VP Governance, Risk & Compliance Project Manager

$150,000 - $205,000/Yr

Morgan Stanley - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

1,001-5,000 employees

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

The Project Manager role at Morgan Stanley involves overseeing a project or workstream on a daily basis, ensuring that it meets quality standards within specified cost and time constraints. The position requires effective management of resources, motivation of the project team, and communication with senior stakeholders to achieve project goals and realize benefits.

Responsibilities

• Manage the production of the required products
• Direct and motivate the project team
• Plan and monitor the project/workstream
• Produce a Project Charter
• Prepare project/workstream plans and gain agreement with senior management through governance
• Liaise with program management if the project/workstream is part of a wider program
• Manage risk and ensure mitigations actions are in place
• Be responsible for change control
• Prepare reports to reporting governance group (normally a Steering Committee)
• Prepare Lessons Learned documents
• Produce project 'follow on' actions report
• Be responsible for project/workstream administration if no separate PMO/PSO function is present
• Keep senior stakeholders informed of status and progress made
• Ensure that the project team gains inputs and contributions from the relevant specialist teams across the organisation
• Engage and work with Audit and 2nd Line Assurance following reviews, audits, assurance inputs

Requirements

• At least 10 years demonstrable project management experience
• Demonstrable experience of leading change as a Project Manager in a risk, controls, compliance or cyber environment
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written
• Effective at planning, monitoring and reviewing
• Ability to manage resources and motivate others
• Decisive and able to work well under pressure
• Ability to resolve conflicts and problem solve
• Good IT skills - JIRA, Roadmunk, Rally, Jive
• Ability to coordinate work carried out by different people and organisations
• Ability to work as part of a team and on their own initiative
• Ability to control and monitor budgets
• Interest in seeing a project through from start to finish
• Motivated by achieving set goals

Benefits

• Competitive base pay between $150,000 and $205,000 per year
• Commission earnings
• Incentive compensation
• Discretionary bonuses
• Short and long-term incentive packages
• Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs