Other (Legal and Compliance) : Job Level - Executive Director

Morgan Stanley • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

The Legal Transformation role will collaborate with teams across the Legal department to design and implement innovative working methods that support strategic priorities in alignment with divisional standards and industry best practices. This position will oversee strategic projects, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure effective coordination among all stakeholders from ideation through implementation. The successful candidate should possess an entrepreneurial approach, strong critical thinking abilities, and the ability to integrate effective execution with operational excellence and disciplined delivery of a shared vision. Demonstrated experience managing transformation initiatives with internal legal teams, or law firms or consulting is particularly advantageous. Department Profile In the Legal & Compliance division, we assist the Firm in achieving its business objectives by facilitating and overseeing the Firm's management of legal, regulatory and franchise risk. The LCD Innovation office is a function within LCD responsible for advancing transformation efforts and optimizing business processes, data, and technology to enable the Division to achieve prioritized business outcomes. It plays a vital role in designing and delivering solutions in collaboration with the Division's Data, Analytics, and Technology teams, and oversees the Division's technology investments and implementation activities. Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world. What you'll do in the role: - Proactively work with Legal department leadership and SMES to identify opportunities to improve working methods, including through process redesign and/or adoption of new or enhanced data and technology capabilities, including GenAI - Partner with innovation, data and technology SMES to determine appropriate options for addressing prioritized business goals - Employ divisional standards and best practices to design and implement solutions in alignment with Divisional strategy, including the LCD GenAI Strategy and LCD Data Strategy - Perform business analysis and design activities where required, including use case definition, user experience design, functional requirements articulation, and acceptance testing - Oversee implementation of improvement activities and projects working in partnership with designated delivery teams and ensuring effective coordination and communication between all stakeholders and delivery partners What we're looking for: - Undergraduate degree - 10+ years of experience, including proven leadership and execution of transformation change management initiatives - Sharp critical thinking, and willingness to challenge the status quo and influence proposed approaches to achieve optimal results - Strong experience of data oriented and user-centric design and ideation using Design Thinking techniques - Strong experience with translating business needs into user centric designs - Excellent client-focus with outstanding judgment, analytical skills, stakeholder and relationship management, and influencing skills - Strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple demands and changing priorities - Ability to build relationships across regions and functions, partnering with team members of all levels - Ability to deal with the uncertainty and drive progress under a fast paced and evolving environment with dynamic circumstances - Ability to critically analyze process and data requirements and apply relevant contextual information to inform designs - Excellent MS Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio - Relevant experience in areas such as Legal Department Operations, Legal Technology and Innovation, Contract Management, Legal Transformation, Process Improvement or consulting with experience of Skills that will help you in the role: - Experience in the financial services industry - Experience with designing and implementing solutions leveraging GenAI - Experience with Generative AI tools such as Microsoft CoPilot and with designing AI prompts - Experience of working with data analysts and/or information management frameworks What you can expect from Morgan Stanley: We have a track record of innovation and passion for unlocking new opportunities, we help our clients raise, manage and allocate capital. We do this by offering a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and asset management services. All that we do at Morgan Stanley is driven by our five core values: do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back. These aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day, ensuring we do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees around the world. And at the core of our success are the people who drive it - relentless collaborators and creative thinkers who are fueled by diverse thinking and experiences. Wherever you are in our 1,200 global offices, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest in an environment where you are empowered to achieve your full potential. 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. To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser. Equal opportunities statement: Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents. Flexible work statement: Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more. Internal Applicants: Internal mobility can be a way to grow your career and realize your professional potential. Typically, you must be in your position for at least 18 months and performing satisfactorily before applying for another job at the Firm. Internal applicants can find out more regarding career navigation, mobility guidelines and policy on our employee portal by clicking here. 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. To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser. 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. At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for people, governments and institutions, always with a standard of excellence and guided by our core values. Morgan Stanley is dedicated to providing first-class service to our clients, in a way that reflects our commitment to creating a more sustainable future and fostering stronger communities around the world. In each line of business, we strive to demonstrate our belief in the power of transformative thinking, innovative strategies and leading-edge solutions—and in the ability of capital to work for the benefit of all society. What We Do

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree
• 10+ years of experience, including proven leadership and execution of transformation change management initiatives
• Sharp critical thinking, and willingness to challenge the status quo and influence proposed approaches to achieve optimal results
• Strong experience of data oriented and user-centric design and ideation using Design Thinking techniques
• Strong experience with translating business needs into user centric designs
• Excellent client-focus with outstanding judgment, analytical skills, stakeholder and relationship management, and influencing skills
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple demands and changing priorities
• Ability to build relationships across regions and functions, partnering with team members of all levels
• Ability to deal with the uncertainty and drive progress under a fast paced and evolving environment with dynamic circumstances
• Ability to critically analyze process and data requirements and apply relevant contextual information to inform designs
• Excellent MS Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
• Relevant experience in areas such as Legal Department Operations, Legal Technology and Innovation, Contract Management, Legal Transformation, Process Improvement or consulting with experience of

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the financial services industry
• Experience with designing and implementing solutions leveraging GenAI
• Experience with Generative AI tools such as Microsoft CoPilot and with designing AI prompts
• Experience of working with data analysts and/or information management frameworks

Responsibilities

• Proactively work with Legal department leadership and SMES to identify opportunities to improve working methods, including through process redesign and/or adoption of new or enhanced data and technology capabilities, including GenAI
• Partner with innovation, data and technology SMES to determine appropriate options for addressing prioritized business goals
• Employ divisional standards and best practices to design and implement solutions in alignment with Divisional strategy, including the LCD GenAI Strategy and LCD Data Strategy
• Perform business analysis and design activities where required, including use case definition, user experience design, functional requirements articulation, and acceptance testing
• Oversee implementation of improvement activities and projects working in partnership with designated delivery teams and ensuring effective coordination and communication between all stakeholders and delivery partners

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees