BlackRock
Vice President - Platform Strategist within Fundamental Equities, Portfolio Management Group
About this role
About the Role
Fundamental Equities, part of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group, manages $296bn across 17 teams and 220+ professionals. Our Core Product Strategy team in Budapest acts as an innovation hub, creating marketing materials, presentations, and client responses while driving commercial growth and technology enablement.
This fixed-term role (1.5 years) is designed for a Vice President who will drive strategic initiatives at the intersection of commercial growth and technology enablement, gain exposure to senior leaders across Fundamental Equities, and play a key role in shaping the operating model for FE Product Strategy. The successful candidate will translate business objectives into actionable technology projects, deliver commercial outcomes, and foster innovation across global Product Strategy teams.
Role Profile
Key Responsibilities:
Lead cross-functional commercial and technology projects, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.
Champion the adoption of cutting-edge technology and data analytics to enhance client reporting and support decision-making.
Facilitate forums to surface and scale promising tools and evaluate their impact (ROI)
Partner laterally with PMG PS, PAG and DS&S to identify shared challenges, co-develop solutions, and align best practices.
Partner with Product Strategy teams globally to coordinate hiring for Core PS, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and talent needs.
Promote a strong, inclusive culture across FE CorePS locations, possibly including indirect reporting lines, to foster unity and shared ownership.
Stay abreast of global market trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies to inform strategy and execution.
You should have:
5+ years of experience within financial services, ideally with equity markets exposure.
Proven track record of project management experience.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.
Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications. Familiarity with PowerBI and Microsoft Power Platform is a plus.
Strong data management and manipulation skills; Experience with Python or R programming language is a plus.
Equally passionate about technical excellence and team enablement, proactive, problem-solving attitude supported by the ability to effectively combine outputs from different sources of technology/systems -you design with both scale and accessibility in mind.
Interest in global financial markets; be up to date on macro events and market trends; A desire to pursue CFA, FRM and/or CAIA is welcome.
Your Learning & Development will include:
Learning about our clients and their investment strategies.
Assisting investors in achieving their investment goals by utilizing BlackRock’s technology.
Collaborating across multiple business functions to learn about the product life cycle.
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.
Our hybrid work model
BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.
About BlackRock
At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.
