Lead Divisional Resource Planner (Hybrid)

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Lead Divisional Resource Planner in Strategy and Governance to drive strategic workforce planning, governance, and resource optimization across a global Technology organization while partnering with senior leaders to align talent strategy with business priorities.

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 Lead Technology Leadership & Strategy position at Vice President level, which is part of the job family responsible for driving innovation, developing technology roadmaps, and providing vision and strategic direction to align technology initiatives with long-term business objectives, fostering a culture of excellence, growth and transformation across the organization.

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:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a geographically dispersed team of resource planners setting team goals and KPIs; manage performance and career development

• Own and execute divisional workforce strategy, including staffing governance, labor budgeting, headcount analytics, and multi-year location strategy

• Oversee resource transactions (hiring, internal mobility, vendor onboarding/offboarding) in alignment with divisional and firmwide workforce objectives and policies

• Synthesize complex workforce data into actionable insights and recommendations for senior leadership. Support governance forums and workforce review cycles with high-quality materials and analysis

• Serve as a strategic, trusted partner to senior business managers, CAOs, and Chiefs of Staff on long-term workforce planning. Respond to ad hoc senior-level requests with clear, concise, and executive-ready outputs

• Collaborate with Recruiting, HR Business Partners, Finance, and Vendor Management to ensure seamless workforce operations

• Maintain high data integrity across systems and proactively address discrepancies and exceptions

• Drive process improvements, standardization, and automation across resource planning and reporting workflows. Champion adoption of planning tools, data platforms, and reporting capabilities

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 8–12 years of experience in workforce planning, resource management, business management, procurement, or project coordination within financial services or technology. Must have proven experience leading teams and driving cross-functional initiatives in large, global organizations

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Technology, HR, or a related field

• Deep understanding of labor budgeting, requisition governance, workforce strategy, and operational planning processes and modeling long-term workforce plan

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with strong data analysis capabilities across multiple systems, specifically with the skills to synthesize large volumes of information into clear insights and recommendations

• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders

• Experience managing sensitive and confidential initiatives while partnering with Compliance, Legal, and HR

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across diverse stakeholders

• Comfort learning new tools and technologies; experience with workforce or vendor management systems is an asset

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.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 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 opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

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