Head of Americas Transitions recruitment
BlackRock Transition Management provides services across all asset classes, leveraging the size and scale of our strong asset management platform to provide superior execution. Since 1985, BlackRock has provided customized transition management services with a team of 50 people worldwide dedicated to delivering quantitative cost and risk control strategies aimed at protecting client assets in transition. As a leader in the Transition Management industry, BlackRock Transition Management works with some of the world's largest institutions.
BlackRock's Global Transition Management team is seeking a Head of Americas Transitions to lead a team of 16 in San Francisco and New York. The team includes senior transition strategists and managers. The responsibilities of the Transition Management team spans transition portfolio management and analysis, business development, and product positioning. The Head of Americas Transitions will be directly responsible for delivering business success for BlackRock's transition business in the US while collaborating with global partners, meeting with key clients and managing team members. This candidate will report into and work closely with the Global Head of Trading Research and Transition Management to ensure strong alignment of objectives and connectivity on all Global initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver and articulate a clear vision and business strategy for long-term growth.
- Develop and maintain key client and partner relationships regionally and globally.
- Ability to troubleshoot issues that may impact the business and break down barriers to resolve them.
- Be a leader across BlackRock, building winning relationships with colleagues across the firm to ensure that the Transition Management platform is robust and positioned for growth.
- Foster a collaborative and integrated team of transition managers and strategists focused on performance.
Qualifications:
- Managing Director or equivalent position at a major Financial Services Institution in a relevant role
- 10+ years of experience in the investment industry; thorough understanding of asset management, operational processes and trading.
- Must have demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships throughout the firm.
- Excellent judgment and instincts when dealing with difficult conversations both with clients and the team members
- Knowledge of securities in all asset classes including equity, derivatives, currency, and fixed income.
- Experience working with global teams
BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer--M/F/D/V.
Skills
BlackRock is one of the world's preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions -- from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world's capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.