About this role

Role

We are looking to hire a Senior Quant Modeler to join our Private Asset Market Risk team. This individual would have a strong background in quantitative research, have demonstrable leadership skills as well as proven experience to work in a team environment, collaborating/guiding junior modelers and engineers. This person is expected to join as an individual contributor, initially leading key model governance initiatives and establishing proper governance and monitoring of the models and gradually stepping into a modeling role leading core risk methodologies.

The Private Asset Market Risk team builds a range of models, including private equity, real estate, credit, infrastructure, and hedge funds. and they are built with sophisticated econometric/statistical methods and tools. The models themselves have real practical value and are used by portfolio managers, risk managers, and allocators and influence investment activity. These models have a very large footprint of usage across the entire Aladdin client base, and so we place special emphasis on implementing models that scale with our growing Analytics’ business and ensuring adherence to Black Rock’s rigorous standards of model governance. This individual would be primarily focused on full revaluation models, which span multiple private asset strategies and lead to accurate risk assessment of these products. There are also a lot of opportunities to work across asset classes and drive synergy and innovation in conjunction with senior modelers in the global team.

You can...

• work at one of the world’s top Fin Tech companies. We sell our Aladdin analytics platform to over 100 of the top global financial institutions and corporations, handling many trillion USD of assets

• help develop and deploy quantitative financial models and portfolio analytics that are used to manage most of the money of the world’s largest asset manager

• bring all yourself to the job. From the top of the firm down we embrace the values, identities and ideas brought by our employees

Skills & Qualifications:

• Research/Analytics professional with 6+ years of solid experience in quantitative/statistical modeling. Experience with market risk/factor models and portfolio risk analytics (VaR, Tracking Error, Stress Testing) is strongly preferred

• Demonstrated exposures to model lifecycle and model governance, including performance monitoring and producing high quality technical documentation (whitepapers, specifications)

• Advanced degree in quantitative discipline – master/Phd’s in Economics/Computational Finance / Financial Engineering / Statistics / Applied Mathematics, etc.

• Familiarity with financial products/risk management processes is a strong plus.

• Hands-on experience with statistical software (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB) and strong background in programming, Python in particular, is strongly preferred

• Experience with large data set and various machine learning algorithms a plus

• Strong proficiency in Python for data-science workflows, hands on experience with numerical libraries (Num Py, pandas, Sci Py), along-with experience with structured codebases. Proficiency with C++ is a plus.

• Proven track-record of working on cross-functional projects spanning quantitative, technology and validation teams. Experience owning or contributing to multi-month (6+ months) delivery initiatives, managing dependencies and milestones

• Senior enough to engage confidently with peer-level and senior-stakeholders (risk managers, model validation and technology leads)

Competencies

• Demonstrates end-to-end ownership mindset for a critical modeling estate, including design, implementation, monitoring, documentation, and ongoing enhancement

• Applies structured thinking to decompose complex modeling and monitoring problems.

• Writes clean, readable, and well-structured code with appropriate abstractions

• Comfortable balancing quantitative depth with engineering pragmatism

• Capable of driving initiatives from concept to production in ambiguous and evolving problem spaces. Manages timelines, dependencies, and trade-offs effectively across extended delivery cycles

• Communicates with confidence and precision, especially when representing complex models or frameworks

• Possesses a positive attitude and ability to work both independently and as part of a team (within a department or in an inter-departmental/virtual setting), in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to synthesize requirements from multiple stakeholders and translate those into actionable plans

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

Black Rock’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 Black Rock.

About Black Rock

At Black Rock, 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 Black Rock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

Black Rock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.