Job Description

Role: Chief of Staff
Technology Architecture & Modernization (A+M) unites a highly inter-connected set of functions in a pivotal role driving the over-arching technical framework, product delivery and developer enablement teams at the center of Morgan Stanley's technology strategy. Combining efforts to modernize technologies, architecture and development practices, A+M drives the Firm's multi-year Technology Modernization roadmap to more effective and innovative technology platforms, enabling our business to serve evolving client demands in a highly competitive industry.
As the group expands and matures, we continue to add top technical talent, experienced professionals driven by the pursuit of engineering excellence, looking for complex and challenging technology roles with impact, visibility, and unparalleled opportunities to work across Technology in multi-disciplinary collaboration with high performing teams, including our Distinguished Engineers.

Position is responsible for supporting the COS and the broader leadership team across a wide variety of areas including Technology strategy development and execution, investment management and governance, financial management and cost efficiency, and workforce strategy. Role is in a fast-paced environment and requires a strong resource that can operate independently and is execution oriented.

Responsibilities
> Develop, analyze, and present findings in response to senior management requests
> Work with the leadership team to identify creative solutions to a wide-array of opportunities and challenges
> Coordinate and prepare comprehensive executive-level insights and analysis in advance of key meetings
> Managing workforce strategy and planning including development and execution
> Partner with Architecture and Modernization leadership, Finance, and the Technology COO office to manage financial / headcount budgets, oversee investment management processes, and manage program delivery
> Drive cross super-department coordination on divisional efforts (e.g., annual budgeting, strategic investments, people agenda, cost efficiency, etc.)
> Serve as an escalation channel for strategic, high visibility programs to ensure issues are addressed.
> Ensure staff has insights into organizational priorities, performance, and objectives through execution of a comprehensive communication plan (e.g., Open Forums, email campaigns, intranet content, and leadership communication) Requirements
> Excellent verbal and written communication skills
> Strong problem solving and analytical skills
> Ability to perform in high pressure, fast paced situations
> Exceptional attention to detail and highly organized
> Thorough understanding of finance and accounting principles
> Ability to analyze / synthesize large amounts of information and present findings to senior audiences
> Superior PowerPoint, Excel, and general MS Office skills
> Ability to work across functional disciplines and with all levels of the organization
> Technology and organizational strategy background a plus

Desired Skills
> PMO and Program management experience is a plus
> MS Project knowledge
> Basic understanding of Jive platform functionality
> Content management skills

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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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.

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