Platforms Product Management, Executive Director
POSTING DATE: Jan 22, 2025
PRIMARY LOCATION: Americas-United States of America-New York-New York
EDUCATION LEVEL: Bachelor's Degree
JOB: Business Analysis
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time
JOB LEVEL: Executive Director
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a range of wealth management products and services for affluent individuals, businesses and institutions. These services include brokerage and investment advisory, financial and wealth planning, credit and lending, cash management, annuities and insurance, retirement and trust.
Position Summary
Workplace Platforms is a division within Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Platforms, comprised of the digital platforms supporting the Morgan Stanley at Work businesses—including Equity Compensation, Retirement Plan Solutions, and Deferred Compensation. The Workplace Platforms team drives and defines the digital and online experience for wealth management and corporate clients. The overall mission of the division is to create a best-in-class experience for both corporate clients and their employees (“participants”) as we engage them throughout their financial life journey, ultimately leading to a deepening of their Morgan Stanley Wealth Management relationship. Our approach will be highly scalable, leveraging an omni-channel strategy with an emphasis on messaging, onboarding, cross-selling, activation and servicing. Our goal will be to drive growth across all client segments, including the Mass-Affluent, with new digital capabilities.
The Workplace Platforms team defines and drives the digital, online and mobile customer experience for corporate clients and their employees. As a Group Product Manager, you will be responsible for contributing to the strategy to deliver a differentiated experience for workplace participants.
You will lead a team of product managers who partner and collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to support the planning and execution of key initiatives that will drive execution of the Firm’s long term strategy of delivering the firm and integrating a path to advice with the workplace offering. This will encompass both client solutions and/or participant experiences across various digital platforms in support of this mission.
Job Responsibilities
Work directly with leaders of key business areas to understand critical business needs, opportunities for investment that have potential deliver significant progress on business goals
With directly with leaders of key business areas to develop create business cases to influence investment and roadmap decisions
Work with product teams and technology leaders to ensure maximum benefit/lowest cost solutions, while also building a product for the long run
Work with product managers on the team team to develop clear high level (epic) requirements for delivering, and work closely with technology and operations leaders through build and delivery phases
Coach product managers working directly with cross functional teams to effectively collaborate, design and develop new products, develop new features and enhancements
Identify dependencies and keep constituent groups informed and aligned to goals, changes in priorities, escalation situations at appropriate executive levels
Contribute to and maintain key strategic presentation materials used to inform executive decision-making
Ensure appropriate implementation of risk controls based on control partner (e.g., legal & compliance) input
Help define and track success metrics and oversee ongoing and ad-hoc data reporting requests
Skills
8 years as a product owner/manager/analyst or 10 years as leader with relevant experience
5 years of experience with technology development process and lifecycle (Agile/Waterfall)
Strong understanding of the corporate stock plan business and operating paradigms
Advanced interpersonal and communication skills with ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders across the organization
Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to take a problem statement and solution it in collaboration with teams and experts across a complex organization
Strong technical writing skills to assist with escalation management
Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills to assist with data analysis and building presentations for senior management
Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.
It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $170,000 and $250,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
