Fusion Exercise Planner

Fusion Exercise Planner – Morgan Stanley

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The mission of the Fusion Response and Recovery department is to understand, prepare for, respond to, recover, and learn from operational threats and incidents that impact the Firm. Fusion delivers a unified and responsive approach to preparing for and managing a broad spectrum of threats that may affect the Firm, including cyber incidents, fraud, technology disruptions, severe weather, natural disasters, geopolitical unrest, terrorism, and pandemics.

With centers in New York, London, Glasgow, Budapest, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore, Fusion's 24/7 proactive follow‑sun model is the cornerstone of the Firm's operational resilience capability.

The Fusion Exercise Program is responsible for planning and coordinating exercises to assess the Firm's ability to respond to operational threats and incidents, covering all hazards. The team delivers a full range of services, from short‑format mini exercises to high‑complexity tabletops, functional exercises, and full‑scale simulations.

We are seeking a Technology and Cyber Exercise Planner to join our Glasgow Fusion team. You will plan and deliver a range of exercises to assess the organization's ability to respond to operational events, including cyber, technology, and physical scenarios. Through delivery of realistic, engaging and vivid simulations you will help prepare responding teams from across the Firm.

You will also contribute to the development and enhancement of tooling for the Fusion Exercise Program to further mature the existing information management systems and processes.

We welcome applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds, including those from cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, and related fields. Ex‑military, emergency services and career switchers are also encouraged.

• Delivery of exercises covering tabletop, drills and functional exercise types.
• Collaborate with teams across all areas of the global Firm, including Technology, business units, infrastructure support, Corporate Services/Security, regulatory engagement and legal to:
• Develop exercises to assess Firm processes and functions to manage operational threats and incidents.
• Orchestrate the Firm's involvement in vendor‑facilitated, and sector‑wide exercises that assess the effectiveness of the Firm's response processes.
• Develop and track program key performance indicators, including actions resulting from exercises.
• Develop existing documentation to further enhance the organization's ability to deliver exercise services.
• 3+ years of professional experience in cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, or related fields.
• Experience in operational exercise planning and facilitation or leading multi‑disciplinary teams during major incidents, crisis events or cyber responses.
• Rapid absorption of information to understand how a system, process or business function works.
• Identify and highlight gaps in knowledge and proactively seek required information.
• Lead sessions made up of multi‑disciplinary teams from junior staff to senior Firm Management.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills, with the ability to convey outcomes to a wide audience.
• Capacity to synthesize multiple asks and timelines into holistic, clearly defined milestones and deliverables within a dynamic environment.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and meet deadlines.
• Strong initiative and proactive attitude in approach to work.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working for a globally distributed organization.
• Experience using and customizing Jira, Microsoft Office 365 services, including SharePoint, Teams and Power BI.
• Project management, DR, BCP or Information Security certifications preferred.
• Understanding of existing and emerging finance industry regulatory…