Job Specifications
Department Profile
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-the-sun model is the cornerstone of the Firm's operational resilience capability.
Team Profile
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.
The Role
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. We also encourage applications from ex-military, emergency services, career switchers, and those from other industries with relevant experience in operational resilience or incident response.
What You’ll Do In The Role
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. Minimum required Skills and qualifications:
3 or more years of professional experience in cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, or related fields.
Experience in either the planning and facilitation of operational exercises within an organization or experience in leading multidiscipline teams during major incidents, crisis events or cyber responses.
Ability to rapidly absorb information to gather an understanding of how a system, process, or business function works.
Ability to identify and highlight gaps in their own knowledge and proactively seek out the information required.
Ability to lead sessions made up of multi-disciplinary teams from junior staff to senior Firm Management.
Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation) with the ability to convey outcomes to a wide audience.
Capable of synthesizing multiple asks and timelines into holistic, clearly defined milestones and deliverables within a dynamic environment.
Proven ability to work autonomously and to meet deadlines.
Strong initiative and a proactive attitude in approach to work.
What You’ll Bring To The Role
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 customising 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 requirements related to business continuity, disaster recovery and operational resilience.
Experience in the financial services sector is an advantage but not required.
Why Join Us?
Be part of a globally recognized Fusion team, located in the heart of Glasgow's thriving tech and financial hub.
A hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office.
Collaborate with a diverse, multi-disciplinary team and engage with global colleagues.
Access to ongoing learning, development, and career progression opportunities.
Inclusive culture that values diverse backgrounds and experiences.
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About the Company
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, our firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals.
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have always defined the firm and everything we do is guided by our five core values: Do the right thing, put cl...
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