Consultant Conversion - Americas Lead / Executive Director, Firm Resilience

We are seeking an experienced and strategic leader to join Firm Resilience as an Executive Director, driving Firm Resiliency Strategy. In this role, you will help shape and drive the firm’s resiliency strategy, leading critical initiatives that strengthen preparedness, recoverability, and operational continuity across the organization. You will partner with senior stakeholders across technology, risk, and business teams to advance resilience capabilities, support regulatory expectations, and deliver meaningful enterprise-wide outcomes.

The ideal candidate is a strategic and collaborative leader who brings deep experience in resilience-related disciplines and a strong ability to drive execution in complex environments. You are comfortable working across organizational boundaries, influencing senior stakeholders, and translating broad resiliency objectives into practical, measurable outcomes. You bring sound judgment, executive presence, and a proactive approach to advancing firm-wide resilience capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the resiliency strategy and roadmap.

• Drive enterprise-wide initiatives across Firm Resilience and resiliency transformation.

• Partner with senior leaders across technology, risk, and business teams to align priorities and deliver resilient outcomes.

• Provide program governance, executive reporting, and performance oversight for major resiliency workstreams.

• Identify, assess, and help mitigate risks that may impact technology resilience and operational continuity.

• Support regulatory, audit, and risk management expectations related to resiliency planning and execution.

• Influence organizational change by driving cross-functional engagement, accountability, and execution discipline.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading enterprise programs in technology resilience, operational resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery, risk management, or a related field.

• Strong knowledge of resiliency, continuity, and risk disciplines in complex, highly regulated environments.

• Proven ability to lead large-scale cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders.

• Experience establishing governance, reporting, metrics, and execution frameworks for strategic programs.

• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or relevant certifications are a plus.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years.  Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $195,000 and $275,000 per year at the commencement of employment.  However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.  Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.