Associate, Project Manager - Business Transformation Services

Business Transformation Services Project Manager

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.

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 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 phases 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 :

BS / BA degree required

A minimum of 2-4 years of professional experience in project management, product development, business management, or management consulting in the financial services industry, ideally Wealth Management

Ability to quickly turn around high-quality work in a fast-paced environment

Ability to drive delivery / execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives independently

Ability to lead and influence cross-functional 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 self-starter 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

Skilled in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project, Visio, and SharePoint

This role will be filled in one of the below locations :

Dallas, TX

Westchester, NY

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $80,000 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.

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.