Vice President, Lead Tech Program Mgmt

Company Profile:

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment, and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide, including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

In Technology, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. 

What you’ll do in the role:

Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. is seeking Vice President, Lead Tech Program Mgmt in New York, New York to support Wealth Advisory technology initiatives, focusing on Unified Managed Accounts (UMA), Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) strategic business initiatives, modernization and resiliency, and legacy system integration. Manage program initiatives for financial advisor-based trading applications, including Portfolio Management, UMA, and SMA. Support migration of legacy mainframe technology to modern private cloud architecture and implemented strategic enhancements. Facilitate cross-functional relationships to identify risks, manage dependencies, and optimize resources across multiple programs. Support and execute Advisory large-scale initiatives, ensuring visibility and accountability. Lead road-mapping processes including gathering requirements and feature requests from diverse stakeholders. Drive technical strategy within the team, coordinating and contributing to engineering deliverables including architectural reviews, specifications, launch criteria, and test plans. Implement Agile methodologies to enhance project deliverability. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week.

What you’ll bring to the role:

-Requires a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field of study.

-Requires five (5) years of experience in the position offered or five (5) years as a Technology Program Manager, Technology Engineer, or a closely related occupation.

-Requires five (5) years of experience with the following skills:

• Program planning, execution, and end-to-end delivery across initiatives;
• Roadmap development using Agile and Waterfall methodologies;
• Risk, dependency, and stakeholder management;
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC);
• Data-driven reporting and operational tracking;
• Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, and SharePoint;
• Collaboration tools including Microsoft Teams and Zoom;
• Negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration;
• Business acumen in product strategy, customer focus, and vendor management;
• Go-to-market coordination and program governance;
• Data interpretation, dashboarding, forecasting, and root cause analysis; and

Reporting automation and operational excellence.

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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices​ into your browser.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $202,000 and $215,000 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.