Business Transformation Services Project Manager - New York, United States - Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley

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New York, United States

3 weeks ago

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Description

Business Transformation Services Project Manager - AVP

Job Number:
3251215

POSTING DATE:
Apr 29, 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:
Assistant Vice President

DESCRIPTION

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.
Department Profile
The Business Transformation Services (BTS) team sits within Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and aims to establish a consistent, scalable, and repeatable model to provide advisory and delivery support for programs within the Division as well as 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 Wealth Management business lines, Legal/Risk/Compliance, and senior Firm leadership to drive initiatives to completion.
Primary Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

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
Conduct analysis on program dependencies, progress through the various phase 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, and stakeholders
Support key program leads and resources in executing key deliverables
Independently identify opportunities to drive project/ programs forward

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills Required:
Ability to quickly turn around highquality work in a fastpaced environment
Ability to drive delivery/execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives independently
Ability to lead and influence crossfunctional 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 selfstarter 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 Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project, Visio, and SharePoint

Qualifications:

BS/BA degree required. Advanced degrees a plus.
A minimum of 35 years of professional experience in project management, product development, business management, or management consulting in the financial services industry, ideally Wealth Management

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $85,000 and $135,000 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.

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.

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