Vice President, Third Party Risk Management

Morgan Stanley•Dallas, TX

2d•$130,000 - $182,500

About The Position

We're seeking someone to join our team at the Vice President level, supporting Third Party Due Diligence within the Global Third-Party Program Management team. This position plays an integral role in leading complex project delivery, guiding assessment teams, driving change management, and advancing continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen the Firm's ability to assess operational disruption, oversee resilience standards, and mitigate risk across external vendors. In the Corporate Services division, we empower our businesses by creating collaborative workplace solutions and commercial services that enhance the employee and client experience, while optimizing the value of our sourcing and third-party lifecycle to enable the Firm to do-and-win business. 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

Proven experience leading high-performing Third-Party Risk Assessment teams, including coaching, prioritization, workload management, and quality oversight
Bachelor's degree in: Business Administration, Risk Management, or a similar field
A minimum of 10+ years of experience leading team operations, assessments and / or major projects preferably for a Risk function and / or at a Financial Firm
Demonstrated project management expertise, including governance, planning, execution, risk and issue management, dependency tracking, and senior stakeholder reporting
Financial industry experience especially focused on Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Controls and risk methodologies
Strong drive for Change Management execution with the ability to influence stakeholders, embed new ways of working, and foster a culture of accountability, quality, and continuous improvement
Ability to build and sustain relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization and manage global stakeholders.
Dynamic individual with the ability to switch context quickly and work on multiple streams of work simultaneously with high attention to detail.
Experience preparing clear, concise responses and briefing materials for regulatory affairs, compliance inquiries, governance forums, and senior management audiences.

Nice To Haves

Professional qualifications from industry standard institutions such as ISACA is a plus

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables for program initiatives, ensuring timely execution and transparent reporting
Lead change management efforts, including process redesign, stakeholder adoption, implementation planning, and communications to support enhancements to the due diligence assessment process
Lead, coach, and enable assessment team members to achieve personal and program-level objectives while fostering accountability, collaboration, and a high-performance operating model
Be a culture carrier for the Assessment function's objectives and purpose. Play a key role in building and harboring strong relationships with strategic stakeholders across the Firm supporting transparency of our role and helping to inform expectations
Identify, prioritize, and deliver continuous improvement initiatives that increase quality, consistency, efficiency, and scalability across the due diligence assessment program
Serve as a subject matter expert by interpreting risk and control issues and providing guidance on related observations
Present findings to management and governance bodies, including preparing clear and concise responses to compliance and regulatory requests
Prepare executive and regulator level presentations and supporting materials at both a Strategic and Technical level of detail to address specific requests about the program
Review and update key process documentation such as Policies, Procedures, Desktop Guidance and instructional and guidance materials.