Product Manager, Workplace Platforms -Assistant Vice President

The Assistant Vice President Product Manager for Global Equity Compensation and Workplace Wealth Initiatives will shape and deliver digital experiences across web and mobile for Morgan Stanley at Work clients and their employees globally. This role blends product discovery, execution excellence, and strong risk and control partnership to deliver a best-in-class workplace wealth journey.

In this role, You will help create best-in-class experiences for corporate clients and their employees—ranging from private to public companies and from small businesses to global enterprise leaders

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 ten sub-teams including: Field Experience & Platforms, Digital Client Experience & Platforms, Workplace Platforms, Automation & Workflow, Digital Trading & Investing, Generative AI, UX Design & Research, Strategy & Execution, WM Platforms Risk, and the Chief Operating Office.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Execute the Global Equity Compensation and Workplace Wealth digital strategy through delivery of online and mobile customer experience enhancements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to plan and deliver initiatives aligned to the long-term global Workplace Wealth strategy.
• Define and implement user experiences across digital platforms, with an emphasis on global equity compensation workflows.
• Communicate changes, coordinate deliverables, and track progress across a diverse set of internal stakeholders.
• Write clear product requirements (PRDs, epics, and user stories) including business rules, acceptance criteria, and edge cases to integrate equity compensation experiences.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholder groups (product, user experience, technology, operations) to design and deliver new products, features, and enhancements.
• Identify delivery dependencies and risks. Keep partner teams informed of milestones, progress, and trade-offs.
• Contribute to strategic, executive-ready materials that support decision-making with clear roadmaps, value-based metrics, risks, and investment needs.
• Ensure appropriate implementation of risk controls, in partnership with control stakeholders, consistent with a regulated environment (including FINRA/SEC-aligned expectations as applicable).
• Define and track success metrics; support ongoing and ad-hoc reporting requests and post-launch usage metrics.
• Apply AI based technology to improve the product, user support, and the overall client/participant experience.

Skills Required:

• 5+ years of experience in a product owner/manager/analyst capacity or related product role.
• Familiarity with technology delivery lifecycles (Agile and/or Waterfall).
• Experience with SQL, AI tools and data analytics.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships across large organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to gather and synthesize input from end users and stakeholders and use it to influence prioritization and solution design.
• Strong written communication and technical writing skills (requirements, user stories, and business rules).
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint for data analysis and senior management presentations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to develop clear and concise business rules.
• Understanding of the corporate stock plan business and operating paradigms, with a focus on global equity compensation, or demonstrated ability to ramp quickly in complex financial domains.

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 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.