Vice President, Platforms – Equity Zen

About Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.

Location:

New York Plaza, NY

In the Wealth Management division, we help people, businesses and institutions build, preserve, and manage wealth so they can pursue their financial goals.

• Field Experience & Platforms
• Digital Client Experience & Platforms
• Workplace Platforms
• Automation & Workflow
• Digital Trading & Investing
• Generative AI
• UX Design & Research
• Strategy & Execution
• WM Platforms Risk
• Chief Operating Office

Equity Zen, a part of Morgan Stanley, is a leading marketplace for pre-IPO investments, connecting shareholders of private companies with accredited investors. Through its category-leading technology and innovative approach, Equity Zen delivers data-driven insights and tools that empower its 800,000 users to navigate the private markets with confidence. Having completed more than 51,000 private placements in nearly 500 private companies, Equity Zen is on a mission to deliver "Private Markets for the Public."

Equity Zen is looking for a strategic and highly analytical VP, Platforms to join our growing team.

• Take ownership of highly complex, cross-functional, and time-sensitive strategic initiatives that drive significant business impact and scale the Equity Zen platform.
• Partner directly with leadership to define, shape, and execute the overarching company product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Champion a user-centric culture across the organization, leading and empowering design and engineering teams to architect scalable, accessible products for a diverse and complex user base.
• Oversee the end-to-end product lifecycle for a major product portfolio, guiding AVPs and Associates in writing specs, managing execution, conducting rigorous A/B testing, and defining sophisticated go-to-market roll-out strategies.
• Synthesize vast amounts of quantitative data, qualitative insights, and macro‑economic business trends to identify strategic market opportunities, pivot existing strategies, and drive high‑impact product innovation.
• Drive lean and agile methodologies across product pods, collaborating deeply with Engineering leadership to optimize delivery pipelines, manage resource allocation, and ensure timely, high-quality releases.
• Act as a key strategic liaison with Sales, Operations, Compliance, and Legal leadership, seamlessly integrating their feedback and stringent regulatory requirements into a cohesive product strategy while managing executive stakeholder expectations.
• Mentor, manage, and develop a high‑performing team of product managers (Associates and AVPs), fostering a culture of continuous learning, teaching, and entrepreneurial drive.

• 7–10+ years of progressive product management experience, with at least 3+ years in a leadership or people‑management capacity, successfully scaling complex products in a high‑growth technology organization.
• Deep industry expertise in Fintech, Wealth tech, private markets, or heavily regulated financial services is required.
• Undergraduate degree with a concentration in Technology, Finance, or Economics; MBA or advanced degree is strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of presenting to and collaborating with C-level executives and senior leadership to translate abstract company vision into actionable, revenue‑driving product portfolios.
• Mastery of the product lifecycle and go‑to‑market strategies, backed by a portfolio demonstrating significant business impact, user growth, or efficiency gains from launched products.
• Advanced understanding of technical architecture and user‑centered design principles, enabling high‑level strategic partnerships with Engineering and Design leaders to navigate complex trade-offs.
• Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving acumen; expert at leveraging data analytics platforms (e.g., Mixpanel, Google…