About this role
Your team:
The Applied Innovation team is focused on accelerating enterprise transformation by advancing strategic technology initiatives across the firm. The team plays a central role in shaping and executing the acceleration of our business ("BLK Next"), strengthening partnerships across the technology ecosystem, and bringing outside-in perspectives to inform innovation and decision making.
Working in close collaboration with business and functional leaders, the team co-develops and delivers high-impact initiatives aligned to strategic priorities. It builds and scales critical capabilities in emerging technology domains, curates a network of external partners, and mobilizes cross-functional teams to drive execution with speed and accountability.
The team also leads select enterprise-wide efforts that span multiple businesses or require new capabilities, ensuring alignment on major technology investments and key strategic decisions. Through structured engagement with senior stakeholders, the Applied Innovation team helps guide the firm's innovation agenda and maximize the value of its investments.
Your role and impact:
You will be accountable for managing administrative needs for the Global Head of Applied Innovation. You will operate with minimal direction, navigate change effectively, and demonstrate a high-level of organization skills with a strong follow through.
Your responsibilities:
Driving key deliverables and open items to completion, adeptly managing complex and high-volume calendars and providing strategic calendar management support.
Coordinating business travel and processing the relevant expenses in line with company policy.
Serving as the main point of contact for external visitors and coordinate with operational teams to ensure compliance with security protocol/procedures.
Understanding the team's priorities and strategies and optimizing your role in administration to support these goals.
Owning administrative related processes, ensuring compliance with firmwide policies and guidelines within the team and delivering training to team when guidance/procedures are updated.
Managing the flow of information, ensuring collaboration with stakeholders through information sharing and alignment.
Planning medium to large scale internal/external events and coordinating detailed logistics.
Providing regular administrative updates at team meetings and sharing your ideas contributing to the team's success.
Skills & behaviors:
A minimum of 4 years of related administrative experience.
The ability to be forward thinking: identify what needs to be done and take action before being asked.
A willingness to actively participate in additional activities/tasks outside of the team (e.g., employee networks.)
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and a high-level of emotional intelligence.
A strong proficiency in Microsoft office and collaboration tools; a curiosity in new technology.
A proactive mindset, capable of identifying operational efficiency and implementing new procedures, approaches, and technology to make improvements across the team.
For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$76,000.00 - USD$145,000.00 which is the equivalent of USD$36.54 - USD$69.71 per hour. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock 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
BlackRock'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 BlackRock.
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.
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BlackRock 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 (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/22-088\EEOC\KnowYourRights.pdf) and the pay transparency statement (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp\%20English\formattedESQA508c.pdf) .
BlackRock 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.Assistance@blackrock.com . All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy (http://www.blackrock.com/corporate/compliance/privacy-policy#recruitment-privacy-notice) .
BlackRock 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.
