What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Private Markets Distribution position at Morgan Stanley?
Morgan Stanley Investment Management is one of the largest global asset management organizations of any full-service securities firm, with more than 40 years of history, a presence in 24 countries, and a total of $1.7 trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2024. MSIM strives to provide outstanding long-term investment performance, service, and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, which includes governments, institutions, corporations, and individuals worldwide.
The Private Markets Distribution (PMD) team is a global team responsible for leading and driving all capital formation activities for MSIM’s Private Markets platform. The team works closely with the investment teams, the global sales teams, marketing, and senior leadership to plan and execute private capital raises.
As a Vice President in PMD, you will be responsible, for designing, planning, leadings and executing strategy creation, capital formation and off-cycle strategy maintenance – across multiple private markets strategies simultaneously, and supporting several PMD Sales Specialists who are actively developing and maintaining relationships with the private market counterparts among our institutional clients and prospects and growing our Revenue and AUM with them.
What You’ll Do In The Role
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 85 years. At our foundation are five core values — putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back — that guide our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. We Firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. While our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world. Learn more about how we put this commitment to action: morganstanley.com/diversity. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $110,000 and $225,000 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.
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).
The Private Markets Distribution (PMD) team is a global team responsible for leading and driving all capital formation activities for MSIM’s Private Markets platform. The team works closely with the investment teams, the global sales teams, marketing, and senior leadership to plan and execute private capital raises.
As a Vice President in PMD, you will be responsible, for designing, planning, leadings and executing strategy creation, capital formation and off-cycle strategy maintenance – across multiple private markets strategies simultaneously, and supporting several PMD Sales Specialists who are actively developing and maintaining relationships with the private market counterparts among our institutional clients and prospects and growing our Revenue and AUM with them.
What You’ll Do In The Role
- Work in close partnership with the PMD Sales Specialists, Sales and the Investment Teams to develop prospect lists and execute on a client by client engagement strategy.
- Work in close partnership with the consultant relations team to triangulate consultant / client relationships.
- Develop client engagement content to facilitate both on and “off-cycle” sales efforts across all PC&E strategies.
- Develop a post-close analysis and “off-cycle” marketing plan for each capital raise.
- Develop and automate the monitoring of client engagement and capital raising reporting across products through all capital raising cycles.
- Active in the development of new strategies to expand the PC&E product suite.
- Own and manage the distribution requirements for all offering and marketing materials.
- Work in cooperation with Marketing, Compliance and Legal on product development.
- Ideally 8 years of experience on an asset management platform of a size and scale offering private equity / credit solutions.
- A history of commercial success driving private market sales, distribution, product, or client engagement with sophisticated asset owners.
- Investment and markets acumen with the ability to synthesize, distill, and articulate alternative investment strategies in a straightforward manner.
- Market awareness with the ability to obtain and retain detailed knowledge of various investment strategies.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills, team-oriented and collaborative.
- Results-oriented thinker who embraces accountability.
- Excellent communication skills
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 85 years. At our foundation are five core values — putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back — that guide our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. We Firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. While our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world. Learn more about how we put this commitment to action: morganstanley.com/diversity. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $110,000 and $225,000 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.
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).
Salary : $110,000 - $225,000
