Associate, Markets Advocacy

**Description**

**About this role**

BlackRock is trusted to manage more money than any other investment manager in the world, helping millions of people and the world’s biggest institutions and governments reach their investing goals. We challenge businesses to reach higher standards by leading with purpose and promoting policies and practices that support long-term value creation. We use technology to think beyond what is possible and bring greater transparency to investing while democratizing access.

Our promise to our clients is to deliver products and services that provide clarity on the financial markets to help influence better investments decisions.

**ETF and Index Investing (EII)**

BlackRock’s ETF Index Investment team develops and manages investment solutions involving multiple strategies and asset classes. The global team includes more than 145 portfolio managers, quantitative analysts, investment strategists, research analysts. We partner with clients to solve their investment and liability challenges by understanding their objectives, advising on solutions, and designing and implementing strategies that meet or exceed goals.

**EMEA Global Markets (ETFs)**

Global Markets Team protects ETF Trading and works to develop the ETF trading ecosystem. Within the Markets Advocacy Pillar we champion the modernisation of financial markets.

We seek to effect change through three advocacy pillars:

- Public policy: Providing policy recommendations and standards that promote investor protection and sound regulation of product structure and markets
- Thought leadership: Educating investors, market participants and other key partners (e.g., media, the academic community) on the role of ETFs in financial markets
- Industry activation: Finding opportunities (through industry association engagement, ad hoc coalitions and other venues) to amplify our message or engage others in ETF ecosystem efforts

**Your role and impact**

We are seeking an Associate to help drive critical initiatives that will reinforce BlackRock’s reputation as an industry leader and provider of ETFs engineered for quality and performance. This person will play a meaningful role in aiding the development of our ETF ecosystem narrative, content strategy, and shaping parts of our public policy agenda to advance the ETF ecosystem.

**Your responsibilities**
- Coordinate the team's global content pipeline, from content development to distribution
- Respond to ad-hoc requests for content, feedback and insights (e.g., input for town halls, Board meetings, briefing memos, etc.)
- Build an understanding of the ETF ecosystem to proactively identify areas for engagement
- Partner on response strategies and talking points for ETF-related events that necessitate broad awareness across BlackRock
- Assist in driving strategy work for the Global Markets Team and the Markets Advocacy pillar
- Collaborate with BlackRock’s Global Public Policy Group (GPPG) to execute on iShares public policy initiatives

**You have**
- A passion for Markets / ETFs/index investing and an investor-first mentality with a desire to effect significant change
- Excellent written communication skills, with proficiency in adapting communication styles based on format (e.g., memos, whitepapers, etc.)
- Strong interpersonal skills with experience engaging and influencing a diverse set of partners
- Proven project management and organizational skills, with high attention to detail
- Extraordinary teammate, with willingness to take on additional responsibility to meet business needs.

**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.

**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.

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.