Global Client Experience, Vice President

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) together with its investment advisory affiliates has more than 1300 investment professionals around the world and $1.7 trillion in assets under management or supervision as of June 30 2025. Morgan Stanley Investment Management strives to provide strong long-term investment performance outstanding service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base which includes governments institutions corporations and individuals worldwide.

Position Summary

The Global Client Experience Team is positioned within the Distribution (Sales and Marketing) division and recently launched to accelerate firmwide enhancements across the client lifecycle. This team is focused on embedding client-centricity into the operating model driving innovation and creating measurable improvements in satisfaction and retention.

We are seeking a Vice President to lead strategic initiatives that enhance and strengthen the client experience across Morgan Stanleys global platform. This individual will play a critical role in driving execution excellence fostering collaboration across business lines and ensuring that every initiative reflects the firms core value of putting the client first. The role involves close collaboration with senior leaders across the organization. The ideal candidate is a delivery-focused leader with a proven track record of guiding transformational programs from strategy through execution in a dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee complex cross-functional programs that support the firms global client experience strategy ensuring alignment with organizational goals and timely execution.
• Serve as a driver of process improvement and delivery discipline maintaining focus on quality consistency and seamless execution across teams.
• Develop and own executive dashboards and performance reports that provide visibility into program health progress risks and outcomes.
• Partner with senior management to lead executive steering committees and integrated workstreams facilitating effective governance and decision-making.
• Act as a leader of transformational initiatives driving innovation and continuous improvement across client engagement and servicing functions.
• Build and maintain strategic internal relationships across functions and geographies to strengthen collaboration and communication.
• Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks ensuring consistent program delivery and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Provide regular data-driven updates and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.
• Lead and mentor direct reports fostering a high-performance culture and supporting professional development.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelors degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 710 years of experience working with transformational initiatives preferably within a complex global organization.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and engage senior executives and lead through collaboration in a matrixed environment.
• Proven experience in program management process optimization and operational excellence.
• Strong data-driven mindset with the ability to design build and interpret dashboards to support business insights and decision-making.
• Exceptional communication presentation and stakeholder management skills with a strong executive presence.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office suite; experience with analytics or visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI preferred.
• Highly organized adaptable and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in financial services especially in Institutional client service relationship management or client experience roles is desirable.

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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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $150000 and $175000 per year at the commencement of employment. However base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package which depending on the position may also include commission earnings incentive compensation discretionary bonuses other short and long-term incentive packages and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

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).