About this role

Strategic Program Management & Model Governance Operations

Role Overview

• The Strategic Program Management & Model Governance Operations role is a hands on execution role responsible for the day to day operational management of Aladdin Financial Engineering (AFE), covering workforce administration, vendor and CWK management, recruiting operations, mobility execution, and governance process support.

• This role is focused on tracking, coordination, execution, and follow through, ensuring that business operations and governance processes run smoothly, accurately, and on time. The role ensures that established processes, controls, and plans are executed consistently.

Primary Responsibilities

1.

Strategic Program Management & Operations:

• Provide hands on operational support for AFE business management activities.

• Track AFE headcount, CWKs, vendors, and budgets using centralized trackers.

• Maintain accurate records for start/end dates, hourly rates, managers, project assignments, and performance notes.

• Review and validate CWK invoices monthly, confirming hours worked, time off, and manager approval.

• Submit, update, and approve invoices in Coupa and follow up on discrepancies.

• Support CWK onboarding and offboarding by coordinating with vendors, managers, and SVM teams.

• Complete onboarding forms and ensure required approvals and system access are in place.

• Support vendor engagement lifecycle from requisition to PO setup and fulfillment.

2.

Recruiting & Hiring:

• Support execution of AFE hiring plans across campus, lateral, and early career hiring.

• Review and validate preoffers in Workday, ensuring accuracy of manager, location, job profile, and offer details.

• Track background checks and confirm onboarding readiness (seating, access, permissions, shared folders).

• Create, update, and close PIDs and requisitions in Workday.

• Coordinate with Talent Acquisition, hiring managers, mobility, and immigration teams.

• Maintain up to date recruiting trackers and provide regular status updates across regions.

3.

Mobility & Transfers:

• Execute AFE mobility and transfer processes end to end.

• Enter mobility and transfer requests in Workday.

• Coordinate with mobility and immigration partners on case status and required documentation.

• Gather required employee information (immigration status, family details, timing).

• Track active cases closely and follow up with employees and managers through transfer completion.

• Ensure compensation and manager details are correctly communicated and reflected in systems.

4.

Governance & Model Operations Support:

• Provide operational support for model governance processes.

• Maintain governance trackers for model inventory, incidents, remediation items, and reporting.

• Support governance reporting by updating dashboards, trackers, and status summaries.

• Track model incidents, errors, and remediation actions and follow up on open items.

• Support audit and control activities by gathering documentation, evidence, and status updates.

• Ensure governance processes are followed and escalations are routed appropriately.

5.

BAU Coordination & Communications:

• Provide operational coordination for ongoing AFE activities.

• Coordinate logistics for AFE Townhalls and AFEX meetings (rooms, AV, decks, invites).

• Maintain agendas, send meeting placeholders, and follow up with speakers.

• Compile and distribute monthly AFE newsletters, sourcing content from AFEX and teams.

• Coordinate training logistics with external partners (ARPM, FIT, IPC), including access, signups, and vendor payments.

Role Characteristics

• Execution focused: Owns tasks from start to finish.

• Detail oriented: Accuracy, follow through, and consistency are critical.

• Process driven: Operates within established frameworks and policies.

• Operationally accountable: Ensures work gets done, tracked, and closed.

Why This Role Exists

• This role ensures that AFE’s operational and governance machinery works—that vendors are paid correctly, hiring moves on time, mobility doesn’t stall, governance actions are tracked, and BAU doesn’t become noise for leadership.

• It allows senior leaders to focus on strategy and decision making, while this role ensures execution, hygiene, and reliability.

For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD**$170,000.00** - USD**$225,000.00** . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. Black Rock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

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.

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Black Rock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.

Black Rock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email Disability.

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Black Rock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.