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Product Operations Associate, Aladdin Platform Engineering

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In-Office
New York, NY
105K-138K Annually
Mid level
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New York, NY
105K-138K Annually
Mid level

About this role

About This Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Associate to support Product Operations for Aladdin Platform Engineering. This role will help connect OKRs, planning, roadmap priorities, reporting, communications, and engagement across engineering teams and partners.

The role sits at the intersection of platform strategy and execution, helping leaders turn priorities into clear plans, measurable outcomes, and consistent ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

Product Operations, OKRs & Planning

  • Support the Platform Engineering product operating rhythm by connecting priorities, OKRs, roadmaps, and execution plans
  • Coordinate OKR alignment across engineering, product, and partner teams to clarify outcomes, dependencies, and commitments
  • Manage planning activities, including intake, milestone tracking, readiness reviews, leadership reporting, and follow-up
  • Build visibility into progress, risks, blockers, and decisions through concise reporting, dashboards, and executive-ready materials

Product Discovery, Communications & Intake

  • Own the recurring product communications cadence (newsletters and roadmap updates) that keeps leadership, partner teams, and users informed on progress, releases, and what’s changed
  • Maintain and evolve a central product hub as the single source for discovery, ownership, support resources, and roadmap updates across engineering and partner teams
  • Steward the hub’s structure and content, coordinating with product owners to keep descriptions, support models, and request paths accurate and current
  • Operate and improve the intake process, helping requestors route their needs and navigate relevant governance and review checkpoints
  • Drive adoption and awareness of platform products and capabilities, clarifying ownership and reducing ambiguity around where requests should go

Roadmap & Organizational Alignment

  • Partner with platform leaders and product owners to align priorities and delivery plans across engineering pillars and shared initiatives
  • Help teams understand how work fits together, what decisions are needed, and where dependencies need attention
  • Maintain documentation of priorities, decisions, dependencies, and planning assumptions to support transparency and follow-through

Governance & Cadence

  • Support leadership forums and operating reviews by preparing agendas, readouts, decision logs, and action tracking
  • Draft clear communications on priorities, planning expectations, OKR progress, roadmap changes, and organizational updates
  • Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, improve consistency, and use AI or automation to reduce manual coordination and increase transparency

Qualifications & Experience

  • 2–4 years of relevant experience in product operations, product management, program management, technology operations, consulting, business management, or a related role
  • Experience supporting planning processes, OKRs, roadmap management, reporting, or cross-functional delivery in a technology organization
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to turn complex inputs into clear summaries, leadership materials, and action-oriented follow-ups
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams across teams, timelines, and stakeholders
  • Curiosity about platform technology and how large engineering organizations set direction and execute at scale

Personal Attributes

  • Strong sense of ownership with a bias toward action and delivery
  • Curious and analytical, able to connect the dots across strategy, execution, and outcomes
  • Comfortable moving between detailed work and broader context
  • Reliable and thoughtful when handling sensitive information
  • Collaborative team player motivated by learning and impact
For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$105,000.00 - USD$137,500.00 . 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 people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.


Guidance on AI use for candidates


At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.


About BlackRock


At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.


This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.


To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.

BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.

 

BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email [email protected]. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.

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