Business Transformation Services - Program Manager

Full Time • New York, NY, United States of America

150,000 - 235,000 (Yearly) Added 1 month, 1 week ago

Summary

LOCATION

New York, United States

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree required, advanced degrees preferred; minimum of 10 years of experience in project management, product management, or technology, preferably in financial services or wealth management; strong communication, leadership, and presentation skills; proficient in Microsoft Office and experience managing organizational change programs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide program management support for strategic initiatives; coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams; create governance structures; build and maintain program roadmaps; manage dependencies with legal, risk, and compliance; provide stakeholder transparency; monitor project costs and resource allocations; ensure comprehensive documentation and reporting.

INDUSTRY

Financial Services

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Seeking a Program Manager in Business Transformation Services to manage strategic projects and regulatory initiatives at Morgan Stanley, focusing on program delivery, risk monitoring, and cross-functional team coordination.

Business Transformation Services - Program Manager

Job Number:

3261443

POSTING DATE: Dec 5, 2024

PRIMARY LOCATION: Americas-United States of America-New York-New York

EDUCATION LEVEL: Bachelor's Degree

JOB: Wealth Management

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time

JOB LEVEL: Executive Director

DESCRIPTION

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.

As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.

Primary Responsibilities
As a member of Business Transformation Services (BTS), this individual will provide program management support for select strategic initiatives, regulatory change, or integration efforts. This role will coordinate across a multi-disciplinary team with a key focus on program delivery, risk monitoring, scope management, budgetary tracking and management reporting.

Key responsibilities will include but will not be limited to the following:

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 project
Create a governance structure for managing complex programs that involve multiple business, technology and control partners
Working with key business partners, build and maintain a program roadmap that can be used to drive delivery priorities
Manage dependencies with legal, risk and compliance partners
Provide transparency to stakeholders into progress towards project goals
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
Monitor project costs and resource allocations to ensure investment is used in the best interests of Firm
Ensure accurate and consistent reporting of activity, across all governance forums outside of direct control
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
Manage project managers and consultants to deliver against firm priorities

QUALIFICATIONS

BS/BA degree required. Advanced degrees a plus.
A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in project management, product management or technology
Professional experience in the financial services industry, Wealth Management, FinTech, or management consulting
Occasional travel may be required
Proven ability to manage delivery/execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives
Proven experience developing partnerships with and successfully coordinating across various Business, Technology, Operations and Control partners and stakeholders
Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams where there is no direct reporting chain
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 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 technical requirements
Experience managing major organizational change programs, such as merger integrations or corporate restructure
Experience working with cross functional teams, including product management, UX, technology, analytics, marketing, risk and compliance.
Highly skilled in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and SharePoint

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).

For New York, NY ONLY:
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $150,000 - $235,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

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