Director - MDM
BlackRock · Posted Oct 16
Investment management, asset management, risk analytics, and wealth services
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About the role
BlackRock Aladdin Data maintains all data integral to the investment decision process for BlackRock the house and its Aladdin and eFront platforms. The Private Markets Data Governance and Master Data Management team, part of Private Data Services, ensures the accuracy, timeliness and reliability of private markets data for the Aladdin and eFront communities. This Director leads the Insight Master Data Management team across Belgrade, Bangalore and Birmingham, owning the people, processes and operating model supporting master data across the Insight platform.
What you will do
- Lead and develop a globally distributed team of MDM professionals.
- Create a strong, connected team culture with clear accountability, priorities and development opportunities.
- Build MDM expertise within the team and develop leaders who can effectively manage day-to-day delivery.
- Establish clear operating rhythms and ensure effective collaboration across locations.
- Provide leadership and oversight for master data onboarding, standardization, maintenance and delivery across eFront Insight.
- Establish effective controls and quality checks across MDM processes and address recurring data-quality or operational issues.
- Ensure the team can effectively support onboarding, business-as-usual operations, integrations and migrations.
- Define and monitor service expectations and use metrics to identify opportunities to improve quality, timeliness and scalability.
- Identify opportunities to simplify and automate MDM processes and reduce manual intervention.
- Develop scalable operating models that allow the team to support business growth without sacrificing data quality.
- Partner with Product and Engineering to evolve MDM capabilities, workflows and supporting technology.
- Translate operational pain points and data requirements into clear priorities for process and technology improvements.
- Champion the use of data, AI, technology and automation to continually improve how MDM services are delivered.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
- Significant experience in master data management, data operations, data management or a related discipline, ideally within financial services.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams, preferably across multiple locations.
- Strong understanding of MDM concepts including entity mastering, data standardization, data quality, matching/deduplication, hierarchy management and data controls.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business requirements and operational challenges into scalable solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to lead change and improve operational processes.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across Product, Engineering, Operations and senior management.
- Ability to operate effectively in a complex, global organization and balance strategic priorities with operational execution.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with private markets, alternative assets or financial-services data management.
- Experience with large-scale data transformation, platform migration or data integration initiatives.
- Familiarity with SQL, Python, Power BI or other data-analysis and automation tools.
- Experience applying automation, machine learning or AI to data-management problems.
- Experience working with globally distributed teams.
Benefits and support
- strong retirement plan
- tuition reimbursement
- comprehensive healthcare
- support for working parents
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
About BlackRock
BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment management corporation and the world's largest asset manager. The firm provides institutional and individual clients with a broad range of investment, advisory, and risk management products, including its proprietary Aladdin financial technology platform. Headquartered in New York City, BlackRock manages trillions in assets across global equity, fixed income, alternative investments, and iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
- Industry
- Investment Management
- Company size
- 24900 employees
- Founded
- 1988-03-09
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
President and Director
Chief Financial Officer and Global Head of Corporate Strategy
Chief Operating Officer
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