Vice President LCD Innovation - Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Transformation

The LCD Innovation office is a function within LCD responsible for advancing transformation efforts and optimizing business processes, data, and technology to enable the Division to achieve prioritized business outcomes. It plays a vital role in designing and delivering solutions in collaboration with the Division's Data, Analytics, and Technology teams, and oversees the Division's technology investments and implementation activities.

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.

What you'll do in the role:

- Proactively work with NFR department leadership and SMES to identify opportunities to improve working methods, including through process redesign and/or adoption of new or enhanced data and technology capabilities, including GenAI
- Partner with innovation, data and technology SMES to determine appropriate options for addressing prioritized business goals
- Employ divisional standards and best practices to design and implement solutions in alignment with Divisional strategy, including the LCD GenAI Strategy and LCD Data Strategy
- Perform business analysis and design activities where required, including use case definition, user experience design, functional requirements articulation, and acceptance testing
- Oversee implementation of improvement activities and projects working in partnership with designated delivery teams and ensuring effective coordination and communication between all stakeholders and delivery partners

What you'll bring to the role:

- Undergraduate degree
- 8+ years of experience, including proven leadership and execution of transformation change management initiatives
- Sharp critical thinking, and willingness to challenge the status quo and influence proposed approaches to achieve optimal results
- Strong experience of data oriented and user-centric design and ideation using Design Thinking techniques
- Strong experience with translating business needs into user centric designs
- Excellent client-focus with outstanding judgment, analytical skills, stakeholder and relationship management, and influencing skills
- Strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple demands and changing priorities
- Ability to build relationships across regions and functions, partnering with team members of all levels
- Ability to deal with the uncertainty and drive progress under a fast paced and evolving environment with dynamic circumstances
- Ability to critically analyze process and data requirements and apply relevant contextual information to inform designs
- Excellent MS Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
- Experience of working with Compliance and/or Operational Risk teams or consulting experience with non-financial risk management functions
- Relevant experience in areas such as technology and innovation, transformation, or process improvement.

Skills that will help you in the role:
- Experience in the financial services industry
- Experience with designing and implementing solutions leveraging GenAI
- Experience with Generative AI tools such as Microsoft CoPilot and with designing AI prompts
- Experience of working with data analysts and/or information management frameworks

Please note that the location listed for this role is temporary. The position’s work location will transition to 1445 Ross Ave, Dallas, TX 75202 at a future date. In-Person interviews will be required for the role.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. 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. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $210,000 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 is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.