Application Development Executive Director (Bengaluru)

Morgan Stanley; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley India is seeking an Executive Director - Application Development to lead the Advisory & Sales Distribution technology team in Bengaluru, driving delivery for enterprise-scale projects and setting technology strategy.

You will own development programs, build and lead local and global teams, mentor senior engineers, and shape middleware architecture while keeping pace with new technologies.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software development lifecycle experience and delivery management.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise-level systems.
• Strong architectural skills from design to code, including domain-driven design.
• Proficiency in Java/HTML5 and high-performance, reusable code.
• Experience with big data, cloud platforms (PaaS/SaaS/IaaS).

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of development projects based in Bengaluru.
• Scope out, estimate, plan, execute and track project deliverables.
• Build out local teams and manage vendor relationships.
• Provide technical leadership across regional and global teams.
• Lead design and architecture of middleware services-based platform.
• Stay abreast of new technologies and integrate them into the portfolio.
• Participate in Morgan Stanley's broader technology forums.

Skills

Software Development

Delivery Management

Java

HTML5

Agile methodologies

Domain Driven Design

Distributed systems

Big Data

Cloud computing

Tools

Databases

Middleware

Job description

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Profile Description:

We're seeking someone to join our Client Relationship Management team as a lead for India in the Advisory Sales & Distribution department, to provide leadership and oversight over our teams and projects.

Institutional Securities Technology:

Institutional Securities Technology (IST) develops and oversees the overall technology strategy and bespoke technology solutions to drive and enable the institutional businesses and enterprise-wide functions. IST's 'clients' include Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Investment Banking, Research, Prime Brokerage and Global Capital Markets.

Advisory & Sales Distribution:

Advisory is responsible for end-to-end process life cycle support for Investment Banking, Global Capital Markets and Research with a focus on efficiency, scale, and time to market. Sales Distribution develops technology for the firm's IED and FID Sales and Distribution business units, creating application synergies across the businesses various platforms.

Software Engineering:

This is Executive Director position that develops and maintains software solutions that support business needs.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

At Morgan Stanley India, we support the Firm's global businesses, with critical presence across Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment management, as well as in the Firm's infrastructure functions of Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk Management, Legal and Corporate & Enterprise Services. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in India since ****, with campuses in both Mumbai and Bengaluru. We empower our multi-faceted and talented teams to advance their careers and make a global impact on the business. For those who show passion and grit in their work, there's ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

Interested in joining a team that's eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world Read on.

What you'll do in the role:

• Take ownership of specific development projects executed out of Bengaluru.
• Scope out, estimate, plan, execute and track deliverables on projects.
• Build out teams locally, working on the hiring of both employees and contractors, managing the relationships with vendors for the latter.
• Provide technical leadership across the regional and global team, and career management for senior employees.
• Work effectively with colleagues across the global team.
• Lead the design and architecture of the middleware services-based platform.
• Keep abreast of new technologies, bringing ideas into the team to further enhance the technology platform and portfolio of applications for our business.
• Participate in broader technology forums within Morgan Stanley.
• Build and foster relationships with external application infrastructure groups.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Strong, proven track record in Software Development and Delivery Management background, having delivered Enterprise level systems.
• 15+ years of Experience with software development lifecycle, Agile methodologies, build tools, and architecting/developing software for scalable, distributed systems.
• Deep understanding and contributing to the technical solution from design through to code level e,g, using domain driven design.
• Ability to write high-performance, reusable code, preferably in Java/HTML5.
• Experience in and understanding of data and information management as it relates to big data trends and issues within businesses. Experience using and/or managing databases.
• Knowledge of Big Data, PaaS, SaaS, IaaS, public cloud, and related industry and technical concepts.

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 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 prospect to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their .