**About this role** Business description: Fixed Income BlackRock’s Fixed Income team manages more than $2.8 trillion in global fixed income assets across index, active, alternative, and liability driven strategies. The platform offers fixed income investors one of the industry's broadest arrays of investment choices across model-based and fundamental investment styles. **Responsibilities:** + Collaborate with the client's business, marketing, and other key collaborators to promote and support BlackRock's fixed income products in Japan. + Represent the product and the portfolio manager at review meetings, market updates, and ad-hoc portfolio-related meetings with assistance from senior strategists. + Demonstrate investment outlooks and market intelligence to key clients in Japan, using the global resources of the firm. + Assist in the development of product materials including slides, marketing materials, RFPs, reports, and written materials. + Be responsive to client requests and queries, including supporting often very complicated and deep due diligence processes. + Support new product developments from idea generation to implementation, partnering with a diverse set of collaborators to successfully implement new strategies. **Qualifications:** + Basic understanding of the asset management industry and capital markets, particularly fixed income, preferably from a product specialist or portfolio management role. + Strong oral and written communication skills in English and Japanese. + Experience in understanding the needs of strategic clients. + Good presentation skills and the ability to deliver pertinent facts in a concise way. + Good interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly form meaningful working partnerships. + A proven ability to work collaboratively within a team and across different departments. + An ambitious approach with the determination to compete and deliver flawless results. + Ability to strictly adhere to deadlines and manage multiple tasks simultaneously. **Our benefits** To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about. **Our hybrid work model** BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock. **About BlackRock** At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress. This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive. For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock (http://careers.blackrock.com/) | Twitter: @blackrock (https://twitter.com/blackrock) | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.