Talent Acquisition Lead for Sales, Trading, and Research

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.

Morgan Stanley is committed to helping its employees build meaningful careers and we strive to be a place for people to learn, achieve and grow.

As the Talent Acquisition Lead for Sales, Trading, and Research you will work in partnership with a number of senior level stakeholder groups including Divisional COOs, Talent Advisors, HR Analytics, HR Compensation and HR Technology. This role will report to the Managing Director, Global Head of Talent Acquisition and work in close partnership with the Global Head of HR for Sales, Trading, and Research.

The scope of this role will focus heavily on talent acquisition and recruiting efforts, but it'll also touch on everything from HR-wide initiatives, to team culture and events, to operational strategy and oversight, and much more. To be successful in this role, you'll need to be self-motivated, aware, highly autonomous and a go-getter who will go the extra mile to get things done. Demonstrated agility in managing multiple priorities simultaneously, taking on diverse responsibilities, and stepping defined role boundaries to meet organizational needs.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Help the business to develop its workforce strategy and partner across talent acquisition teams, from attraction to campus to marketing and onboarding, to achieve business goals
• Coordinate global collaboration and develop trusting relationships with business COOs and hiring managers, and with your partners in HR Coverage, HR Compensation, and Talent Advisors
• Leverage centralized templates and firmwide talent acquisition initiatives to articulate progress towards goals, trends in the market, and challenges/opportunities
• Manage centralized initiatives along with the global Talent Acquisition leadership team, including project management and a metrics-driven approach
• Own resource optimization and retention within the recruiting team. Drive retention and engagement
• Partner with key recruitment, HR, and business partners to plan and implement business unit recruiting initiatives. You’ll also work with the Talent Sourcing team to proactively build a pipeline of high caliber, diverse, and well-qualified talent
• Work with the Talent Acquisition leadership team to deploy tools and resources that enable our team to operate efficiently in a candidate and client focused way; ensure pipeline and ad-hoc initiatives are optimally managed to ensure a demand – supply balance
• Oversee, headcount planning, reporting, capacity planning, and budgeting
• Partner with HR Analytics to create robust dashboards to help the team operate effectively at scale and provide insights to the business

Skills Required:

• A strong client focus with outstanding judgment, critical thinking and communication skills
• Self-starter with strong project management skills and ability to work well under pressure
• Drives consensus and connects the dots amongst teams/partners
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and able to multi-task and deal with the uncertainties of an evolving, dynamic organization
• Ability to multi-task and deal with the uncertainties of an evolving, dynamic organization

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 8+ years of experience preferred in Talent Acquisition, HR, or Sales, Trading, and Research
• Understanding of financial services industries preferred
• Understanding of recruiting and stakeholder management
• Strong analytical skills, including Excel and basic reporting
• Client focused, service oriented, relationship builder

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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