Director of AI
Remote
VP / Director of AI Engineering Enablement
BlackRock · Financial Services / Asset Management · 20000+ employees · 📍 New York, NY
BlackRock's Aladdin platform needs a senior product-engineering leader to define and own the enterprise AI developer ecosystem — translating AI tooling strategy into measurable productivity outcomes across thousands of engineers in a regulated, high-stakes financial environment.
AI Maturity
scaling
Reports To
CTO
Why Role Exists
Expansion
Company Stage
public
Source
linkedin
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own enterprise AI enablement vision and multi-year roadmap across the SDLC (coding assistants, agentic workflows, test automation, release intelligence)
- Own the internal AI developer ecosystem including vendor evaluation, build/buy decisions, commercial strategy, and lifecycle management
- Design operating model and governance framework for responsible AI use across engineering, partnering with Security, Risk, and Legal
- Lead strategic partnerships with external AI providers and platform vendors
- Oversee the AI enablement product portfolio within the Developer Platform and drive measurable productivity outcomes
Requirements
- Strong technical credibility in software engineering and AI/ML tooling
- Experience leading platform or developer productivity strategy at enterprise scale
- Ability to lead through influence in a highly federated engineering organization
- Executive-level communication skills
- Experience with regulated environments and security/risk governance frameworks
Signals
- ⚠ No salary disclosed
- ⚠ Role scope is extremely broad — strategy, governance, product, partnerships, and delivery all in one seat
- ⚠ Federated org with no direct authority may create execution friction
- ✓ Aladdin is a $1B+ technology business — real budget and strategic priority
- ✓ Clear mandate with enterprise-wide authority across engineering
- ✓ Role is well-defined with specific outcome areas (productivity, governance, ecosystem)
- ✓ BlackRock is actively expanding AI leadership across multiple divisions simultaneously
- ✓ Governance-embedded approach (guardrails in platform vs. gates) signals mature AI thinking
Company History
BlackRock has posted at least two concurrent senior AI leadership roles (Head of AI and Data Transformation for Global Product Solutions in May 2026), indicating a broad, coordinated AI talent push across divisions rather than a single backfill — this Director role is part of a firm-wide AI scaling initiative, not an isolated hire.