We're seeking someone to join our team as our India Travel Manager, where you will be the strategic leader of Morgan Stanley's travel program in India, overseeing all aspects of travel and expense management-including air, hotel, ground transportation, corporate card, and agency providers. In addition, you will manage the Staff Transportation Commutation Program, ensuring cost efficiency, operational excellence, and uncompromising safety standards. In this capacity, you will lead a team of ground transportation professionals to deliver seamless service and align strategies with organizational objectives.

In the Corporate Services division, we empower our businesses by creating collaborative workplace solutions and commercial services that enhance the employee and client experience, while optimizing the value of our sourcing and third-party lifecycle to enable the Firm to do-and-win business. This is a Vice President level position within the Travel and Meetings Management, which specializes in the Firm’s travel and meetings management activities. We may work with outside travel-related companies and agents, such as airlines, hotels, travel agents, and car rental agencies.

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:

• Provide strategic and visionary leadership for the India Travel & Expense program, ensuring seamless, high-quality service delivery to the Firm

• Lead and inspire a team of FTEs and FTCs across India, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability

• Champion value creation, operational efficiency, governance, and control, elevating the credibility and influence of the Travel and Expense function within the organization
  Oversee vendor management, including negotiations, contract administration, and performance analytics, ensuring KPIs and SLAs are consistently met

• Build strong partnerships with business units, promoting cost-effective travel solutions and embedding industry best practices

• Deliver actionable insights and robust management reporting to inform business decisions and optimize travel spend

• Benchmark and implement leading practices to maintain a world-class travel program aligned with global standards

• Ensure exceptional support for VIP travelers and provide rapid, effective responses to operational challenges

• Lead performance reviews with preferred partners and actively contribute to global projects and strategic initiatives

• Grow and maintain expertise in expense operations, providing guidance and support to local team members and handling senior-level escalations as needed, in collaboration with Expense Leads

What you'll bring to the role:

• Over 10 years of experience in travel program management, with a proven track record of leadership in corporate travel or travel management roles

• Familiarity with expense operations, expense report auditing, understanding expense policies/industry standards, and navigating expense tools is a plus

• Expertise in managing senior-level business relationships and navigating complex vendor partnerships

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft applications, SAP Concur, and leading travel management systems

• Strong analytical, organizational, and leadership capabilities

• Demonstrated success in driving change, leading teams, and championing diversity and inclusion initiatives

• In-depth knowledge of travel technology, policy development, and emerging industry trends

• Ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and collaborate effectively across time zones

• Innovative and strategic thinker with a passion for continuous improvement

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.