We're seeking someone to join our team as Director in the Divisional Management team. Operations Transformation partners with Operations users, Technology and Business stakeholders to deliver strategic transformation initiatives.

In the Operations division, we partner with business units across the Firm to support financial transactions, devise and implement effective controls and develop client relationships. This is an Advanced Specialist position at Director level within the Firmwide Operations division.

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:

• Own and manage the end‑to‑product backlog, translating business requirements into well‑defined epics, user stories and acceptance criteria within JIRA dashboard.

• Ensure project documentation like project card, effective workflow visuals are created and maintained in well-defined and traceable structure

• Provide end‑to‑end delivery oversight, ensuring scope, dependencies, risks and non‑functional requirements are clearly understood and actively managed within agreed timelines using Agile delivery practices.

• Lead governance and delivery forums to communicate progress, key decisions, risks, and forward‑looking next steps to stakeholders.

• Enable and guide the delivery squad through timely decision‑making, clear prioritization and trade‑offs, proactively removing blockers and managing expectations.

• Maintain clear, transparent communication with business and technology stakeholders on delivery progress, slippages and outcomes.

• Partner closely with the transformation team on intake and triage processes to ensure demand is assessed, prioritised and aligned to strategic objectives.

• Own the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of delivery dashboards and reporting, ensuring accurate and actionable insights.

• Contribute to the evolution of the overall program governance model, identifying improvement opportunities and driving consistency, transparency and control.

• Support the planning and execution of awareness, enablement and training initiatives aimed at driving adoption and effective usage of automation and productivity tools across the firm.

What you'll bring to the role:

• 6–10 years of proven experience as a Product Owner, or Product Manager along with some business analysis expertise, with hands‑on ownership of backlogs, sprint planning and delivery in fast‑paced Agile environments.

• Documenting project artefacts like TO-BE and AS IS process workflow using any business process visualization tool like Visio, Project timeline, Reporting dashboard like PowerBI.

• Strong exposure to automation and RPA, with experience delivering automated solutions end‑to‑end.

Excellent collaboration and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively with cross‑functional, multi‑location teams and senior stakeholders.

• Domain experience within Banking or Financial Services (e.g. Operations, Compliance, or Investment Banking), with a solid understanding of risk, controls and governance‑driven delivery.

Tooling experience with Power Automate ,JIRA, Confluence; Copilot exposure is a plus.

• Adaptable, with a strong willingness to learn evolving technologies aligned to firm strategy and operate as a fungible team member.

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.