LCD Innovation - Governance and Project Management, Associate
Budapest
JR020866

The LCD Innovation - Governance and Project Management Associate will support core transformation execution and governance activities for the LCD Division, including project management, change management, stakeholder communications and technology investment planning, tracking and reporting.

The ideal candidate will bring a blend of project and change management skills, experience with using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) capabilities (M365 Copilot), and an understanding of financial services.

Department Profile

In the Legal & Compliance division, we assist the Firm in achieving its business objectives by facilitating and overseeing the Firm’s management of legal, regulatory and franchise risk.

The LCD Innovation office is a function within LCD responsible for designing and delivering solutions to optimize and/or transform business processes, data, and technology for the Division. It plays a critical role in shaping and executing on the Division's transformation strategy, including oversight of the Division's technology investment process and management of the LCD Transformation Framework, which aligns process, people, data, and technology enhancements with divisional goals.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

Governance
- Execute governance framework activities, including creating and maintaining presentations, committee decks and senior management reporting.
- Manage review of potential opportunities with senior leadership, communicate review outcomes to relevant stakeholders, and maintain opportunity information in a SharePoint site.
- Perform critical data analysis to assist with executive oversight.
- Support Division's annual technology investment planning and forecasting, including creating and compiling budget templates, creating executive-level reporting presentations, and year-round expenditure tracking and reporting.

Project Management
- Support planning and execution of project timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
- Track progress, including identifying and managing risks, actions, issues and dependencies
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to meet project milestones.
- Prepare and deliver project and program updates to stakeholders and leadership.
- Assist with stakeholder engagement.
- Contribute to stakeholder meetings, including creating materials, capturing meeting minutes and following up on action plans.
- Develop and execute communication plans including identifying audience, drafting content, and sending / posting communications.
- Track and respond to requests for information and user support for M365 Copilot and other prioritized capabilities as appropriate.
- Manage internal SharePoint(s) and/or website(s) including content creation and site maintenance.
- Support key program leads and resources in executing key deliverables.
- Independently identify opportunities to drive project/ programs forward.

What we’re looking for:
- Undergraduate degree
- Strong critical thinking and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple demands and changing priorities
- Independent self-starter who can manage multiple activities to aggressive deadlines
- Ability to quickly turn around high-quality work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to build relationships across regions and functions, partnering with team members of all levels
- Strong written and verbal communications skills, attention to details, and effective time management
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-changing environment with experience in agile ways of working
- Strong presentation skills, including the ability to synthesize large amounts of data and information to create polished PowerPoint presentations for various levels of management
- High attention to detail; follows through to ensure accuracy of materials
- Eagerness to learn the business and understand detailed requirements
- Excellent MS Office skills, including Excel, and PowerPoint
- Comfortable with working in a matrix and/or virtual team structure

Skills that will help you in the role:
- Experience working in the financial services industry
- Experience using GenAI, including Microsoft Copilot
- Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams to meet delivery timelines
- Ability to highlight key risks and issues that may impact the project/ program health
- Ability to drive delivery/execution of a wide range of tasks and initiatives independently
- Experience managing collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint

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 - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll 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. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements:
If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Flexible work statement
Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.