Vice President, Applied AI & Data Science - Investment & Trading Compliance - blackrock

About this role

BlackRock’s Investment & Trading Compliance engineering organization is reimagining how compliance professionals interact with regulations, investment guidelines, and business processes through artificial intelligence.

We are seeking a Vice President, Applied AI & Data Science to help define and deliver the next generation of AI-powered compliance capabilities across the Aladdin platform. This role combines expertise in machine learning, generative AI, information retrieval, and software product development to create intelligent solutions that transform how compliance workflows are executed. The role also requires strong product engineering experience and the ability to apply modern, AI-enabled development practices to deliver production-grade solutions.

You will work closely with product managers, software engineers, compliance specialists, AI researchers, and business stakeholders to build and scale AI solutions that automate complex workflows, accelerate knowledge discovery, improve decision-making, and enhance operational efficiency across global compliance functions.

This is a highly impactful role focused on bringing emerging AI technologies into production and delivering measurable outcomes for clients and internal users.

About the team

The Investment & Trading Compliance engineering team develops technology that helps investment professionals and compliance teams manage regulatory obligations and investment restrictions across global markets.

Our mission is to leverage artificial intelligence to transform compliance from reactive processes into intelligent, proactive, and scalable experiences.

Key areas of focus include:

Agentic compliance workflows

AI-powered compliance assistants and copilots

Semantic search and knowledge retrieval

Large language models and reasoning systems

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

Compliance knowledge graphs and rule intelligence

AI-driven workflow automation

Evaluation and governance of AI systems

Enterprise AI platforms within Aladdin

What You’ll Do

Drive AI Innovation

Lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI solutions that address complex compliance and regulatory challenges.

Identify opportunities where AI can transform existing processes and unlock new capabilities for compliance professionals.

Shape the long-term AI strategy and roadmap for Investment & Trading Compliance.

Build Intelligent AI Systems

Design and implement solutions leveraging large language models, agentic frameworks, retrieval systems, and enterprise knowledge platforms.

Develop approaches for semantic search, intelligent document retrieval, workflow orchestration, and reasoning over compliance knowledge.

Partner with engineering teams to deliver highly scalable, production-grade AI services.