Business Program Manager - Assistant Vice President

Morgan Stanley; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a high-quality Programs Manager to join the U.S. Banks PMO, driving cross-divisional initiatives and partnering with senior management.

You will lead workplans, track risks, and ensure governance across multiple programs while collaborating with bank business units and stakeholders. The role offers growth opportunities within a leading financial services firm, with extensive internal mobility and a comprehensive benefits program.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of business analysis, project management and program experience.
• Creative and flexible problem solving.
• Strong ownership and accountability for work.
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently and in teams.
• Attention to detail and process-driven to scale operations.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal presentation abilities.
• Ability to set direction and motivate colleagues outside direct line.
• Able to navigate ambiguity and resolve un-focused issues.
• Proactively identify and manage risks.
• Adaptable to fast-changing demands and environments.
• Strong time management skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree required; fluency with MS Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Create initial program/resource plans and governance for initiatives.
• Develop milestones and timelines to support workplans.
• Track progress, issues and risks; report status to management.
• Monitor multiple cross-divisional programs and workstreams.
• Raise issues and risks to stakeholders as needed.
• Document change control activities across programs.
• Host governance forums and drive discussions and action items.

Skills

PM experience

Business analysis

Program management

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Teams

Excel

SharePoint

Asana

Job description

Morgan Stanley ("MS") is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services.

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. MS 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.

MS conducts its business through three principal business segments—Institutional Securities (ISG), Wealth Management (WM), and Investment Management (IM).

The U.S. Banks (the Banks) represent an important strategic asset for the Firm with opportunities to drive earnings and business growth across WM and ISG by offering lending solutions, cash management, and deposit products to deepen client relationships.

We are seeking a high-quality Program Manager to be a key partner in supporting the U.S. Banks.

This is a great opportunity to join a growing team, learn the business, and have access to a range of career growth internal mobility options. For example, PMO team members have successfully moved on to the banking and lending product teams that they supported.

Position Responsibilities

The U.S Banks Program Management Office (PMO) manages cross-divisional, cross-product, and firm-wide initiatives on behalf of the U.S. Banks, partnering with senior management. The role is multi-faceted, offering the opportunity to lead, take ownership for, and contribute to, the success of programs through the entire life cycle. The successful candidate will work closely with the Bank’s business units as well as other stakeholders that support the U.S. Banks. The role requires the candidate to have an understanding of and take a leadership role in program management; workplan definition; identification and remediation of key risks, issues and dependencies; and best practices. The candidate must also be able to analyze and articulate feedback on the impact of business and functional/support group decisions.

Program Management

• Work with business partners, functional/support group partners and stakeholders to create initial program/resource plans and governance for identified initiatives
• Work with business partners, functional/support group partners and stakeholders on creation of key milestones and timelines to support the buildout of workplans
• Track project progress, including issues and risks, schedules, and performance against established program milestones; reporting the status to management stakeholders on a regular basis
• Track and report status on multiple cross-divisional programs, functions and workstreams
• Raise issues, risks and concerns timely and appropriately to stakeholders
• Document and track change control activities and tasks for multiple programs
• Host governance forums including Senior Executive governance forum, drive discussions and decisions, and assist in action item tracking, project plans, milestones, and meeting documentation

Relationship Management

• Develop an effective network of relationships across the Banks
• Influence and collaborate effectively with resources not in the same reporting line to achieve common goals
• Operate as a leader in cross functional forums and drive consensus on program, business, and functional issues

Skills Required

• 5+ years, business analysis, project management, and program experience
• A creative and flexible approach to problem solving
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for work
• Self-motivated and able to work independently and as a contributing team member with minimal supervision leading multiple programs simultaneously and manage workload with shifting priorities
• Keen attention to detail
• Process driven and able to standardize work for scalability
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Exceptional written and verbal presentation skills
• Capable of setting direction and motivating team members outside the direct reporting line
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and define approaches to bring un-focused issues to resolution
• Proactively identify and manage risks
• Adaptability to fast changing demands and environments
• Strong time management skills
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Fluency with all MS Office tools, including Power Point, Teams, Excel, SharePoint, and industry project/program management systems

Skills Desired

• Experience with Asana for program/project Management
• Experience utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) within program/project Management
• Experience in the Wealth Management industry
• Consulting experience for financial services industry clients
• Strong interpersonal skills are needed to gain cooperation from various stakeholders

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

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $85,000 and $140,000 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.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.