Executive Director & Platforms Lead

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.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) is one of the largest global asset management organizations of any full-service securities firm, with 45 offices serving clients in 19 countries. MSIM’s professionals worldwide provide outstanding long-term investment performance. We offer clients a diverse array of equity, fixed income, liquidity, and alternative investments, including merchant banking strategies.

The MSIM Platforms Team takes a client centric approach to product design and innovation with a focus on an integrated client, investment team, and operational experience. Our approach exists at the intersection of business, technology, and operations and focuses on the needs of people, the possibilities of technology (internal and external), and the requirements for business success. The Platforms Team actively collaborates with senior management, investment teams, technology, operations, legal, compliance, and risk to deliver solutions that improve the client experience, increase productivity, drive cost efficiency, and reduce risk.

The Platform Lead will spearhead strategic initiatives as well as process reengineering efforts with a focus on cohesive end-to-end implementation: identifying opportunities for improvement, building a business case, gathering consensus, building requirements, partnering with technology, testing, implementation, and refinement. Focus areas will include: Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Risk with an emphasis on implementing AI driven initiatives. Examples of key initiatives include improving front-to-back billing processes to increase efficiency and reduce risk, streamlining tools, partnering with investment teams to translate ideas into integrated platform solutions, partnering with MSWM to identify areas where existing in-house solutions can be deployed more broadly in MSIM. This role will require a strong leader and critical thinker with the ability to communicate effectively. In addition, the role will require tactical and strategic thought leadership focused on continual process and efficiency improvements.  

Skills/Abilities

• 10+ years’ experience in financial services related field
• Proficiency with Artificial Intelligence tools / platforms
• A collaborative change driver with a sense of urgency and comfortable challenging the status quo
• Inquisitive, creative thinker who is motivated to learn and driven to achieve exceptional results
• Demonstrated track record of effective partnership with and translation between business, technology, and operations
• Appreciation of trade-offs when choosing between vendor solutions versus building in-house
• Strong organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously under pressure, strong ability to influence cross functionally
• Attention to detail, high level of initiative, resourcefulness, and ability to demonstrate good business judgment
• Self-motivated, goal-oriented, fast learning, adaptable team player
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong work ethic and interest in improving business, technical, and operational processes
• Ability to make connections across multiple data sources
• Bachelor’s degree

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. W