Product Owner, Quotes & Research (QNR) - Assistant Vice President

Morgan Stanley • Purchase, NY

20d • $85,000 - $140,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Morgan Stanley is seeking a highly motivated Product Owner to influence, define, and execute the digital roadmap for ETRADE Trading & Investing, with a specific focus on the markets and research offering, including cryptocurrency. This role requires a passion for markets and a demonstrated interest in product management, preferably within financial services. Strong domain knowledge of trading and investing products such as stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, cryptocurrencies, and options is essential. The position involves writing user stories, maintaining an Agile backlog, and assisting with sprint planning, testing, and releases for the ETRADE and MS Online websites. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, detail-oriented, customer-focused, and possess strong interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of agile product management experience, preferably in financial services.
• Experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst, owning and delivering enterprise-scale digital products within a financial regulatory environment.
• Direct experience working with multiple key stakeholders in cross-functional teams.
• Experience in analyzing user feedback, backlog grooming and prioritization, pilot testing and rollout strategy, communication plans, overall product support, and driving technology adoption strategies.
• Strong domain knowledge of trading and investing products including stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, cryptocurrencies & options (fixed income knowledge a plus).
• Communication is essential for success in this role.
• Candidates must be highly motivated, detail-oriented, and customer-focused with strong interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in leveraging AI tools for efficiency and completing tasks.
• Understanding of competitive and regulatory environments for online brokerages (web, mobile, desktop app).
• Ability to effectively and thoughtfully communicate to a wide range of stakeholders (verbal and written).
• Strong analytical, problem solving, organizational and project management skills.
• Self-starter with curiosity and desire to dig into and understand details.
• Comfortable gathering and utilizing data analytics, usage and internal and external feedback to inform decision-making.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and initiatives / parallel work tracks.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Basic familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, and Asana as product / project management tools.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience related to markets, equities research and cryptocurrency trading preferred.
• Additional product or project management certifications a plus.
• Knowledge of ETRADE products, services, & systems a plus.

Responsibilities

• Championing the online markets and research experience for ETRADE from Morgan Stanley and Wealth Management clients across platforms.
• Identifying opportunities for feature enhancements and projects.
• Executing against the strategic roadmap and ensuring UX is free of friction or issues.
• Defining client experience and driving the continued growth and adoption of digital assets for research and trading, including cryptocurrencies.
• Working closely with technology and 3rd party vendors to support and drive requirements for crypto market data integration and asset custodianship.
• Helping develop, test, and manage AI features and capabilities within the ETrade Trading & Investing team, working closely with control partners and within the overall AI governance processes.
• Maintaining and prioritizing the product backlog, creating user stories and epics with detailed acceptance criteria for feature development.
• Providing support for production issues and resolution.
• Actively participating in product validation/testing with QA and overseeing the release management process.
• Participating and leading Agile/Scrum ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, demos, and retrospectives.
• Collaborating with various stakeholders throughout the organization and externally to drive project delivery and execution, including UX & Design, Technology, QA, Service, Operations, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and 3rd party vendors.
• Working quickly and effectively to resolve client-facing issues or concerns.
• Preparing presentations to communicate ideas, gain stakeholder approvals, report project statuses, and measure/track KPIs.
• Monitoring and maintaining products through their lifecycle: launch, growth, maturity, and decline.
• Maintaining awareness of industry trends, compliance concerns, risk control processes, and the regulatory landscape.
• Acquiring a robust understanding of ETRADE products, services, processes, and organizational structure to find optimal solutions and achieve rapid execution of key initiatives.

Benefits

• Ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.
• Attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.
• Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed