Vice President, Alternative Data Strategy – Execution

BlackRock

Vice President role managing alternative data strategy and execution within BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group. Collaborating across teams to drive data sourcing, prioritisation, and implementation.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeNew York City • Massachusetts, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $155,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with investors to identify, prioritise, and source alternative datasets aligned to Alpha Priorities and investment strategies
Maintain a strong view of the alternative data landscape, delivering thematic insights and identifying datasets that enhance existing signals or unlock new opportunities
Prioritise competing demands and drive datasets from idea through evaluation to onboarding, balancing speed, impact, and scalability
Facilitate dataset evaluation with investors and research teams, ensuring practical usability and investment impact
Act as the central point of contact for third-party data inventory, driving visibility, reuse, and discoverability of datasets across teams
Engage with a broad range of vendors, supporting strategic data partnerships, negotiations, and commercial assessment of value and fit
Coordinate dataset reviews with IDS and control functions, ensuring compliant use of data, including licensing and AI/ML usage rights
Partner with Business Managers and platform teams to streamline the data acquisition lifecycle (onboarding → trial → production) and ensure consistent workflows across PMG
Connect investors, data teams, engineering, and vendors to coordinate workflows and bring in the right expertise to drive outcomes
Support governance initiatives (including Aladdin Alpha) and contribute to improving transparency of data usage and spend across PMG

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
5+ Years relevant experience in financial services, data, or consulting environments
Experience in financial services, data strategy, consulting, or investment research
Exposure to alternative data and/or investment research workflows
Familiarity with data licensing, governance, and AI/ML usage considerations
Experience working across cross-functional teams spanning investment, data, and technology
Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and prioritise effectively
Demonstrated commercial acumen, including experience engaging with external vendors and assessing value
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and drive outcomes across diverse teams
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate between investor needs, data capabilities, and commercial considerations
Interest in financial markets and the drivers of performance, from macro events to company-level fundamentals.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual discretionary bonus
Comprehensive healthcare
Leave benefits
Retirement benefits
Flexible Time Off (FTO)

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Hard Skills & Tools

data strategyinvestment researchdata licensinggovernanceAI/ML usagealternative datadata acquisition lifecycledataset evaluationcommercial assessmentthematic insights

Soft Skills

organisational skillsstakeholder managementinfluencecommunication skillsprioritisationcross-functional collaborationcommercial acumenworkflow coordinationvendor engagementtranslating needs

Certifications

Bachelor's degreefinancial services certificationdata management certificationconsulting certificationinvestment research certification