KBS Testing Lead - Vice President - Risk & Resiliency Management - Mumbai/Bengaluru

Firm Resilience

Firm Resilience leads and coordinates initiatives to proactively prepare the Firm to be resilient against operational threats as well as identify and manage material operational risk.

Risk & Resiliency Management

This is Vice President position that Identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks to ensure operational continuity and resilience in the face of potential threats or disruptions that could impact the organization, plus management of ongoing incidents.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

At Morgan Stanley India, we support the Firm's global businesses, with critical presence across Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment management, as well as in the Firm's infrastructure functions of Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk Management, Legal and Corporate & Enterprise Services. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in India since 1993, with campuses in both Mumbai and Bengaluru. We empower our multi-faceted and talented teams to advance their careers and make a global impact on the business. For those who show passion and grit in their work, there's ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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:

• Fleet profile: RTEP: Resilience Technical testing and Exercise program
  The RTEP Recovery Testing program is responsible for establishing testing frameworks and partnering with technology stakeholders to execute testing and exercise events to validate recovery capability and resilience across all of technology. RTEP is part of the wider Firm Resilience department, which deliver programs in Key business systems Resilience, Business Continuity and Third Party Resilience
• Local co-manager or direct manager depending on team and/or local requirements
• Represent RTEP fleet in regional programs and initiatives (Asia wide)
• Represent RTEP fleet in regional governance forums (Asia wide)
• Become a Subject Matter Expert on regulatory drivers as it pertains to technical testing
  
  Functional Responsibilities:
• KBS testing lead
• Global lead for the technical testing for the KBS program.
• Participate with Scenario development, with the a focus on the technical aspects to ensure the scenario is plausible, testable and severe
• Responsible for all aspects of technical testing, including understanding the scenario and working with all relevant groups to construct technical tests which look at all aspects of the scenario
• Responsible for post-test documentation, follow-ups, metrics and reporting and any other post-test activities which may arise Communication Skills
• Excellent Writing skills: Needs to write, review and approve Documents which go to external parties and senior management
• Presentation skills: Must have ability to create presentation and ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Prior Experience with regulators is optimal but not required.
• Strong knowledge of collaboration tooling.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Technical Skills:
• Strong background in technology. Distributive application and Database are optimal
• Knowledge/understanding of Cloud based data structures (snowflake, MongoAtlas)
• Strong knowledge of key infrastructure components, identity management, data storage, backups, networks, data centres
• Familiar with Agile framework, specifical Kanban and Jira
• Knowledge of Jira Metrics and other metrics/KPI tooling
• Familiar with Technology Risk frameworks. Min 8+ Years of relevant experience to perform this role

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 85 years. At our foundation are five core values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - that guide our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. We Firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. While our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world. Learn more about how we put this commitment to action: morganstanley.com/diversity. 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.

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

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.