackRock, you will serve as a trusted client advocate, helping organizations design differentiated solutions on top of Aladdin. You will work with executives, technical leaders, and end users to encourage effective development practices and build communities of Aladdin Studio users.

You will analyze existing workflows and business challenges, translate them into scalable solutions, and guide clients through architecture, pre-sales, and implementation decisions. You will also contribute to Aladdin Studio’s developer strategy by monitoring the product roadmap, industry trends, and client feedback, and identifying opportunities to improve the platform and user experience.

The role calls for expertise in solution architecture, enterprise data products, cloud-based technologies, and asset management workflows. You will balance long-term solution strategy with practical, incremental improvements for stakeholders ranging from portfolio managers to information technology teams.

Requirements

• Five or more years of experience designing, implementing, consulting on, or operating distributed and cloud-based solutions in financial services, including delivery of large and complex initiatives.
• Experience in investment accounting, investment operations, portfolio management, trading, or risk management.
• Familiarity with capital-markets instruments, including equities, fixed income, and derivatives, and knowledge of the investment lifecycle and associated workflows.
• Experience with infrastructure or database architecture and working knowledge of cloud-based data warehouses, data lakes, and large-scale data-processing technologies.
• Proficiency with business intelligence tools such as Power BI, SQL, Microsoft Excel, and at least one scripting language such as Python.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to use data and sound reasoning to make recommendations and proactively address complex challenges.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and orchestration skills, with the ability to collaborate across geographically distributed teams and communicate effectively with executives, information technology leaders, and developers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading technical sales consulting or architecture engagements with large enterprises.
• A degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with client technical leaders and executives, promote adoption of Aladdin Studio, and guide architectural decisions that support successful enterprise deployment.
• Use Aladdin Studio capabilities, including Aladdin Data Cloud, APIs, and the Compute Platform, to design scalable, fit-for-purpose solutions for clients and prospective clients.
• Translate client feedback and financial technology trends into product improvements while coordinating the resolution of analytics issues and deployment of new capabilities.
• Advise clients and internal partners on complex analytics questions and provide technical support throughout pre-sales and implementation engagements.
• Demonstrate subject-matter expertise and thought leadership that strengthens client engagement and informs solution strategy.
• Develop and share implementation best practices across solutions architecture and implementation teams, including contributions to client-facing publications and white papers.
• Apply sound judgment and critical thinking to solve complex problems, adapt as the business evolves, and explore new approaches and technologies while rigorously challenging results.

Benefits

• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Leave benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Annual discretionary bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed