APAC Head of Securities Settlement, Executive Director, Operations Technology

The successful candidate will provide regional Technology leadership for Securities Settlements while defining and driving the target architecture for Asia Technology. As Far East Asia Head of Securities Settlements, the role will provide regional technology leadership for the securities settlements function, partnering with Business, Operations and global Technology teams to shape priorities, manager delivery and support the stability and modernization of critical settlements platforms across the region. As Lead Technical Architect, the role will define and execute the target architecture for a resilient, scalable platform landscape, advance the firm's cloud strategy, establish architectural direction and translate business priorities into high-impact technology solutions and measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technology leadership for Far East Asia Securities Settlements, aligned with global Securities Settlements objectives.
• Partner with Business and Operations to understand priorities, pain points and growth requirements, ensuring technology investments deliver clear and measurable business outcomes
• Own the target architecture for the Asia Operations Technology applications, establishing a clear architectural direction that supports resilience, scalability, modernization and sustainable growth.
• Advance the firm's cloud strategy, identifying opportunities to adopt cloud-aligned architecture while ensuring solutions meet the requirements of critical post-trade workflows.
• Lead architecture from strategy through execution, translating the target state into practical technology roadmaps, architectural patterns and solution designs.
  Drive post-trade modernization, shaping the evolution from legacy architecture towards simpler, more scalable and resilient platforms.
• Establish architectural principles and promote consistent engineering practices across delivery teams.
• Provide senior technical leadership across the full solution lifecycle, from strategy and architecture through implementation and production adoption.
• Work across Technology teams to identify dependencies, align designs and enable reusable solutions rather than platform-specific implementations.
• Champion resilience, scalability, maintainability and operational stability as core architectural requirements.
• Influence senior stakeholders and engineering teams, building alignment around the target state and the roadmap required to achieve it. > Extensive experience leading large-scale, complex technology platforms.
• Deep knowledge of cloud architecture, modern application design, integration patterns and platform engineering.
• Experience modernizing complex or legacy technology estates while maintaining production resilience and business continuity.
• Strong understanding of non-functional architecture, including scalability, resilience, performance, security and operability.
• Proven ability to operate across Business, Operations and Technology and convert strategic objectives into executable architecture.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex architectural decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical senior stakeholders.
• Experience in post-trade, financial services or similarly complex, highly controlled technology environments would be valuable.

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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