Director, Aladdin Product Management, Private Credit

About this role About BlackRock: From its inception, BlackRock has been driven by a clear and purposeful mission. Over time, we refined our expression of that mission to what it is today: helping more people achieve financial well-being. Aladdin was created early in the firm’s history to ensure that the investment professionals at BlackRock have the best-in-class technology, data, and analytics to manage client assets.  About the Role: We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused leader for our Aladdin Product Management Private Credit technology team. This leader will drive the vision, technology roadmap, and delivery of innovative solutions that power the next generation of private credit, loans and structured credit investing across Aladdin’s Whole Portfolio technology product platform. The ideal candidate will bring deep private credit experience and will successfully lead and empower colleagues across a wide range of business functions to deliver results for Aladdin clients and BlackRock. We are seeking a senior professional with a consistent track record identifying business opportunities, leading teams that build new products and businesses, and delivering commercial results—now increasingly enabled by AI driven ways of working. In addition, this role carries senior leadership accountability for shaping and leading Aladdin’s AI agenda as it relates to private credit and private markets. The successful candidate will: Lead and shape Aladdin AI initiatives relevant to private credit and private markets, with a clear focus on business outcomes. Act as an AI evangelist across the Aladdin Product organization, promoting practical, scalable adoption of AI in product management, design, and delivery. Serve as an agent of change in how product managers operate, make decisions, and execute—using AI to materially improve efficiency, velocity, and execution discipline across the product lifecycle. Key Responsibilities: Product Strategy & Vision Define and evolve the long-term product strategy for private credit technology, aligned with firmwide objectives to scale BlackRock’s private credit business and deliver against Aladdin’s private markets commercial targets. Translate market trends, client needs, and internal partner feedback into a technology product roadmap that spans deal lifecycle and portfolio management, end to end investment book of record, and market leading analytics. Embed AI explicitly into product strategy formation, roadmap definition, and prioritization. Leverage AI to increase efficiency, velocity, and rigor in setting, sequencing, and evolving the private credit product roadmap, enabling faster iteration and clearer trade offs. Execution & Delivery Lead cross-functional squads to deliver on roadmap priorities, including automation of lifecycle workflows, support for new private credit asset types, and augmented analytics capabilities. Partner with engineering, design, and data science teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of features across Aladdin and eFront platforms. Lead a cross functional Aladdin team to drive forward product builds across Aladdin Data, Trading, Portfolio Management tools, Compliance, Post Trade, and Risk and Analytics. Drive the adoption of an AI enabled product development lifecycle and hold teams accountable for using AI to improve execution velocity and operating efficiency, while maintaining appropriate governance, quality, and risk discipline. Engage with internal BlackRock investment and operations teams, external asset managers, and data partners to validate product direction and gather feedback. Client & Partner Engagement Partner closely with Aladdin business development, client transformations/implementations, and relationship management teams to drive client engagement and deliver commercial revenue targets for Aladdin’s private credit technology product offering.  Collaborate with go-to-market, marketing, and enablement teams to support product launches, client pipeline, revenue conversion, client onboarding and implementations, and internal education. Team Leadership Grow and mentor a high-performing team of product managers. Lead by influence and encourage a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement. Set clear expectations for AI enabled ways of working across product teams, positioning AI as a core component of how product managers plan, prioritize, and execute. Cultivate relationships with BlackRock private credit investing teams as part of our Aladdin “user-provider” model, and marshal and lead colleagues across the firm to deliver technology solutions and operating model enhancements that deliver priority business outcomes. Qualifications: 15+ years of private credit experience and or technology product management experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role. Deep understanding of private credit markets, including deal structures, risk analytics, and operational workflows. Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept to launch. Strong communication and leadership skills, with experience engaging senior executives and clients. Familiarity with platforms like Aladdin, or similar investment management systems is a plus. For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$215,000.00 - USD$275,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance. Our benefits To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the p