Morgan Stanley at Work- Product Manager - Vice President

Morgan Stanley • Alpharetta, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

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. Wealth Management (WM) Platforms manages industry-leading platforms, across all WM channels and client segments, to provide a unified digital experience, unlock growth, and deliver efficiencies for Advisors, Clients, and Institutions. WM Platforms consists of ten sub-teams including: Field Experience & Platforms, Digital Client Experience & Platforms, Workplace Platforms, Automation & Workflow, Digital Trading & Investing, Generative AI, UX Design & Research, Strategy & Execution, WM Platforms Risk, and the Chief Operating Office. As a Product Manager, you will work on exciting technology initiatives to build best-in-class digital platforms for our Home Office users and Financial Advisors to help them better service our clients. This is a highly collaborative role, where you will work closely with our team of digital product owners and collaborate across multiple functions such as designers, engineers, operations, legal, risk, compliance, and business partners. You will help define and drive the digital product strategy and develop, launch, and enhance the platform to meet the unique needs of our users.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 6-10 years of related industry experience
• Self-starter with strong and creative problem-solving skills
• Superior analytical, interpersonal, communication (written, verbal, and technical), presentation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• Flexible, team player with the ability to think creatively and strategically
• Interpersonal skills – Flexible in their work style with ability to influence stakeholders
• Deadline oriented and works well under pressure
• Experience with project execution (conceptualization, requirements, design, development, testing, and implementation)
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to drive decision-making
• Problem solving skills – Demonstrates the ability to identify key issues, gather data to investigate those issues and develop actionable recommendations and options for discussion with Management.
• Project management skills –Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and adjust to changing priorities and deadlines

Nice To Haves

• Experience with financial services/wealth management, end-user experiences, analytics, client-centric design thinking, API architecture, and agile development methodology
• Experience working collaboratively across cross-functional teams and with senior leadership
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
• Experience working with Data Analytics, Marketing & Technology teams
• Financial services experience and/or working with Financial Advisors
• Experience with LLM and generative AI to automate business processes for efficiency and scale
• Experience with Dataiku, Tableau, and/or other statistical software
• Proficient in with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic discussions with internal stakeholders, drive alignment on key decisions with partners across the Firm, and successfully implement those decisions with efficiency and accuracy
• Guide development process, working closely with engineering, UX and key stakeholders to build and enhance our managed platforms
• Manage and improve efficiencies related to the lifecycle of equity trades.
• Identify risks and work with business and technology to alleviate potential risks.
• Gather, organize, and assimilate internal and external feedback to identify and prioritize product gaps, enhancements, and new features and develop a product roadmap aligned to key business deliverables
• Drive senior-level discussions and contribute to the delivery of insights that inform both tactical and long-term business decisions
• Create project documentation (presentations, communication plans, requirements documents) to share formal updates with business and technology leaders
• Lead requirement grooming/planning sessions to ensure that development schedules, design criteria, costs, and technical specifications meet the defined business need
• Analyze product performance and end-user feedback to make data-driven decisions about product improvements and new features

Benefits

• opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered
• teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences
• 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
• ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director