What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director - Data Contributions position at BlackRock?
About This Role
The Team:
The Data & Research Management group is responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and complete data to enhance the value of Preqin’s award-winning service. The trust in our underlying content enables our clients to make key investment decisions.
Besides simply collecting content, Data & Research Management collaborates extensively with internal and external stakeholders to improve our data offering leveraging technology and subject matter expertise. The team understands the end-to-end lifecycle of data and establishes business intelligence reports seeking operational excellence
Role Overview
The Director – AMER Data Contributions role is an outstanding leadership opportunity based in our vibrant New York office. This position is integral to Preqin, a part of BlackRock's data leadership team and is charged with steering the strategic direction of our data initiatives. By working closely with the Data, Product, and Technology teams, you will ensure our data exceeds client expectations in both scope and quality.
You will apply your market knowledge, relationship building skills, and data expertise to drive our private market data expansion initiatives in the Americas. This involves market exploration, collaboration, and innovative process execution. Your deep understanding of the private markets ecosystem and market trends will significantly contribute to our organizational strategy, ensuring the continued growth and improvement of Preqin, a part of BlackRock's data offerings.
Responsibilities
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.
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.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
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 Disability.Assistance@blackrock.com. 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.
The Team:
The Data & Research Management group is responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and complete data to enhance the value of Preqin’s award-winning service. The trust in our underlying content enables our clients to make key investment decisions.
Besides simply collecting content, Data & Research Management collaborates extensively with internal and external stakeholders to improve our data offering leveraging technology and subject matter expertise. The team understands the end-to-end lifecycle of data and establishes business intelligence reports seeking operational excellence
Role Overview
The Director – AMER Data Contributions role is an outstanding leadership opportunity based in our vibrant New York office. This position is integral to Preqin, a part of BlackRock's data leadership team and is charged with steering the strategic direction of our data initiatives. By working closely with the Data, Product, and Technology teams, you will ensure our data exceeds client expectations in both scope and quality.
You will apply your market knowledge, relationship building skills, and data expertise to drive our private market data expansion initiatives in the Americas. This involves market exploration, collaboration, and innovative process execution. Your deep understanding of the private markets ecosystem and market trends will significantly contribute to our organizational strategy, ensuring the continued growth and improvement of Preqin, a part of BlackRock's data offerings.
Responsibilities
- Drive the strategic direction of Preqin, a part of BlackRock's data coverage, ensuring it is world-class and meets or exceeds client expectations.
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), working with internal collaborators to improve and develop current and future data offerings.
- Apply extensive networks in the Private markets space to deepen relationships and inform our data expansion strategy.
- Lead a team of VPs and Senior Associates, operating in a player‑coach capacity—setting strategy while remaining hands‑on in building markets relationships & executing initiatives to expand our private markets data coverage.
- Lead strategic data initiatives, including market mapping and white space analysis, to determine future coverage areas.
- Explore strategic data opportunities through partnerships and projects.
- Partner with Data Management and Data Platform teams to lead data sourcing, acquisition, extraction, and ingestion strategies.
- Assist external collaborators with dataset expertise and domain knowledge, including troubleshooting and representing our data to customers.
- Provide mentorship and training to internal data collection teams to improve the value and impact of data.
- Act as a brand ambassador, upholding and promoting Preqin, a part of BlackRock’s values and policies.
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in data/financial data services/alternative assets.
- Proven ability to acquire domain knowledge relevant to data and financial markets.
- Strong understanding of data lifecycle management from acquisition to publishing.
- Demonstrated success in performance management and building high-performing teams.
- Extensive people and project management experience, including remote team management.
- Hands-on, motivational, and entrepreneurial leader with professional competence.
- Strategic thinker capable of developing and improving data offerings.
- Experience in introducing change management through technology and processes.
- Strong time management and prioritization skills.
- Excellent communication skills and experience working with senior executives.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required.
- Proficiency in business intelligence systems such as Power BI or Metabase.
- Experience leading high performing teams.
- Skills in organizational design and central initiatives with senior management.
- Experience working with engineering teams to improve workflows.
- Experience working across cultures and locations.
- Change management experience supporting global transitions.
- Prior experience in the alternative assets industry or financial services data management.
- Familiarity with workflow tools such as Alteryx, Salesforce, Outreach, Jira, Office 365.
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.
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.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
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 Disability.Assistance@blackrock.com. 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.