Digital Assets Vice President

Vice President - Digital Assets
Wealth Management Platforms
Purchase NY

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is seeking a Vice President to report to and support the Digital Assets Product Lead Executive Director in defining executing and scaling the digital assets product strategy and roadmap across Wealth Management.
This role is designed for a product- and execution-oriented candidate with practical digital asset experience a strong foundation in traditional financial services and the ability to translate strategy into institutional-grade product capabilities. The Vice President will partner closely with Technology Risk Legal/Compliance Operations and business stakeholders to help deliver scalable compliant digital asset solutions in a highly regulated environment.

About Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking securities investment management and wealth management services. The Firms employees serve clients worldwide including corporations governments and individuals from more than 1200 offices in 42 countries. Morgan Stanley is committed to helping its employees build meaningful careers and we strive to be a place for people to learn achieve and grow.

Department Overview
In the Wealth Management division we help people businesses and institutions build preserve and manage wealth so they can pursue their financial goals. 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.

What you will do in the role:

Product strategy and roadmap support

• Support the Digital Assets Product Lead in developing and refining the product vision strategy and roadmap for digital asset capabilities within Wealth Management.

• Translate strategic priorities into clear product narratives requirements business cases milestones and decision materials.

• Help evaluate opportunities across client segments advisor workflows and channels with a focus on practical product fit regulatory feasibility economics and operating model impact.

Digital assets product and market analysis

• Develop decision-ready analysis across digital asset topics including crypto access tokenization stablecoins custody and settlement models market structure wallets and digital asset ecosystem participation.

• Distinguish institutionally viable product opportunities from speculative narratives and translate market developments into practical roadmap recommendations.

• Support internal education and stakeholder discussions by framing digital asset product concepts in a clear balanced and institutionally relevant manner for senior leadership and cross-functional partners.

Product development and execution

• Own discrete workstreams from discovery through launch readiness including scope definition requirements stakeholder alignment dependency tracking testing support issue resolution and post-launch optimization.

• Partner with Technology Architecture Risk Legal/Compliance Operations Service and business stakeholders to define product capabilities control requirements operating models and implementation plans.

• Help ensure digital asset capabilities integrate effectively into Wealth Management platforms advisor workflows client experiences custody models reporting supervision service and operations.

Metrics governance and stakeholder materials

• Define and track success metrics including adoption utilization revenue or AUM contribution client and advi Skills Required

• 4-7 years of relevant experience in product strategy product execution business strategy platform strategy consulting fintech or related roles within financial services.

• Strong traditional finance foundation ideally across wealth management broker-dealer platforms advisory custody asset management banking capital markets or regulated financial services platforms.

• Applied digital asset experience through product strategy consulting operating model infrastructure regulatory or platform initiatives.

• Demonstrated ability to execute complex cross-functional initiatives in regulated or highly controlled environments.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including experience preparing executive-ready memos product narratives structured analysis and decision materials.

• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills with the ability to break ambiguity into clear issues options trade-offs and execution paths.

• High attention to detail strong organizational discipline and ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience at a top-tier strategy consulting firm or in an internal strategy product platform or innovation role at a major financial institution.

• Experience supporting launching or scaling digital asset capabilities within wealth management brokerage banking asset management or fintech environments.

• Experience evaluating vendors partners and technology providers including commercial operational control and third-party risk considerations.

• Experience developing business cases or product roadmaps tied to measurable outcomes such as adoption AUM revenue client outcomes risk reduction or operating efficiency.

Leadership Characteristics

• Execution-oriented builder who can convert strategy into requirements governance milestones and delivered capabilities.

• Strong judgment and risk awareness with the ability to balance innovation client value operational feasibility regulatory expectations and controls.

• Low-ego collaborator who can work effectively across Technology Risk Legal/Compliance Operations Service and business partners.

• Clear structured communicator who can influence stakeholders with facts trade-offs recommendations and next steps.

• Intellectually curious and externally aware with the ability to monitor market developments and translate relevant insights into product action.

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 thats differentiated and weve 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 - 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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