Technology Resilience Risk & Project Manager

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Vice President, Technology Resilience Risk & Project Manager, responsible for driving the remediation of disaster recovery risks, regulatory actions and resilience initiatives across the Firm's technology environment.

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities.

This is a Risk & Resiliency Management Manager position at VP level, which is part of the job family responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to ensure operational continuity and resilience in the face of potential threats or disruptions that could impact the organization, plus management of ongoing incidents.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, continuously evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

The TPTR Risk & Project Team provides dedicated ownership for the escalation, tracking and closure of risks and issues identified through technology disaster recovery testing. The team works directly with Non-Financial Risk (NFR), Internal Audit Department (IAD), Business Units, Technology and Risk Officers to ensure clear accountability, timely remediation and sustainable closure of identified items. The team also supports tooling development, procedural change and process improvements that strengthen governance, enhance transparency and improve the effectiveness of the resilience testing and issue management lifecycle.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Manage IAD, ORD, NFR and regulatory action items from intake through validated closure, ensuring clear ownership, evidence, remediation planning and timely escalation.
• Coordinate across Business, Technology, Risk, Audit and control functions to resolve delivery barriers, align expectations and maintain accountability for outcomes.
• Apply project management discipline to action plans, including milestone tracking, dependency management, governance routines, status reporting and risk-based prioritization.
• Prepare concise management reporting on open actions, aging items, key risks, decisions required and closure progress for relevant governance forums.
• Identify recurring themes and support continuous improvement by strengthening procedures and embedding sustainable changes across the resilience testing and issue management lifecycle. Skills Required:
• Experience in technology resilience, disaster recovery, technology risk, issue management, regulatory remediation or a related control function.
• Strong understanding of risk, audit and regulatory action management, including ownership, evidence standards, milestone tracking and validated closure.
• Proven project management skills, with experience planning work, managing dependencies, tracking delivery and reporting progress through governance forums.
• Excellent stakeholder management and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across Business, Technology, Risk, Audit and control functions.
• Proficiency using Jira and Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel and Word, to manage actions, develop reporting and prepare senior management materials.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Risk Management, Business Continuity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong leadership skills with experience in managing and developing a risk and resiliency team.
• In-depth knowledge of risk management methodologies, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery.
• Ability to develop and execute strategic risk and resiliency initiatives aligned with business objectives.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience in engaging senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage budgets and resources to achieve strategic goals.
• Experience in aligning risk and resiliency practices with regulatory requirements and industry standards.

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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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If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Flexible work statement
Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.

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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