What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner - Aladdin position at RAPS Consulting Inc?
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
Salary : $55 - $65