We're seeking someone to join our COO team as a Project Manager and Coordinator in Technology Risk to provide end-to-end operational oversight and leadership across the super department.

This role is responsible for day to day operational management, ensuring effective execution of strategic initiatives, disciplined resource and budget oversight, and high-quality management communications.

In the Technology division, 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. This is a Technology Leadership & Strategy III position at Director level.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Contribute to the function through complex project tasks and initiatives.

• Interact regularly with team members and occasionally leadership on a range of topics.

• Interact with members of the Business Management team within Finance, and the CDRR PMO.

• Identify and implement opportunities to simplify, standardise, and automate operational processes to increase capacity and efficiency.

• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues, escalating where necessary to ensure timely delivery.

• Partner with project leads and PMO resources to ensure clear accountability, prioritization, and execution discipline.

• Own and maintain resource views across Technology Risk, including headcount, role profiles, location strategy, and capacity allocation. What you'll bring to the role:

• Ability to process information, translate into plans and present summaries to stakeholders.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Experienced understanding of business line and discipline.

• Strong experience in an operations, COO, Chief of Staff, or senior PMO role within Technology, Risk, or Financial Services.

• Robust understanding of operating models, governance, and financial management in a complex, global environment.

• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritise effectively, and operate with pace and control.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing materials for senior stakeholders.

• At least 4 years relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role.

• Experience working across global teams and multiple time zones would be desirable.

• Highly organised, structured, and detail-oriented, with strong execution discipline.

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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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.