Associate / Vice President Equity Product Strategy - Factors, Income, and Systematic Active

About this role

The iShares Equity Product Strategy Team within BlackRock’s Global Product Solutions (GPS) business is responsible for driving ETF adoption, product innovation, and commercialization of the iShares UCITS range.  Within the product strategy function, segment specialist teams are the primary commercial axis for the execution of client and commercial strategy, aligning with global client, product, and marketing functions to drive scale.

This team is seeking an Associate / Vice President to help drive the commercialization of the Factors, Income, and Systematic Active ETF segments: a growing and dynamic range that covers numerous funds and approximately $45 billion in assets under management, including single factor, multifactor, factors+ESG, income, and systematic active equity ETFs.

This role will support investment insights, education, analysis, and content creation to aid and expand our distribution efforts, continuing to position us as the market leader and a strong partner to our clients. You will work closely with the firm’s global Systematic Active Equity and Factor-based investment strategies platform, as well as partners across Sales, Marketing, and the overall ETF and GPS business.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Drive distribution initiatives through data analysis and client-ready insights covering factor and income trends, fundamental data, competitor positioning, and ETF industry developments.  The successful candidate should have previous experience in factor or systematic investing, strategic and client-centric mindset, and a desire to be part of a high-performing team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Knowledge: Develop a strong understanding of the product range, from fund structures, to index methodologies, investment theses and client use cases.
• Content Production: Oversee the maintenance and updating of existing content pieces and help produce new insights for end-clients.
• Analysis and Insights: Leveraging external research, market trends, fundamental data and other tools and analytics to develop timely content that supports commercial opportunities.
• Collaboration: Work efficiently across the equity product strategy team and within a cross-functional team (Product Distribution, Sales, Research, Marketing, Portfolio Management) to drive initiatives and provide product expertise and commercial perspective where required.
• Engagement: Conceive and activate initiatives with salespeople to target key asset-gathering opportunities, and present to end-clients representing the product segment to internal and external stakeholders.
• Segment Strategy: Assist in development and execution of a strategy for Factors, Income, and Systematic Active ETFs across product development, sales, marketing, communications, and analytics initiatives.

Skills & Experience Required:

• 5+ years’ relevant industry experience for Vice President and 3+ for Associate, specifically investment management knowledge and ideally factor investing.
• Applicable experience with Factor Investing topics (as an investor, research professional or sales) and experience in a client-facing role (investment consulting/sales) preferable.
• Strong technical and analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information and communicate technical concepts effectively to a varied audience. Experience in Bloomberg, FactSet advantageous.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task, prioritize and collaborate in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in a European language preferred, especially German.
• Ability to travel regionally ~20%.

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.

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