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About the Role

The Vice President, Japan Product Development will lead the design, development, and commercialization of investment products in Japan. This high-impact role influences product strategy and business growth at the intersection of investments, client needs, and business strategy, shaping the future product strategy in collaboration with investment teams, client businesses, and global partners.

Responsibilities

Drive team's product development efforts including fund designs, launches, re-positionings, and other changes with excellence in project management and intellectual integrity across a wide range of client businesses and asset classes.
Conduct market research to establish a fund’s viability, customer appropriateness, competitor landscape, pricing, and to capture apparent and potential clients’ needs.
Partner with investment and distribution teams to drive the product pipeline, product ideation, and commercialization.
Drive the governance process throughout the product lifecycle by contributing to product committees, enabling new product development, reviewing existing products, and implementing re-positionings under the governance framework.
Drive team members to make decisions around product strategy and drive product development effectively through data analyses and creation of presentation materials.
Develop strong working relationships with other teams in the region, particularly Client Businesses, Investments Group, Business Operations, and Legal & Compliance.

Requirements

5+ years of relevant work experience in the investment funds industry or similar related businesses.
Exposure to product development, product strategy, or related fields.
Highly motivated self-starter with strong ability to multitask.
Character with high ethical and quality standards, integrity, gravitas, diplomacy and drive.
Strong, collaborative, problem-solving skills.
Ability to adapt/learn quickly, work independently and clearly articulate ideas to both internal stakeholders and external audience.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to coordinate across multiple functions and stakeholders across the firm.
Fluency in Japanese with business level in English is preferred.
Proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Skills

Product development
Product strategy
Project management
Market research
Data analysis
Presentation material creation
Collaboration
Problem-solving
Adaptability
Independent work
Clear articulation of ideas
Communication
Interpersonal skills
Coordination across functions and stakeholders
Excel proficiency
Word proficiency
PowerPoint proficiency

Location

Japan

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Vice President
5+ years

Benefits

Strong retirement plan
Tuition reimbursement
Comprehensive healthcare
Support for working parents
Flexible Time Off (FTO)

About the Company

Global Product Solutions (“GPS”) was formed with the mission to innovate, curate and commercialise the full breadth of our investment platform for what our clients need, wherever they are.
The function is responsible for driving commercial investment priorities across the platform, innovating the next wave of products and solutions, and helping clients build better portfolios via actionable market and portfolio insights.
As the GPS Product Development Japan, we manage the product lifecycle for all type of strategies (passive, active, absolute return) and asset classes (cash, equity, fixed income, multi-asset, liquid alternatives, and private markets) which are delivered to wealth clients or institutional clients in unlisted format.
We create product agenda with key stakeholders, structure them properly, deliver in disciplined manner, drive the product commercialization, and conduct the product governance.
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.
To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com.
We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.

Equal Opportunity

BlackRock 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.