iShares Product Program Manager
The iShares brand was launched in 2000 and has since become the leading ETF provider with over $770 Billion in assets under management globally and just under 40% global ETF market share as of June 2013. iShares runs over 600 ETFs globally, holding securities in various asset classes ranging from US domestic equity to fixed income, to emerging and frontier markets. The target audience for iShares includes intermediaries (financial advisors) and institutional investors.
iShares ETFs are built around indices by virtually every leading index provider: Barclay's Capital, Cohen Steers, Dow Jones, FTSE, FSTE/Xinhua, iBoxx, JP Morgan, Morningstar, MSCI, NASDAQ, NYSE, Russell and Standard Poor's. They are diversified like typical index funds, but trade like an exchange listed security, with the advantages of transparency, cost- and tax- efficiency, and index exposure. The iShares business believes its competitive advantages lie in the depth and breadth of its products, the unique expertise and service of its client relationship teams, and its brand strength.
The Product Program Manager will be a key member of the iShares Americas Product Design Quality Team of BlackRock's iShares business. The Product Program Manager will be primarily responsible for ensuring timely delivery of new products and product enhancements, and quality execution of projects in line with management expectations. This role will provide an opportunity to be a key player in a strategic and dynamic environment, and will provide exposure to a wide variety of product development and management business processes.
Primary Responsibilities:
Project Management – Lead project management efforts and direct work-streams for complex, cross-functional and/or high-impact new products or projects. Work with product development leadership to maintain and oversee progress of product initiatives and ETF platform development efforts.
- Provide day to day program management oversight for initiatives in the product development and enhancement pipeline.
- Resolve roadblocks; pro-actively manage issues and risks related to projects.
- Facilitate cross-organizational communication, liaising with multiple businesses and groups.
- Collaborate with other members of the product team and partner with other cross-functional teams to deliver and commercialize products.
- Adhere to established product development protocols in an effort to improve efficiency and time to market.
- Set project milestones, monitor progress, and ensure teams accomplish stated goals.
Team Coordination Collaboration - Work closely with senior management, portfolio managers, and operational teams on key product initiatives. Develop strong partnerships with various internal groups and work as a facilitator to help deliver results.
Strategic Projects – Engage with senior leaders across iShares Americas Product to define, prioritize and execute on strategic product priorities.
Qualifications:
- Must have 7+ years of business experience, preferably in financial services.
- Experience in management of financial product development projects (e.g. ETF's), or financial product management, highly desired.
- Expert Excel, Bloomberg and PowerPoint skills.
- Proven experience in managing multiple projects or project work streams, and ability to understand and manage dependencies appropriately.
- Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills.
- Self-directed, effective at prioritizing tasks, managing time and organizing people
- Demonstrated success establishing clear priorities and executing on strategic plans
- Excellent organization skills; must be able to manage disparate tasks, project plans and ad hoc teams.
- Demonstrated track record of successfully managing changing demands and circumstances; capable of responding resourcefully to ambiguity.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and teaming skills.
- Understanding of the asset management industry, its products and various distribution channels. An understanding of capital markets and fixed income; ability to recognize different issue types and structures as they relate to portfolio management and trading a plus.
- BA/BS in finance, economics or other related focus; MBA, CFA and/or Project Management credential a plus.
BlackRock is proud to be an E-Verify Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer--M/F/D/V.
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.
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