Vice President, Business Resilience & Continuity Planning Manager (Technology)

Department Profile Firm Resilience is responsible for designing, implementing and continuously enhancing global Firmwide programs in Key Business Services Resilience, Business Continuity, Third Party Resilience, Business and Technology Recovery Planning & Testing and, Resilience Governance capabilities. The department works across business units, technology, operations, risk management, and third-party providers to ensure the Firm can effectively withstand, respond to, and recover from operational disruptions while maintaining critical services for clients and markets. The team develops and oversees enterprise resilience frameworks, policies, standards, testing programs, and governance processes that strengthen the Firm's ability to identify, assess, mitigate, and manage business disruption risks. Through collaboration with stakeholders across the organization, Firm Resilience drives preparedness, supports regulatory compliance, and promotes a culture of resilience across the enterprise.

Profile Morgan Stanley is seeking a senior Business Resilience and Continuity Planning Manager in Hong Kong to work as part of a global team in support of the Asia implementation of the Firm Resilience portfolio of programs. This includes strategic planning, program development and working closely with business units across front and back office functional stakeholders to implement a resiliency strategy that complies with Firm and regional regulatory requirements. The Resilience portfolio coverage includes: Key Business Services ensure that the Firm can respond to operational disruption of its critical and important business services, and that plans/workarounds are in place to facilitate response and recovery. Business Continuity program which is an adaptive risk-based program and methodology that ensures the Firm's business continuity capability is fit for purpose through tests and exercises in order to protect the Firm's assets, facilitate the life safety of employees, and enable operational resilience. Third Party Resilience which establishes the proper governance, processes and controls to support the resilience of the Firm's business services where there is a reliance on external third parties. Resilience Governance supports a robust governance across Firm Resilience programs through committee reporting, synchronizing lessons learned and continuous improvement of policies and procedures The Resilience Testing and Exercise Program collaborates with key stakeholders to design, sequence, and deliver a series of risk-based cyber, technology, business continuity exercises and technical recovery tests to enhance operational resilience and preparedness for the The Role A Business Resilience and Planning Manager is expected to partner with stakeholders across Firm organizations to provide subject matter expertise and guidance in the areas of business resiliency and continuity. This is a senior, hands-on role focused on strengthening operational resilience capabilities, supporting regulatory readiness, and assisting in the delivery of the broader regional portfolio. The candidate would be responsible for designing and implementing programs in these areas, as well as supporting 'business as usual' (BAU) business continuity and key business services activities, ensuring high quality outputs that enhance the resilience posture of the Firm and meet regulatory obligations in the Asia region.

Lead the delivery and implementation of resiliency programs, including enhancements to existing frameworks to support the Asia region Liaise and partner with key business stakeholders to ensure support of BAU business continuity and key business services activities, including business impact analysis, continuity planning, identifying key business services, testing of appropriate and executable plans, recovery strategy review, service documentation, dependency mapping, and resilience assessments Drive and execute program requirements