LCD Innovation - Project Management, Vice President

Morgan Stanley•Spring Valley, NV

About The Position

The LCD Innovation - Project Manager will support core transformation execution activities for the LCD Division, including project planning, tracking and reporting, change management, stakeholder communications and risk and issues management. The ideal candidate will bring strong project management experience, be proactive, thrive in a fast paced environment, have strong attention to detail, and an understanding of financial services. 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 designing and delivering solutions to optimize and/or transform business processes, data, and technology for the Division. It plays a critical role in shaping and executing on the Division's transformation strategy, including oversight of the Division's technology investment process and management of the LCD Transformation Framework, which aligns process, people, data, and technology enhancements with divisional goals. 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.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree
Strong critical thinking and organizational skills
Ability to manage multiple demands and changing priorities
Independent self-starter who can manage multiple activities to aggressive deadlines
Ability to build relationships across regions and functions, partnering with team members of all levels
Strong written and verbal communications skills, attention to details, and effective time management
Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-changing environment with experience in agile ways of working
High attention to detail; follows through to ensure accuracy of materials
Eagerness to learn the business and understand detailed requirements
Excellent MS Office skills, including Excel, and PowerPoint
Comfortable with working in a matrix and/or virtual team structure

Nice To Haves

Experience working in the financial services industry
Experience using GenAI, including Microsoft Copilot
Ability to influence cross-functional teams to meet delivery timelines
Ability to highlight key risks and issues that may impact the project/ program health
Ability to drive delivery/execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives independently
Experience managing collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint

Responsibilities

Support planning and execution of project timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
Track progress, including identifying and managing risks, actions, issues and dependencies.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams to meet project milestones.
Prepare and deliver project and program updates to stakeholders and leadership.
Contribute to stakeholder meetings, including creating materials, capturing meeting minutes and following up on action plans.
Develop and execute communication plans including identifying audience, drafting content, and sending / posting communications.
Support key program leads and resources in executing key deliverables.
Independently identify opportunities to drive project/ programs forward.