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about morgan stanley
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.

About parametric
Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what's important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients' core holdings.

This role is part of Parametric's hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 2-3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.

About the role

We are looking for a Project Manager to assist in managing, scoping, scheduling, and executing critical work within our dynamic investment team. The Project Manager will work with the Business (Program) Manager to ensure effective project planning, risk and issue mitigation, and seamless communications over the life of the assigned projects. The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the operations of individual projects by coordinating timing and resources within the broader program guidelines. They will report progress updates including milestone achievements and unexpected setbacks to the Business Manager who oversees the entirety of the work accomplished on the Investment Strategy team. This person has a tactical role focusing on execution and managing the functional elements of projects such as meeting deadlines, delegating tasks, and completing deliverables. This person will be the go-to resource for anything project-related.

The mission of the Project Manager is to facilitate projects across a growing 70+ person, multi-function investment team. Projects include client support including complex analysis and related external meetings, thought leadership and marketing work, and investment product development and oversight. This role is highly cross-functional and will require a strategic thinker comfortable with ensuring cross-departmental alignment, building tools, processes, and capacity to aid in achieving the department’s goals. This individual is driven by delivering on time and “under budget”, and knows how to use technology, processes, and people to create the optimal environment and execute successfully.

Primary Responsibilities

–     Drive effective teamwork, prioritization, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities while maintaining strong business relationships.

–     Lead the effective and efficient delivery of large complex cross-functional projects and manage implementation activities for concurrent workstreams.

–     Ability to support multiple projects concurrently, react quickly to new information, and ensure projects remain updated and relevant to achieve the desired outcome. 

–     Ability to create and communicate project metrics, schedule, and status to the entire department, and cross-departments.

–     Anticipate bottlenecks, identify risk, provide escalation management, anticipate, and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.

–     Demonstrated ability to read and interpret technical information, compose clear and concise written communication, and create appropriate business requirements and acceptance criteria.

–     Ensure consistency with and application of department standards, processes, and controls across projects.

–     Power user of the team’s technology stack who partners with our Platform Solutions team on suggested enhancements to workflows.

–     Design, build, and maintain reports and dashboards to help plan, manage, and complete work in a timely manner, as well as deliver business intelligence.

–     Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

–      Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent work experience

–      3+ years of Project Management experience required, with proven ability to manage multiple related and concurrent workstreams with high attention to detail

–      Must have a background and strong understanding of the systems development life cycle and  expertise in each phase of  program/project cycle: plan, initiate, elaborate, design, build, test, and implement

–      Excellent organizational, listening, presentation, written and verbal communication skills

–      Strong analytical skills, ability to multitask and handle interruptions

–      Must take initiative, have a passion for driving efficiencies, and have a demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative team environment

–      Proven ability as a liaison between technical teams and business visionaries – not a go-between but rather a facilitator and someone who can capture the vision from both points of view into a cohesive implementation plan

–      Resourceful, with a can-do attitude toward projects and willingness to apply creative problem-solving

–      Prior experience using workflow management technology, preferably Workfront; and demonstrated ability and willingness to learn and use new technology

–      PMP or Project Management certification is a plus. 

–      Financial Services background is a plus.

Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.

Salary range for the position:  $70,000 - 150,000/Yr. 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 unit’s 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 mybenefits.morganstanley.com to learn more about our benefit offerings.

Morgan Stanley's 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