Product Owner (Hybrid)

We're seeking someone to join our team as a Product Owner in Workforce Technology and Svcs to work within a Squad driving the product strategy and delivery across a suite of Office Productivity applications. Stakeholders will include Application Development, Legal & Compliance, Risk, Information Management and front office Business lines across the firm.

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. This is a Technical Product Owner position at Vice President level, which is part of the job family responsible for defining the product vision, prioritizing features, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality technical solutions.

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.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on…

What You’ll Do In The Role

• Establish and maintain regular ceremonies with multiple stakeholder groups to manage business requirements, define product roadmaps and prioritize new demand.
• Present business cases to executives and committees to secure funding, seek agreement on product direction, gain acceptance around risks and issues.
• Ensure development and delivery teams are aligned with product strategy and customer expectations across features and timelines.
• Manage technology vendor relationships, which can include coordinating contractual requirements and vendor SLAs
• Partner with Sourcing and Business Management to drive supplier contracts, renewals and related spend.
• Manage products to an acceptable total cost of ownership (TCO) for stakeholders
• Stay abreast of industry trends and aware of the competitor landscape.
• Demonstrate Agile principles.
  
  

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• 7+ years of relevant experience in Technology, with Financial Services exposure as a plus.
• High emotional intelligence with ability to influence customer outcomes.
• Previous experience as a Product Owner or similar function preferred.
• Experience with Stakeholders engagement focused on documenting user stories and driving prioritization of the book of work.
• Practical experience with Microsoft 365 (cloud offerings).
• Good verbal and written communication abilities.
• Familiarity with navigating enterprise scale environments and experience with enterprise level software deployments.
• Comfortable taking ownership, risks and accountability for decisions.
• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• Competence in modern work styles (Agile, Scrum/Kanban) and tools (Jira, Roadmunk, ServiceNow, etc.).
  
  

At Morgan Stanley Montreal, we support the Firm’s global businesses and infrastructure with cutting edge technology and innovation. The multi-faceted and highly technical Montreal team plays a critical role in building and maintaining our leading technology platform, including electronic trading, algorithm trading, cloud engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity and AI/ML. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in the Montreal community since 2008 and is considered a leading employer among the area’s highly skilled technology talent. There’s ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office.

Knowledge of French and English is required.

Build a career with impact. Visit morganstanley.com for more information.

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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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.