About this role

Business Overview
The Risk & Quantitative Analysis (RQA) group provides independent oversight of BlackRock’s fiduciary and enterprise risks. RQA’s principal objectives are to advance the firm’s risk management practices and to deliver independent risk expertise and constructive challenge to drive better business and investment outcomes.

RQA is committed to investing in our people to increase individual enablement and ultimately build a stronger team. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion which encourages collaboration, innovation, diversity and the development our future leaders. We actively engage in discussions on career growth and work with team members to understand how personal passions and strength connect with our purpose.

Role Description:

The Enterprise Risk team within RQA oversees those risks which directly impact the corporate entity (i.e. BlackRock, Inc., or one of its subsidiaries), rather than the fiduciary risks assumed by funds/clients, such as investment risks and counterparty risks.



The team’s focus includes but is not limited to operational risk, technology, vendor, model and market risk, stress testing for market risk and the quantitative estimation of capital adequacy requirements.

The AI Validation Associate will perform independent reviews of AI tools and agents used across BlackRock, including agentic systems, RAG applications and other business workflows. This role requires strong technical expertise combined with risk management skills to challenge system design, data integrity, and performance monitoring. The role will be based onsite in our GGN office.

Key Responsibilities:
• Conduct independent validation of AI usage in workflows, including testing for accuracy, efficiency of guardrails, orchestration, memory management and token usage.
• Design and implement comprehensive validation strategies and test plans tailored to each AI use case. Define explicit success criteria and quality benchmarks to measure whe

📌 Associate, AI Model Validation, RQA (Gurugram)
🏢 BlackRock
📍 Gurugram