We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Business Transformation Project Manager - Director.

The Business Transformation Services (BTS) team sits within Morgan Stanley Integrated Firm Management and aims to establish a consistent, scalable, and repeatable model to provide advisory and delivery support for programs across the Firm. BTS supports initiatives with a focus on Strategic Program Delivery, Mergers/Divestitures/Integration, Organizational Change and Readiness, and Regulatory Compliance. The team partners with individual business lines, Legal/Risk/Compliance, and senior Firm leadership to drive initiatives to completion.

As a member of the Business Transformation Services (BTS) team, this individual will provide project management support for initiatives aligned to Merger and Integrations, Strategic Initiatives Delivery and/or Organizational Change & Readiness. The individual will collaborate with partners in the business, technology, and risk and control functions. This independent contributor will provide support, and work with project teams, to build out a project's governance, reporting and tracking, from initiation, to execution, and to scale. The candidate will be expected to think analytically, be detail oriented and client centric.

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:

• Working with all functional disciplines impacted by the project to ensure 'end to end' planning is comprehensive and results in a project plan that will achieve stated goals of the initiative

• Conduct analysis on program dependencies, progress through the various phases to inform timelines, execution, and business strategy.

• Ensure comprehensive documentation of requirements, assumptions, changes in scope etc. associated with project and establish an audit trail to demonstrate these activities have been addressed

• Provide mechanisms to capture & monitor remediation of any potential risks. In addition, enable appropriate escalation of any item that may impact timely delivery or cause a change to the agreed scope of project

• Ensure effective communication and reporting to functional teams, manager, stakeholders, and senior leadership. Develop program dashboards that articulate project status and timeline

• Support key program leads and resources in executing key deliverables

• Independently identify opportunities to drive project/ programs forward

• Maintain strong partnerships with business and technology teams to drive successful project execution

What you'll bring to the role:

• BS/BA degree required. Advanced degrees a plus.

• A minimum of 5+ years of professional experience in project management, product development, business management, or management consulting in the financial services industry, ideally Institutional, Wealth or Asset Management

• Ability to quickly turn around high-quality work in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to drive delivery/execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives

• Ability to work independently, proactively and possess a strong sense of accountability / ownership

• Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams to meet delivery timelines

• Ability to highlight key risks and issues that may impact the project / program health, and manage the risk to closure

• Strong written and verbal communications skills, ability to interact at all levels of the organization and tailor messages appropriately

• Strong presentation skills, including ability to synthesize large amounts of data and information to create polished PowerPoint presentations for various levels of management

• Independent self-starter who can manage multiple activities to aggressive deadlines

• Eagerness to learn the business and understand detailed requirements

• Organizational skills and ability to organize information in a meaningful way

• Experience managing one or various workstreams

• High attention to detail; follows through to ensure accuracy of materials

• Highly skilled in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project, Visio, SharePoint, and JIRA

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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.