DescriptionAbout this role About this role This senior product manageris responsible for Aladdin Wealth Tech's technology product capabilities for discretionary portfolio managers (DPM). The individual will advance our product vision in this area, assess and evolve product/market fit, and drive roadmap planning, development, and delivery. This role will work closely with a dedicated team of engineers, designers, product marketers, QA, and other product managers. The individual will engage directly with prospective and existing clients, providing support and guidance to our business development, implementation, and relationship management teams. While this individual's client-facing engagement will focus on European markets, this is a global role with opportunities to advance our capabilities in all wealth markets in which we operate. About Aladdin Wealth Tech Aladdin Wealth Tech is BlackRock's technology business serving the global wealth management industry. Our mission is to transform wealth management through technology, leading to better investment outcomes for more people. Our users are financial advisors, bankers, CIOs, risk managers, portfolio managers, and business leaders of leading wealth managers. We enablethem to deliver better, more personalized portfolios to their clients and to differentiate and grow their wealthbusinesses. We are a global team of product, engineering, client, implementation, and analytics professionals pioneering the next generation of wealthtech capabilities. Key Responsibilities The VP of Product Management role is a high-ownership position for an experienced senior product manager versed in wealth management and portfolio management. The role responsibilities include: Setting the roadmap for the Portfolio Management product pillar, ensuring the roadmap is aligned to the priorities of multiple products that use features owned by the pillar, and making priority tradeoffs among competing opportunities and needs. Executing on the roadmap by defining requirements, developing product and technical designs, driving the SDLC to deliver high-quality software. This role works closely and hands-on with designers to develop UX and UI designs, engineers to develop technical approaches, and QA to design and execute test plans. Working closely with Product Marketing to articulate value propositions and create client-facing collateral, demo sites, and demo scripts for new features. Driving innovation in the Product Pillar, including by extracting insights from usage data and user feedback, connecting dots across different product needs and client asks, and tracking competitor capabilities. Helping prepare for and participating in BD engagements to pitch to prospective clients and listening with a keen product ear to prospects' reception of the product. Engaging with live clients on our product capabilities to support our implementation and relationship management teams. Being an expert in the features within the Pillar. The VP PM is expected to be able to solution live with and against the Pillar's feature set in an external client-facing engagement and internal solutioning sessions. Being an expert in the features within the Pillar. The VP PM is expected to be able to solution live on their areas of ownership in internal and external engagements. Ensuring relevant service desk (bugs, questions, etc) inquiries are addressed efficiently and at high quality. Desired Qualifications 5+ years of meaningful experience in product management in wealth management and/or portfolio management Subject matter expertise in investments and/or trading (CFA or equivalent professional experience) Ability to engage in technical design and solutioning on an enterprise SaaS and/or highly technical software product Ability to and passion for empathizing deeply with users and acting on their behalf Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver presentations and communicate internally and externally at a range of seniority levels In addition to English (required), Italian and/or German language skills Our benefits To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
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