About this role
Your team
The Innovation, Data & Analytics (IDA) team sits across Liquidity & Financing (L&F) within BlackRock Global Markets and Index Investments (BGM). BGM brings together Index Investments, Global Trading, ETF Markets, and Liquidity & Financing, which encompasses Securities Lending, Securities Financing, and Cash Management.
IDA operates across L&F within the COO function and is focused on enabling the next generation of innovation and data-driven decision making. The team is leading the evolution of L&F's in-business data platform, driving AI adoption and citizen development, delivering centralized reporting and business intelligence capabilities, and exploring emerging technologies that can create meaningful business impact.
Your role and impact
We are seeking an Associate to join the IDA team in New York. This role provides an opportunity to work at the intersection of financial markets, data, analytics, and innovation, translating complex business challenges into scalable solutions.
You will work across Securities Lending, Securities Financing, and Cash Management and collaborate with program and product managers, data engineers, trading professionals, client professionals, and other partners across the firm. Your work will help expand L&F's analytical capabilities, develop differentiated data and insights, modernize our data platform and tooling, and identify practical applications for AI and emerging technologies.
Your responsibilities
In every role at BlackRock, you'll be expected to apply sound judgement and critical thinking to solve complex problems, adapt as the business evolves, and combine the curiosity to explore new approaches and technologies with the rigor to challenge the results. The scope of this role also includes the following responsibilities:
Innovation & Emerging Technology: Research, evaluate, document, and test new and emerging technologies, identifying opportunities to generate revenue, improve productivity and scale, and mitigate risk.
Derived Data Strategy: Develop proprietary business data transformations and analytical logic through deep-dive research into trading, market, product, and client dynamics.
Analytics & Business Intelligence: Partner within multidisciplinary teams to develop and expand analytics and business intelligence capabilities based on business impact and demand.
Data Platform & Tooling: Contribute to the development and evolution of L&F's data platform and tooling, enabling scalable access to trusted data and supporting data-driven decision making.
Partnerships & Collaboration: Build and expand data, analytics, and research partnerships with key stakeholders across L&F and the broader firm.
Your experience
Undergraduate or graduate degree in a quantitative field such as Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Operations Research, or a related discipline, with strong quantitative and analytical capabilities.
4+ years of relevant experience in data strategy, analytics, or technology innovation within financial services or a related setting; experience in Securities Lending, Securities Financing, Cash Management, or adjacent markets is preferred.
Advanced proficiency in SQL and programming languages such as Python, with experience in data engineering workflows (ETL/ELT) and business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Familiarity with APIs, distributed data systems, cloud and UNIX/Linux environments, Git, and modern development workflows such as Azure DevOps is preferred.
Curiosity and demonstrated interest in AI, automation, and emerging technologies; experience with AI/ML/LLM techniques, agentic systems, or AI-enhanced coding is a plus.
Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex challenges into practical solutions while managing competing priorities with attention to detail.
Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to articulate findings,…