VP, Product Manager - Aladdin Trading

Overview

About this role

Black Rock is the world’s leading asset management firm, and Aladdin is the central nervous system for investment professionals to see their whole portfolio, understand risk exposure, and act with precision. It is a $1BN+ technology business with growth aspirations over the next five years. Being a part of Black Rock means joining a community of smart, results‑oriented people pursuing sophisticated financial challenges.

The founder‑led culture maintains a results‑oriented feel — we work hard, we work as a team, and we work with purpose. As a member of Aladdin Product, you will work with industry leaders to build innovative products that shape financial markets.

Sitting at the intersection of business and technology, the Aladdin Product Management team collaborates with developers, researchers, and other stakeholders to innovate, conceptualize, design and pilot new capabilities across the investment lifecycle. As a Product Manager, you will help develop product vision and lead day‑to‑day execution of the roadmap, exploring, evaluating, prioritizing strategic areas while ensuring tactical delivery needs are met.

• Define and own the product story and roadmap for Aladdin’s high‑scale OEMS trading capabilities.
• Lead Product Delivery Life Cycle (PDLC) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) ceremonies, including maintenance of roadmaps, requirements, specifications, and release notes.
• Serve as a resource to internal and external clients about our capabilities in the context of their business.
• Be a market expert — stay ahead of industry, market, and technology trends to build opportunities for Black Rock and better serve clients.
• Be metric driven. Track and measure usage and feedback to inform product strategy.

• Strong collaboration skills, with experience engaging end‑users, developers, and executives.
• Ability to present complex technical ideas to technical and non‑technical stakeholders and execute against them.
• Reputation for building trusting relationships and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, problem‑solving, and planning skills; ability to work and deliver results independently.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in product management, trading technology, or financial markets.
• Hands‑on comfort using AI tools in daily product work (e.g., prompt‑based research, summarization, synthesis, draft specifications, competitive scans, workflow mapping, data exploration support) with appropriate judgment and confidentiality.
• Experience partnering with engineering and data teams to define API contracts, data interfaces, and constraints, and translate those considerations into product requirements and trade‑offs.
• Knowledge of SQL, Power BI, Azure Dev Ops and Aha! is a plus.

Business

• Familiarity with market and technology trends across the trading ecosystem.
• Understanding of front, middle, and back‑office integration touch points.
• Strong understanding of an Order Management System.

Functional

• Understanding of product and software development life cycles.
• Experience with agile development practices.
• Proven experience creating product roadmaps, writing business and technical specifications, and delivering product outcomes.
• Experience interacting with product stakeholders, including end users and software developers.

Leadership

• Strong collaboration skills, with experience engaging end‑users, developers, and executives.
• Ability to present complex technical ideas to technical and non‑technical stakeholders and execute against them.
• Track record of building trusting relationships and strong communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including delivering presentations and communicating up and down the organization.
• Strong organizational, problem‑solving, and planning skills.
• Ability to work and deliver results independently.

• Define and own the product story and roadmap for Aladdin’s high scale OEMS trading capabilities.
• Lead Product Delivery Life Cycle (PDLC) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) ceremonies including maintenance of product roadmaps, requirements,…