What you'll do in the role:Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. is seeking Vice President, Lead Tech Program Mgmt in New York, New York to support Wealth Advisory technology initiatives, focusing on Unified Managed Accounts (UMA), Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) strategic business initiatives, modernization and resiliency, and legacy system integration. Manage program initiatives for financial advisor-based trading applications, including Portfolio Management, UMA, and SMA. Support migration of legacy mainframe technology to modern private cloud architecture and implemented strategic enhancements. Facilitate cross-functional relationships to identify risks, manage dependencies, and optimize resources across multiple programs. Support and execute Advisory large-scale initiatives, ensuring visibility and accountability. Lead road-mapping processes including gathering requirements and feature requests from diverse stakeholders. Drive technical strategy within the team, coordinating and contributing to engineering deliverables including architectural reviews, specifications, launch criteria, and test plans. Implement Agile methodologies to enhance project deliverability. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week.
What you'll bring to the role:-Requires a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field of study.
-Requires five (5) years of experience in the position offered or five (5) years as a Technology Program Manager, Technology Engineer, or a closely related occupation.
-Requires five (5) years of experience with the following skills:
- Program planning, execution, and end-to-end delivery across initiatives;
- Roadmap development using Agile and Waterfall methodologies;
- Risk, dependency, and stakeholder management;
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC);
- Data-driven reporting and operational tracking;
- Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, and SharePoint;
- Collaboration tools including Microsoft Teams and Zoom;
- Negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration;
- Business acumen in product strategy, customer focus, and vendor management;
- Go-to-market coordination and program governance;
- Data interpretation, dashboarding, forecasting, and root cause analysis; and
Reporting automation and operational excellence.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $202,000 and $215,000 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.
