HR Communications Operations & Support Specialist – Corporate Communications – Vice President

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a HR Operations and Support Specialist, focused on instilling operational discipline in HR communications — ensuring clear prioritization, consistent standards and coordinated delivery across initiatives, stakeholders and channels.

In the Corporate Communications department, we cultivate and protect the Firm’s powerful global brand and reputation, leveraging our resources across media relations, internal communications, philanthropy and digital strategy to ensure we present the Firm consistently in all that we do. This is a Vice President position within our Communications Job Family which is primarily responsible for the crafting and development of messages and programs aimed at the firm’s employees overall, as well as the firm’s Financial Advisors and Field Management. We provide editorial support and strategic guidance to business partners, liaise with the Firm’s businesses and departments and senior leadership on internal communications matters, and provide thought leadership and strategic guidance on communications.

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

• Take accountability for completion of assigned processes or programs

• Lead the development of new ideas and may lead development of policies in own area -Develop and manage operational initiatives to deliver tactical results

• Independently drive the delivery of projects

• Take ownership of decisions and actions that advance key business objectives

• Innovate while factoring in both short term and long-term strategic priorities

• Own HR communications intake, prioritization, planning and the editorial calendar, ensuring transparency, discipline and accountability across initiatives.

• Act as “air traffic control” for HR communications, managing sequencing, dependencies, issues and escalations across stakeholders and regions.

• Establish, maintain and enforce communications templates, standards and approval pathways to improve speed, consistency and quality.

• Coordinate HR‑to‑HR communications across functions and geographies to reduce duplication and confusion for employees.

• Partner closely with stakeholders to ensure the right message reaches the right audience, through the right channel, at the right time.

• Oversee vendor communications governance to ensure employee‑centric framing and integration into broader HR campaigns.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Advanced understanding of business line and growing understanding of overall firm and competitive environment

• Advanced understanding of discipline and some understanding of other disciplines

• Proven ability to multi-task and deliver with minimal supervision

• High level of professionalism with experience working with multiple stakeholders

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team -- making informed decisions in a complex and fast-paced environment

• Required: Demonstrated expertise working across groups — driving coordination, decisions and follow-through among stakeholders.

• Preferred: HR subject-matter expertise to strengthen prioritization, accuracy and sequencing.

• At least 6 years’ experience in HR and/or employee communications, communications operations, program/project management and/or editorial operations.

• Strong operational rigor and calm under pressure; proven ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.

• Excellent editorial judgment and a bias for simplicity.

• A “do it right, do it simple, tech-enabled” mindset.

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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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $210,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

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.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.