UX Centre of Excellence Program Manager Associate

UX Design COE Program Manager Associate

Overview
Wealth Management (WM) Platforms manages industry-leading platforms across all WM channels and client segments to provide a unified digital experience unlock growth and deliver efficiencies for Advisors Clients and Institutions. WM Platforms consists of nine sub-teams including: Field Experience & Platforms Digital Client Experience & Platforms Workplace Platforms Automation & Workflow Solutions Digital Trading & Investing UX Design & Research Strategy & Execution. Business Control & Support and the Chief Operating Office.
The Morgan Stanley Design Systems and Research Center for Excellence (COE) teams collaborate across all Morgan Stanley and E*TRADE digital properties supporting 500 tools for Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and more. Our mission is to assist our design product and tech partners in building more effective user-centered experiences through a cohesive design system.
Our team brings an entrepreneurial spirit to a leading global financial firm. We are looking for a UX COE Program Manager to help us implement process and structure strengthen relationships with our partners and find creative solutions to support our growth-stage challenges.
Once here you will...
> Support and assist in optimizing processes tools calendar and workflows across UX Centers of Excellence (COE)
> Define and lead team meetings and team retrospectives
> Perform backlog refinement for the Research team
> Lead Scrum and Agile ceremonies for the design language team while staying connected to Agile teams within Wealth Management Technology
> Assist in assessing changing project scopes and staffing needs on the research and design language teams
> Support with managing tooling and vendor relationships i.e. planning internal and external workshops
> Support with maintenance and governance of the Research Repository Relevant experience and mindset
> You have 3 years experience as a member of a design team or front-end development team with experience in a support or associate role
> Knowledge of the Agile process and Scrum ceremonies
> You know how user experience design and research teams work and their role within product and development lifecycle
> You have experience working in financial services or comparable industries supporting complex projects with multiple inputs and phases
> You have established relationships and can support multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders across the organization
> You are a natural communicator
> You have experience partnering and building bridges with stakeholders teams and agencies
> You are organized and can support high-complexity workflows on moving changing teams
Why work at Morgan Stanley
Besides a competitive salary work-life balance a clear career path and great benefits we take the well-being and work satisfaction of our employees seriously. Thats why we put a lot of effort towards creating a safe space for people to be vulnerable share work and ask questions that will help them both to grow individually and move their projects forward. Youll be encouraged to bring your own perspective to conversations and we will help you understand and put into practice what you naturally do best by amplifying each others strengths.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first doing the right thing leading with exceptional ideas committing to diversity and inclusion and giving back - arent just beliefs they guide the decisions we make every day to do whats best for our clients communities and more than 80000 employees in 1200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley youll 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. Theres also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Salary range for the position: $80000 and $105000 per year. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business units incentive compensation plan which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits including Medical Prescription Drug Dental Vision Health Savings Account Dependent Day Care Savings Account Life Insurance Disability and Other Insurance Plans Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually) 10 Paid Holidays 401(k) and Short/Long Term Disability in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit to learn more about our benefit offerings.

Morgan Stanleys goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion creed age sex sex stereotype gender gender identity or expression transgender sexual orientation national origin citizenship disability marital and civil partnership/union status pregnancy veteran or military service status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).