Director, Aladdin Solutions Engineering

PreSales Collective; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Retirement benefits

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

BlackRock is seeking a Director – Solutions Engineering for the Aladdin platform in New York. The role leads senior client engagements, collaborates with Sales for strategy, and delivers tailored demonstrations across investment, risk, and technology teams.

The candidate will diagnose operating model challenges with a consultative approach, map client objectives to Aladdin capabilities, and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in investment management, enterprise investment technology, or financial markets, ideally across OMS/EMS, portfolio management systems, risk systems, or private markets platforms.
• Strong understanding of front-to-back investment workflows, risk processes, portfolio construction, trading, operations, and technology architectures.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and craft compelling narratives for executives and technical audiences alike.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with demonstrated ability to diagnose client challenges and architect high impact solutions.
• Proven success partnering with sales teams on complex enterprise technology deals.
• Self-starter comfortable operating in fast paced, multi-cultural environments; strong team management and leadership skills.
• Organized, diligent, and committed to excellence in client engagement and internal execution
• Deep passion for financial markets and technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, senior-level prospect engagements from RFP through vendor selection.
• Partner with Aladdin Business Development to drive sales strategy and win new mandates.
• Deliver sophisticated, workflow-oriented demonstrations tailored to investment, risk, operations, and technology teams across client organizations.
• Use a consultative selling approach to diagnose operating model challenges and align Aladdin’s integrated front-to-back capabilities with client strategic objectives.
• Incorporate market, regulatory and geopolitical insights into prospects discussions
• Build trusted, long-term relationships with senior client stakeholders (e.g., CIO, CTO, COO, Heads of Desks), positioning Aladdin as a strategic partner in transformation.
• Understand prospect objectives and proactively map those objectives to Aladdin solutions, incorporating industry terminology, workflows, and pain points
• Partner with Aladdin product development to contribute ideas, understand Aladdin's roadmap and latest functionality

Skills

Investment management

Front-to-back workflows

Communication & presentation

Analytical problem solving

Enterprise technology deals

Leadership

Multi-cultural environments

Client engagement

Job description

BlackRock is seeking a Director – Solutions Engineering for the Aladdin platform in New York. The role leads senior client engagements, collaborates with Sales for strategy, and delivers tailored demonstrations across investment, risk, and technology teams.

The candidate will diagnose operating model challenges with a consultative approach, map client objectives to Aladdin capabilities, and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.