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The BlackRock Global Markets – APAC ETF Markets team is responsible for growing and protecting the trading of the iShares product suite. This individual will support the Japan ETF business and broader APAC initiatives by managing daily primary market operations, monitoring secondary market activity, contributing to platform development, supporting fund launches, and engaging with clients and market participants.
Job Responsibility:
Act as the primary contact for broker dealers, market makers, stock exchanges, service providers and teams internally for all aspects of primary & secondary trading of iShares ETFs
Perform and oversight primary market activities (creations/redemptions) between APs, Portfolio Management, Trading, Exchange & ETF Service Providers
Be a risk manager, ensuring our ETFs and their shareholders are protected
Be an ETF trading subject matter expert and demonstrate in-depth product knowledge to promote efficient ETF trading
Collaborate with external liquidity providers, grow those relationships, and collectively drive strategies which can improve ETF trading efficiency
Partner with internal stakeholders including product development teams, portfolio managers, fund account team, and ETF service provider to implement product design and trading process improvements
Partner with technology and platform teams to manage and support a global technology pipeline and test and implement key enhancements to our primary market platform
Lead the team in responding to a broad range of market events and disruptions
Collect, analyze and extract meaning from ETF trading data to produce relevant market content
Requirements:
3+ years industry experience with an understanding of trading and market infrastructure
Risk management mentality, able to identify downstream implications and proactively call out vulnerabilities
High level of motivation, comfort with ambiguity and the ability to function well under time pressure
High degree of professional discretion, accountability, and judgment
Confirmed relationship-building abilities, particularly influencing, and listening to people across different functions and seniorities
Strong oral and written communication skills
Prior ETF industry and experience in Digital Assets, Tokenization, and Derivatives products are desirable
Python, SQL, VBA or any coding experience preferred
Local licensing requirements are expected to be fulfilled
Business level fluency in English and Japanese is required
Nice to have:
Prior ETF industry and experience in Digital Assets, Tokenization, and Derivatives products