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2025 Placement Program
The Placement Programme
Offered in our London and Edinburgh offices, the 12-month Placement Program provides the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be part of BlackRock. You’ll have real-world responsibility from day one and contribute to our success in helping to meet the evolving needs of our clients. You’ll gain and develop new skills as you build the foundation for a successful career whilst participating in professional development, networking and social events.
The Placement Program acts as a feeder to the Full-Time Analyst Program for the following year.
To succeed at BlackRock, you should be curious and motivated to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges. You should be willing to step outside your comfort zone, open to new ways of thinking and passionate about helping people from all walks of life build a better financial future.
Our Business Areas
At BlackRock, you can have a career that’s exciting, rewarding and full of possibilities. BlackRock offers placements in the following business
Investments
As allocations grow, Equity Private Markets play an increasingly critical role in portfolios. BlackRock offers access to a broad spectrum of alternative investments in alternative solutions, hedge funds, credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure. Each business is responsible for strategic planning and oversight as well as investment management activities.
Locations: London
Technology
Build and support Aladdin, the technology platform that powers our firm and the investment industry as a whole. Utilize sophisticated technology to develop applications, deliver custom solutions and deliver a seamless end to end investment management process.
Locations: Edinburgh.
Application Instructions
Candidates can apply for only one program (e.g. Placement Program or Summer Internship Program) and up to two functions within that program (e.g., Investment Research and Analytics & Modeling). You must apply for both opportunities using the same programme application. Read more about our business areas and detailed team descriptions here.
Once you submit your application, you will receive an email to complete a pre-interview assessment. You have up to five days to submit your pre-interview assessment; if you fail to do so, your application will be automatically withdrawn.
If you withdraw your application, you cannot submit another application.
Eligibility
Candidates should be graduating from an undergraduate or a master’s degree program in 2027. We welcome applications from candidates studying any degree subject.
Application Deadlines:
- Investments business areas: 27th September 2024
- All other business areas: 25th October 2024
The recruitment process takes place throughout the autumn semester. In some businesses, certain teams may recruit through to early next year. Please note, we recruit on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply as soon as you’re ready.
About BlackRock
BlackRock was founded 27 years ago by eight entrepreneurs who wanted to start a very different company. One that combined the best of a financial leader and a technology pioneer. One that focused on a singular purpose: making a difference in the lives of the parents and grandparents, the doctors and teachers who entrust us with their money—and their futures—every day.
Today, as the world’s largest asset manager, with more than $4.7 trillion under management, BlackRock brings together financial leadership, worldwide reach and state-of-the-art technology to provide answers to the millions of investors who entrust their financial futures to the company.
The story of BlackRock’s success rests not just with our founders, but with the thousands of talented people who have brought their ideas and energy to the firm every day since. That’s why we always look for fresh perspectives, new ideas and we view our differences as strengths. We know that our success depends on our ability to use our collective experiences and ideas to achieve more for our clients and our business. We strongly believe that diverse skill sets and perspectives lead to more innovative solutions and better results.
The work is diverse with opportunities across Advisory & Strategy, Analytics & Risk, Client Businesses, Corporate, Investments and Technology. Internship and placement programmes act as a pipeline into BlackRock’s graduate programmes. BlackRock is committed to harnessing every graduate’s potential and so the full time graduate programme begins with orientation in New York, followed by a structured curriculum of ongoing training designed to maximise business knowledge and individual effectiveness.
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Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.
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