Project Manager / Technical Business Analyst

Alphosoft - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Project Manager / Technical Business Analyst role at Morgan Stanley involves leading the Vendor & Risk Management team within the Wealth Management Product Technology sector. This position is crucial for onboarding systems, maintaining risk management protocols, and decommissioning systems related to the Home Loans business. The role requires extensive collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure secure technology solutions and effective incident management, while also documenting and managing project workflows.

Responsibilities

• Ensure vendors implement secure technology solutions, per MS policy (ex: Cloud migrations, Material Changes to architecture or PII Data)
• Manage incidents, such as Cyber Security & Production outages, including appropriate communication to stakeholders and adherence to SLAs
• Identify risks and plan mitigations
• Oversee vendor decommission and offboarding, including managing data security
• Interact with business, technology, operations to conduct Business Analysis documentation of current and future state solutions
• Assist in the coordination and preparation of key meetings that are required for stakeholders to close critical projects and assessments
• Work with global / regional counterparts to provide synergies between regions and ensure the collaboration is intact
• Document work into stories and manage JIRA board for prioritization
• Detail the stories with examples and scenarios for clear development / QA understanding
• Take the story to definition of ready (DoR) for the squad to discuss in refinement and planning sessions
• Prepare material for sprint review with business and other stakeholders
• Contribute to domain competence within the squad

Requirements

• At least 10+ years of hand-on Project Management and Business Analyst experience
• Extensive experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Verification and Validation, Agile Scrum and Waterfall methodologies used for the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software
• Comprehensive knowledge in Technical and Business Writing, Data and Business Process Flow Modeling
• Proficient in writing Functional Specifications Document (FSD), Systems Requirements and Use Case Specifications
• Expertise in producing detailed User Stories in JIRA and using Fibonacci User Points for estimation to prioritize and manage Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog
• Professional approach of interaction with Product Owners
• Expertise in facilitating meetings: Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review and Sprint Retro
• Ability to handle complex information with accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, building and maintaining relationships, self-motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage changing priorities

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in wealth management or Asset management domains
• Experience of working with 3rd party vendor solutions and integrations