Product Owner - Aladdin

Job Title: Product Owner

Location: NYC (Hybrid – 2 to 3 days onsite per week)
Duration: 12–24 Months

Domain – Investment Banking

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary product owner for Aladdin, managing the full product lifecycle
• Define and maintain a prioritized Aladdin product roadmap aligned to front office and risk management priorities
• Collaborate with project teams and various business and technology stakeholders to thoroughly understand business challenges and current processes
• Engage directly and regularly with portfolio managers, traders, risk managers, and compliance officers to surface pain points, gather requirements, and validate solutions
• Act as the escalation point for Aladdin-related production issues, coordinating resolution across engineering, operations, and BlackRock support
• Manage the day-to-day BlackRock client relationship, including service reviews, enhancement requests, licensing discussions, and SLA accountability
• Maintain a living Aladdin knowledge base covering configurations, integrations, known issues, and operational runbooks
• Partner with the engineering team through the full DevOps/Agile delivery cycle — writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, participating in sprint reviews, and managing release deployments
• Understand and contribute to API and data integration design between Aladdin and surrounding systems (Perform, Verity, Snowflake, internal data platforms)
• Coordinate UAT, parallel runs, and cutover planning for Aladdin enhancements and new module implementations
• Prioritize and track the Aladdin enhancement backlog with BlackRock''s client management team, advocating for features that align with Neuberger''s investment platform strategy

Requirements:

• 8+ years in product management, business analysis, or solution design within financial services
• Deep, hands-on technical experience with BlackRock Aladdin OMS, risk analytics, compliance, and portfolio management modules
• Experience with Order Management Systems (Perform) and Research Management Systems (Verity, Everest) is a strong plus
• Strong understanding of investment workflows - trade lifecycle, portfolio construction, performance attribution, risk monitoring
• Proficiency in SQL and Snowflake; Python a plus; comfort working with APIs and data pipelines
• Solid grasp of Agile/DevOps delivery — user stories, sprint planning, CI/CD awareness
• Exceptional ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and vice versa
• Exposure to GenAI applications in Asset Management