Cyber Exercise Planner Associate

PowerToFly; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Technology, Cyber, and Business Continuity Exercise Planner to join the Baltimore Fusion team. You will plan and deliver exercises across cyber, technology, and physical scenarios to test and strengthen incident response and business continuity.

The role involves building tooling, coordinating with Technology and security teams, and delivering high‑quality simulations. The position is part of the Risk & Resiliency Mgmt III family at Associate level, focusing on

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, or related fields.
• Experience planning and facilitation of operational exercises or leading multi-discipline teams during major incidents or cyber responses.
• Ability to rapidly absorb information and understand how a system, process, or function works.
• Ability to identify gaps in knowledge and proactively seek information.
• Ability to lead sessions with multi-disciplinary teams from junior staff to senior management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to convey outcomes to a wide audience.
• Ability to synthesize multiple asks and timelines into clear milestones in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver a range of exercises to assess operational threat response capability.
• Develop tooling and enhance information management for the Fusion Exercise Program.
• Deliver tabletop, drills, functional exercises, and full-scale simulations.
• Collaborate with Technology, business units, infrastructure, security, regulatory, and legal teams.
• Develop and track program KPIs and actions from exercises.
• Develop documentation to improve delivery of exercise services.

Skills

Cyber security

Business continuity

Disaster recovery

Incident management

Crisis management

IT operations

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

SharePoint

Teams

Power BI

Job description

We are seeking a Technology, Cyber, and Business Continuity Exercise Planner to join our Baltimore Fusion team. You will plan and deliver a range of exercises to assess the organization's ability to respond to operational events, including cyber, technology, and physical scenarios. Through delivery of realistic, engaging and vivid simulations you will help prepare responding teams from across the Firm.

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. This is a Risk & Resiliency Mgmt III position at the Associate level, which is part of the job family responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to ensure operational continuity and resilience in the face of potential threats or disruptions that could impact the organization, plus management of ongoing incidents.

Team Profile

The Fusion Exercise Program is responsible for planning and coordinating exercises to assess the Firm's ability to respond to operational threats and incidents, covering all hazards. The team delivers a full range of services, from short-format mini exercises to high-complexity tabletops, functional exercises, and full-scale simulations.

What you'll do in the role

• Contribute to the development and enhancement of tooling for the Fusion Exercise Program to further mature the existing information management systems and processes.


• Delivery of exercises covering tabletop, drills and functional exercise types.


• Collaborate with teams across all areas of the global Firm including Technology, business units, infrastructure support, Corporate Services/Security, regulatory engagement and legal to:


• Develop exercises to assess Firm processes and functions to manage operational threats and incidents.


• Orchestrate the Firm's involvement in vendor-facilitated, and sector-wide exercises that assess the effectiveness of the Firm's response processes.


• Develop and track program key performance indicators, including actions resulting from exercises.


• Develop existing documentation to further enhance the organization's ability to deliver exercise services.

What you'll bring to the role

• 3+ years of professional experience in cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, or related fields.


• Experience in either the planning and facilitation of operational exercises within an organization or experience in leading multidiscipline teams during major incidents, crisis events or cyber responses.


• Ability to rapidly absorb information to gather an understanding of how a system, process, or business function works.


• Ability to identify and highlight gaps in their own knowledge and proactively seek out the information required.


• Ability to lead sessions made up of multi-disciplinary teams from junior staff to senior Firm Management.


• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation) with the ability to convey outcomes to a wide audience.


• Capable of synthesizing multiple asks and timelines into holistic, clearly defined milestones and deliverables within a dynamic environment.


• Proven ability to work autonomously and to meet deadlines.


• Strong initiative and a proactive attitude in approach to work.

Desired Skills and qualifications

• Experience working for a globally distributed organization.


• Experience using and customizing Jira, Microsoft Office 365 services including SharePoint, Teams and Power BI.


• Project management, DR, BCP or Information Security certifications preferred.


• Understanding of existing and emerging finance industry regulatory requirements related to business continuity, disaster recovery and operational resilience.


• Experience in the financial services sector is an advantage but not required.

We welcome applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds, including those from cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, and related fields. We also encourage applications from ex-military, emergency services, career switchers, and those from other industries with relevant experience in operational resilience or incident response.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a globally recognized Fusion team, located in the heart of Glasgow's thriving tech and financial hub.


• Collaborate with a diverse, multi-disciplinary team and engage with global colleagues.


• Access to ongoing learning, development, and career progression opportunities.


• Inclusive culture that values diverse backgrounds and experiences.


• We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including those from underrepresented groups, ex-military, emergency services, and career switchers. If you are passionate about operational resilience and want to make a real impact, we want to hear from you.

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 is 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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Salary range for the position: $65,000 and $135,000 per year. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit's incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually), 10 Paid Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit mybenefits.morganstanley.com to learn more about our benefit offerings.

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.