Executive Director, Project Manager – Business Transformation Services
Morgan Stanley
Assistant Vice President, Project Manager – Business Transformation Services
Morgan Stanley
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Dallas • New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Working with all functional disciplines impacted by the project to ensure ‘end to end’ planning is comprehensive and results in a project plan that will achieve stated goals of the initiative.
- Conduct analysis on program dependencies, progress through the various phases to inform timelines, execution, and business strategy.
- Ensure comprehensive documentation of requirements, assumptions, changes in scope etc. associated with project and establish an audit trail to demonstrate these activities have been addressed.
- Provide mechanisms to capture & monitor remediation of any potential risks. In addition, enable appropriate escalation of any item that may impact timely delivery or cause a change to the agreed scope of project.
- Ensure effective communication and reporting to functional teams, manager, stakeholders, and senior leadership. Develop program dashboards that articulate project status and timeline.
- Support key program leads and resources in executing key deliverables.
- Independently identify opportunities to drive project/ programs forward.
- Maintain strong partnerships with business and technology teams to drive successful project execution.
Requirements
- BS/BA degree required. Advanced degrees a plus.
- A minimum of 3-5 years of professional experience in project management, product development, business management, or management consulting in the financial services industry, ideally Wealth Management.
- Ability to quickly turn around high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to drive delivery/execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives.
- Ability to work independently, proactively and possess a strong sense of accountability / ownership.
- Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams to meet delivery timelines.
- Ability to highlight key risks and issues that may impact the project / program health, and manage the risk to closure.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills, ability to interact at all levels of the organization and tailor messages appropriately.
- Strong presentation skills, including ability to synthesize large amounts of data and information to create polished PowerPoint presentations for various levels of management.
- Independent self-starter who can manage multiple activities to aggressive deadlines.
- Eagerness to learn the business and understand detailed requirements.
- Organizational skills and ability to organize information in a meaningful way.
- Experience managing one or various workstreams.
- High attention to detail; follows through to ensure accuracy of materials.
- Highly skilled in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project, Visio, SharePoint, and JIRA.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
- Comprehensive employee benefits and perks
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
project managementbusiness managementproduct developmentrisk managementdata analysisprogram executiondocumentationtimeline managementstakeholder engagementprogram dashboard development
Soft skills
communicationleadershiporganizational skillsindependenceproactivityaccountabilitypresentation skillsattention to detailability to influenceself-starter
