- BlackRock ramps up hiring for digital assets and crypto roles, spanning associate to senior managing director positions across the US, Singapore, the UK, and Ireland.
- The recruitment focuses on blockchain, tokenisation, stablecoins, and crypto products, aligning with BlackRock’s expanding Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF and tokenised fund strategy.
- Senior roles offer high compensation and strategic oversight, signalling BlackRock’s intent to embed digital assets deeply into its global investment infrastructure.
BlackRock Inc., the global leader in asset management, has further stepped up its effort to move into the digital space as the company has begun recruiting members to fill leadership and technical posts related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based products. According to posts published on the careers website of BlackRock, the hiring process includes several financial centers across the globe, including the United States, Singapore, England, and Ireland, and the posts range from associate to senior managing director.
The job hiring campaign gained attention on LinkedIn by Robert Mitchnick, the global head of digital assets at BlackRock, where he announced that the company is hiring for various senior roles in its team that focuses on digital assets. Since then, more information surrounding job hiring at BlackRock in its digital assets department could not be obtained.
The positions that are currently open include Digital Assets Associates in New York and London, along with various senior management positions that are mostly in New York. These include Managing Director Digital Assets, Managing Director and Head of Research for Digital Assets, and Vice President/Director Digital Assets Product Strategists in New York and San Francisco. The company is also hiring individuals with expertise in operations and compliance roles such as Associates in Fund Services Digital Asset Tokenization in Wilmington, San Francisco, and Boston, and Digital Assets Lawyer Vice Presidents in London. As part of its expansion into the Asia market, BlackRock also wants to hire a Managing Director for Digital Assets in Singapore.
Based on the role descriptions, the positions require experience in crypto assets, stable coins, and tokenization projects. These areas are at the forefront of BlackRock’s digital plans. The experience levels differ depending on the seniority of the role. The associate-level positions require at least three to six years of experience. The senior roles require more than 12 years of experience.
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The pay package for a senior position is reflective of its strategic significance. The Managing Director role in New York comes with a pay package of $270,000 to $350,000. Its key responsibility includes overseeing and implementing a number of massive cross-functional digital asset projects at the organization.
BlackRock has also outlined its guidelines regarding the organizational structure of the workplace, which mandates that its employees work four days per week from the office and that they work only one day remotely. This news was first presented by The Street. The recruitment campaign comes against the backdrop of BlackRock increasing its foothold in the digital assets market. BlackRock is currently the largest issuer of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds as well as Ethereum exchange-traded funds.
Last year, it continued to bolster its blockchain offering with the launch of the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, which marked the company's first tokenized fund on the Ethereum blockchain. Taken together, it is clear that BlackRock is aiming to integrate digital assets as a part of its overall infrastructure platform.
