Technical Product Manager – Assistant Vice President

Wealth Management Platforms
Chicago

As a Technical Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical foundation of our products. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, and business stakeholders, to ensure the successful development and delivery of backend features. Your focus will be on creating robust, scalable, and efficient backend systems that power our applications.

About Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management 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.

Morgan Stanley is committed to helping its employees build meaningful careers and we strive to be a place for people to learn, achieve and grow.

Department Overview

In the Wealth Management division, we help people, businesses and institutions build, preserve, and manage wealth so they can pursue their financial goals

Wealth Management (WM) Platforms manages industry-leading platforms, across all WM channels and client segments, to provide a unified digital experience, unlock growth, and deliver efficiencies for Advisors, Clients, and Institutions. WM Platforms consists of nine sub-teams including: Field Experience & Platforms, Digital Client Experience & Platforms, Workplace Platforms, Automation & Workflow Solutions, Digital Trading & Investing, UX Design & Research, Strategy & Execution. Business Control & Support, and the Chief Operating Office.

The Digital Trading & Investing Team manages the trading, investing, & research experiences for self-directed platforms (E*TRADE, MSO & Power E*TRADE). Responsible for the E*TRADE retail education team as well as financial products including equities, options, futures, fixed income & more. The team serves all self-directed clients, from highly sophisticated traders to long-term investors.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Backend Roadmap Ownership:
  • Own the backend product roadmap in alignment with the overall product strategy and company goals.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define user stories, and prioritize features around business priorities.
  • Work with various stakeholders through the agile framework to fix existing issues and/or bring new initiatives to light
• Technical Expertise:
  • Understand the intricacies of backend technologies, databases, APIs, and other infrastructure components.
  • Work closely with engineering teams to translate technical requirements into actionable tasks.
  • Provide product support to research and resolve complex issues.
• Performance and Scalability:
  • Work with technology partners to ensure backend systems are scalable, reliable, and meet performance expectations.
  • Work with the scrum team to monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize backend processes.
• Security and Compliance:
  • Work with the risk and engineering teams to implement security best practices for data protection, authentication, and authorization.
  • Stay informed about industry standards and compliance requirements.
• Collaboration and Communication:
  • Bridge the gap between technical and non-technical teams.
  • Communicate effectively with developers, QA, project management, designers, and other stakeholders.

Skills Required:

• Experience: 2-5 yrs previous experience as a product manager or equivalent role, with a focus on backend systems.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree
• Technical Background: 2+ yrs working with backend technologies, APIs, databases, and cloud services.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to analyze complex technical challenges and work with the scrum team to propose effective solutions.
• Agile Mindset: Comfortable working in an agile development environment.

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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Salary range for the position: $85,000 and $140,000 per year. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit’s incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually), 10 Paid Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit mybenefits.morganstanley.com to learn more about our benefit offerings.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).