Corporate Services, Project Manager, Vice President
London
JR033332

We're seeking someone to join our team as a Project Manager to lead the end to end delivery of large, complex capital projects, ensuring they are executed safely, efficiently, on budget, and aligned with strategic 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 Construction Management, which designs, sources, and oversees all construction projects from start to finish, as well as coordinating office moves and new space readiness.

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:

• Deliver full lifecycle project and program management, including planning, budgeting, scheduling, and alignment to business priorities.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and governance, driving decisions, securing approvals, and providing senior leadership reporting.
• Manage cost, scope, and change control, ensuring financial discipline, risk mitigation, and delivery of best value.
• Oversee quality assurance, applying firmwide standards, conducting reviews and audits, and ensuring outputs meet requirements.
• Coordinate internal teams and external partners, maintaining integrated schedules, adapting plans to scope or priority changes, and ensuring milestone delivery.
• Manage contractors, suppliers, and risks, enforcing contractual obligations, monitoring performance, and embedding strong risk management practices.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• At least 8 years' relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field, Master's preferred
• PMP or equivalent certification
• 10+ years managing large, complex capital projects
• Strong knowledge of PM methodologies
• Proven delivery of high-value programs
• Experience within financial services, specifically trading and associated infrastructure
• Excellent communication and decision making skills
• Experience in regulated environments beneficial

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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices​ into your browser.

Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements: If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Flexible work statement
Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.

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.