Associate, Technical Project Manager - SMA Solutions

About this role Team Overview   BlackRock SMA Solutions helps clients customize portfolios for unique tax, values-alignment, or investment exposures across direct indexing, fixed income, active equity, and multi-asset. We deliver world-class service to all of our clients, from wealth advisors to family offices to endowments and foundations.

We’re looking for a Technical Project Manager to support the delivery of cross‑functional, product and platform focused initiatives critical to the growth and operational excellence of our core products and services. This role is ideal for someone who is a problem-solver, execution‑oriented, technically fluent, and comfortable operating in complex technology and business domains.  You will work closely with engineering, product, and cross‑functional partners to help move initiatives from planning through execution. You will play a meaningful role in driving progress, maintaining alignment, and ensuring teams have the structure and visibility they need to deliver.

Support and drive cross‑functional technical and product initiatives through planning, execution, delivery, and post‑launch follow‑up  Provide hands‑on project support across the software development lifecycle, including planning, dependency tracking, progress monitoring, risk identification, incident management, and stakeholder communications  Partner with engineering, product, and operations to maintain strong collaboration and clear communication across teams  Help manage timelines, dependencies, and competing priorities across multiple teams and initiatives  Instrument and monitor program health using metrics and derived insights  Facilitate agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand‑ups, and retrospectives for one or more teams  Contribute to improving processes, documentation, and workflows to increase execution speed, visibility, and team effectiveness  Use tooling, automation, and AI‑assisted workflows where appropriate to support planning, reporting, and documentation    Qualifications   Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)  3–5+ years of experience working with software engineering teams in a technical program management, project management, software development, or similar role  Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile delivery methodologies  Experience coordinating cross‑functional work with multiple stakeholders and dependencies  Proficiency with tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Airtable, and AI-enabled tools used throughout the planning and delivery phases of projects  Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate to technical and non-technical audiences  Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple workstreams concurrently    Nice to Have   Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern software development practices, languages and frameworks  Experience working in investment management / wealth management  
For SF4-San Francisco - 400 Howard Street and SAU - 3 Harbor Dr, Suite 204, Sausalito, CA Only the salary range for this position is USD$125,000.00 - USD$155,000.00 . 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