Business Solutions Group (BSG), Vice President

The Business Solutions Group (BSG) team sits within Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Securities Group (ISG) and functions as an in-house management consulting team supporting the firm with strategic program management and delivery, large-scale transformation, operational improvement, and regulatory change or remediation. The team partners with individual business lines, Legal/Risk/Compliance, and senior firm leadership to drive initiatives to completion.

This individual will play a foundational role in shaping the team’s capabilities, delivering high-impact engagements.

Primary Responsibilities

As a key member of the BSG team, this individual will provide program management and delivery support for key business initiatives and will coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams with a key focus on program planning, readiness planning and program execution across all impacted groups (e.g. business, technology, operations, external stakeholders), risk monitoring and remediation planning, and management reporting. 

Key responsibilities will include but will not be limited to the following:

Executive Stakeholder Management

• Lead high quality, multi-workstream consulting engagements within ISG including front office, risk, finance, operations and technology.

• Translate strategy into actionable plans with defined ownership and roles/responsibilities and ensure delivery of activities.

• Communicate insights, recommendations, and progress updates through executive-ready presentations and concise storytelling.

People Leadership & Team Development

• Serve as a role model for analytical rigor, strategic thinking, a “get it done” attitude, and professional conduct.

• Lead and mentor junior team members by providing coaching, feedback, and growth opportunities.

• Promote a collaborative, inclusive, high-performance culture that balances excellence with sustainability.

Change Execution & Implementation

• Oversee change management for high-impact transformation programs, ensuring successful adoption.

• Translate recommendations into detailed roadmaps with owners, milestones, KPIs and governance structures.

• Ensure that engagements deliver measurable benefits, improved efficiency, enhanced controls, cost optimization or strategic alignment.

• Partner with business stakeholders and technology, operations, finance and risk teams to diagnose issues, develop recommendations, and translate strategy into actionable initiative and drive sustainable outcomes.

Operational & Financial Management

• Track engagement economics, staffing, budgets and performance metrics.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory expectations, internal controls, and the bank’s governance standards.

• Contribute to annual planning, portfolio management, and continuous improvement of team processes.

Skills Required:

• Proven ability to manage delivery/execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives.

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

• Proven experience developing partnerships with and successfully coordinating across various business and functional stakeholders.

• Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams where there is no direct reporting chain.

• Experience managing major organizational change programs, such as merger integrations or corporate restructure.

• 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 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 technical requirements. 

• Occasional travel may be required.

Qualifications:

• 7 -10 years of professional experience in management consulting, strategy, transformation or a combination of consulting and financial services leadership roles.