Director, Client CIO – Pensions Portfolio Solutions, EMEA at BlackRock

The Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions (MASS) team is the investment group at the heart of BlackRock's portfolio construction, asset allocation, and active management ecosystem. MASS draws on the full toolkit of the firm’s index, factor, and alpha-seeking investment capabilities to deliver investment outcomes and ground-breaking alpha insights. MASS constructs active asset allocation strategies and whole portfolio solutions across a wide spectrum of commingled funds, separate accounts, model portfolios, and outsourcing solutions in the wealth and institutional channels.

Role Description & Responsibilities

MASS is looking for a motivated individual to join our Pensions Portfolios Solutions team in EMEA. This team designs, implements, and leads on all aspects of portfolio construction and asset allocation to solve our pension client’s investment challenges. The team covers Outsourced CIO solutions as well as tailored investment mandates oriented around client outcomes for pension schemes.

Responsibilities

Focus on Dutch pension scheme clients, (covering both existing Outsourced CIO/fiduciary clients as well as helping drive our sales efforts). Responsibility as lead OCIO for a number of clients.
Primary interface for an existing book of clients, including collaborating closely with other investment teams and the lead client representatives
Partnering with pension schemes and their executive offices in an advisory and portfolio construction capacity. Regularly attending client Investment Cie. and Board meetings.
Performing analyses on a broad range of topics, including asset allocation, portfolio construction, liability driven investing, risk management and implementation best practices
Engaging with pension scheme trustees / corporates to understand their unique circumstances, investment objectives and constraints and applying portfolio and risk analytics to support investment decisions and portfolio outcomes
Contribute and drive investment strategy related topics for Dutch Pension Reform, i.e. transition to DC
Supporting business development efforts through RFP responses and creation of presentation material. Contribute to external communication on relevant topics, e.g. presenting on seminar, webcast, round-table.
Supporting ad hoc research and contributing to articles and white papers on relevant topics of interest