Product Owner - Vice President

Morgan Stanley•Purchase, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm. The role is within Wealth Management in the Alternative Investments Platforms Team supporting products such as hedge funds, private equity, private credit and private real estate. The Alternative Investments Platforms Team is responsible for leading strategic technology initiatives as well as application reengineering efforts for various Wealth Management products with the ultimate goal of improving the financial advisor/client experience and increasing operational efficiency. Examples of key initiatives include digitizing processes that were historically paper-based and manual and improving client reporting. The candidate will work closely with the various groups within the different business areas (sales, product, operations, etc.) and across Wealth Management to manage initiatives throughout the program development life cycle. This is a product owner / platform owner role and the candidate will be responsible for driving initiatives forward independently (developing business requirements, obtaining stakeholder buy in, coordinating with technology developers, overseeing testing / rollout effort, etc).

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
7+ years of relevant finance industry experience
Proficiency in Microsoft Office with a particular strength in Microsoft Excel
Organized and attention to detail focused
Problem solving skills with the ability to identify and escalate risks
Ability to critically assess process for optimization and the organization skills to drive continuous improvement to underlying function set
Ability to take direction and work independently, as well as in a team environment
Firm understanding of the importance of accuracy in quality of work/downstream impacts
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to effectively interact with senior management
Strong reasoning and problem-solving skills and ability to think and act like an owner
Efficient time management skills / ability to prioritize competing urgent tasks that team is involved with
High level of organizational skills and attention to detail