BXTI - Vice President, Product Manager - Master Data Management (MDM)

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone’s over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram. 

 Firm Overview

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone’s nearly $1.4 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram. 

Business Unit

BXTI

Business Description

Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTi) is the technology team at the core of each of Blackstone’s businesses and new growth initiatives. Serving both internal and external clients, we work to build the next generation of systems that manage risk, create efficiency and improve transparency within the firm and across our broad community of investors and portfolio companies.   

BXTi is nimble and entrepreneurial – our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development mean that everyone on the team has the opportunity to make an impact from day one. We are problem solvers who can take projects from idea to implementation. We believe in active mentoring and developing excellence. We collaborate to find the best answers for our customers and for Blackstone. We are critical to the firm maintaining its competitive edge.  

Job Title

Vice President, Product Manager - Master Data Management (MDM)

Job Description

As a Vice President (VP) Product Manager in the Master Data Management (MDM) team, you will own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and delivery of the MDM platform supporting Blackstone's finance platforms and broader enterprise data needs. You will partner with business, data, technology, governance, and operations stakeholders to identify high-value problems, define product capabilities, prioritize investments, and drive adoption. You will translate business outcomes into clear product requirements, lead cross-functional delivery, establish success measures, and ensure the platform delivers trusted, governed, and reusable master data at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Vision and Strategy: Define and communicate the vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for the MDM platform, aligned with business priorities, enterprise data strategy, and measurable outcomes.
• Product Roadmap and Prioritization: Own the product backlog and roadmap; evaluate opportunities, dependencies, risks, and trade-offs to prioritize capabilities that deliver the greatest business value.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong partnerships with senior executives, business domain owners, data stewards, technology teams, and control functions to understand needs, align priorities, and secure sponsorship.
• Product Discovery and Requirements: Lead discovery sessions, define personas and use cases, translate business needs into clear product requirements and acceptance criteria, and validate solutions with end users.
• Cross-Functional Delivery: Partner with engineering, architecture, data governance, operations, and program management teams to deliver scalable MDM capabilities on time and with high quality.
• Data Governance and Controls: Embed data ownership, stewardship, quality, lineage, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements into the product operating model and platform capabilities.
• Adoption and Value Realization: Develop rollout, change management, training, and communication plans; track adoption, user experience, service performance, and business value through defined KPIs and OKRs.
• Market and Thought Leadership: Monitor MDM, data product, AI, and financial services trends; assess vendor capabilities and emerging practices; and use insights to continuously improve the product strategy.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in product management, data management, enterprise platforms, or related roles, including experience leading complex products at scale.

• Strong understanding of Master Data Management concepts, including data domains, governance, stewardship, data quality, hierarchy management, matching and merging, and reference data.
• Proven experience defining product vision, strategy, roadmaps, business cases, requirements, and measurable success outcomes for enterprise data or platform products.
• Working knowledge of modern data platforms, data integration patterns, APIs, cloud technologies, analytics, and software delivery practices; hands-on engineering expertise is not required.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and executive presentation skills, with the skill to simplify complex data and technology topics for audiences.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the skill to navigate ambiguity and create structure in evolving environments.
• Demonstrated skill leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior business, technology, data governance, operations, and control stakeholders without direct authority.
• Track record of delivering complex, multi-year product initiatives, managing dependencies and trade-offs, and driving adoption and measurable business value.
• Experience in financial services, finance data, or other highly governed and regulated environments is preferred.

• Degree in business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, or a related field.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, a or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.  All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

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Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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