Digital Direct Individual Retirement Product, AVP

The AVP, Digital Direct Individual Retirement (Product) will support the strategy, development, and ongoing management of Digital Direct retirement offerings for self-directed clients. This role partners closely with engineering, design, compliance, legal, operations, marketing, and service teams to deliver client‑centric retirement capabilities—spanning account opening and funding, rollovers, contributions/distributions, beneficiary management, and retirement‑related disclosures—while meeting regulatory, risk, and business objectives.

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.

Morgan Stanley is committed to helping its employees build meaningful careers and we strive to be a place for people to learn, achieve and grow.

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

Wealth Management (WM) Platforms manages industry‑leading platforms, across all WM channels and client segments, to provide a unified digital experience, unlock growth, and deliver efficiencies for Advisors, Clients, and Institutions. WM Platforms consists of ten sub‑teams including:
Field Experience & Platforms, Digital Client Experience & Platforms, Workplace Platforms, Automation & Workflow, Digital Trading & Investing, Generative AI, UX Design & Research, Strategy & Execution, WM Platforms Risk, and the Chief Operating Office.

• Contribute to the multi‑quarter product roadmap for Digital Direct retirement experiences (e.g., Traditional/Roth IRAs, rollover flows, distribution journeys).
• Translate business goals and client needs into prioritized initiatives, supported by clear success metrics and business cases.
• Monitor market and competitive trends in digital retirement and identify opportunities to improve acquisition, engagement, and servicing.

• Partner with technology and design to define epics/user stories, acceptance criteria, and end‑to‑end requirements for retirement features.
• Coordinate cross‑functional delivery activities (UAT planning, launch readiness, training, and post‑launch monitoring).
• Maintain strong alignment across stakeholders; proactively manage dependencies, scope, and timelines.

• Use data and client feedback to optimize funnels (e.g., account opening completion, rollover conversion, contribution setup).
• Support A/B testing and iterative UX improvements, ensuring changes align to risk/compliance requirements.
• Work with marketing and digital channels to enable clear client communications and education for retirement products.

• Own/coordinate Retirement smart alerts, forms, and agreements across key journeys (account opening/funding, rollovers, contributions/distributions, beneficiary updates), partnering with Legal/Compliance/Marketing/Service to ensure accuracy and timely updates.
• Operationalize governance for retirement disclosures/communications, including intake, prioritization, review/approval workflow, release management, and post‑launch monitoring.
• Provide dedicated execution support for BAU regulatory updates and change requests, reducing delivery risk while protecting roadmap commitments and release timelines.

• Ensure retirement product journeys comply with applicable regulations and internal policies (e.g., disclosures, communications review, record retention, complaint handling).
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Ops to identify and mitigate risks across the product lifecycle.
• Support audits, exams, and internal governance forums by providing documentation, controls evidence, and product narratives as needed.

• Help define and improve servicing and operations workflows (e.g., rollover…