VP, Aladdin Platform Engineering COO Office - Hosting Business Manager

About this role

Business Overview:

BlackRock helps investors build better financial futures. As a fiduciary to our clients, we provide the investment and technology solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. At the heart of technology at BlackRock, is Platform Engineering, the team responsible for designing, building, and operating Aladdin, BlackRock's investment and operating technology platform. Being a member of Platform Engineering means working with the industry's thought leaders to build and power innovative and next generation investment technology products that shape the financial markets. We are 1,000 strong and we eat, live and breathe tech. We partner with our end users to deeply understand their business strategy and build technology to help them get there. We think big about new opportunities and ways technology can change the financial services ecosystem.

• You will spearhead the strategic management and optimization of BlackRock's hosting estate. This critical role requires a strong technical background, project management expertise, and in-depth knowledge of key trends across cloud transformation, enterprise technology, and financial services.

• You will contribute as a relentless driving force behind the transformation of our organization and empowerment of the Aladdin community within and beyond the walls of BlackRock. This means that the successful candidate will have a critical seat in accelerating Aladdin and BlackRock for the next 30 years.

• You will fall in love with the culture, be excited by the challenge, and be an inspiration to your team to get things done.

• Hosting technical strategy & architectural excellence: Craft technical strategies related to cloud native transformation, on-prem architecture, workload migration, and more in tandem with senior engineering leadership.
• Program management & execution: Design programs and manage execution for critical initiatives that encompass both cloud and on-prem technology stacks.
• Hosting governance, demand management, and prioritization: Design frameworks and manage venues for aligning business needs with hosting capabilities across strategic, technical, and financial dimensions.
• Cost optimization: Drive accelerated evolution through enhancements to tooling, reporting, and roadmap planning. Mature our hosting optimization programs, uncovering additional savings opportunities and aligning them with optimal engineering practices.
• Hosting resource management: Collaborate with engineering leads to track resource utilization and provide strategic perspective on capacity management.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Manage a wide variety of stakeholders both within Aladdin and horizontally across BlackRock businesses. This includes (a) operating forums with key senior leaders to foster greater understanding of the technical, business and financial impacts of our hosting estate and (b) ensuring delivery of rigorous financial reporting in partnership with our Finance and Business Management functions as part of monthly and annual processes.

• You are passionate and excited about the intersection of Cloud <> Business Value <> Metrics and Analytics and see it as your mission to advocate for all perspectives to generate strong outcomes
• You are obsessed with using metrics to measure the impact and outcomes for your organization and stakeholders - "what gets measured gets managed."
• You know how to influence decision-making - at all levels and across contexts - within the organization.
• You know how to balance architectural principles with practical business needs.
• You enjoy rolling up your sleeves and getting into the details when vital, and you persevere where others do not.

• 8+ years of combined enterprise leadership and technical experience in Financial Services or Technology running a globally diverse engineering team.
• Proven track record of accomplishment and successful navigation in large, complex organizations, specifically, successful deliveries of technology focused products through the entire product development lifecycle
• Superb engineering leadership experience across complex/cross functional initiatives - the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple tasks, adapt to change and work well under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills, with working knowledge of cutting-edge engineering applications, software development methodologies and product technologies
• Experience running Agile teams with a proven passion to improve yourself and your squads, with results to evidence.
• Strong intellectual ability and stakeholder management skills evidenced by being able to establish his/her credibility and influence with senior leaders throughout the firm.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a dynamic business environment and continually reprioritize to focus on the key issues/topics.
• Outstanding interpersonal characteristics, reputation, and team orientation, which will enable her/him to earn confidence, loyalty, and respect of colleagues, as well as be a dynamic enterprise contributor as part of the Platform Engineering Leadership team.