Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), together with its investment advisory affiliates, operates in 26 countries with $1.9 Tn in assets under management or supervision as of March 31, 2026. MSIM strives to provide outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, which includes governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide.

About The Team:

The Trading Strategy and Research Platform Team partners closely with Investment Teams, Trading, Risk, Capital Markets, and Senior Management to support investment outcomes, execution quality, and operating scalability across Global Equity & Multi-Asset Trading. The team sits at the center of the trading organization translating strategy, market intelligence, third party research, and data into actionable insights, robust execution, oversight frameworks, and scalable infrastructure.

About The Role:

The Vice President, Trading Strategy & Analytics will play a critical role in advancing the teams mission by developing and scaling trading analytics across the global trading desks. The role will partner closely with Trading, Investment Teams, Risk, Capital Markets, and Compliance to translate trading and market data into actionable execution insights and strategic frameworks.

The role is designed for an individual who can operate as both a strategic thought partner and handson analytics leader, with a strong understanding of trading behavior, market structure, and quantitative analysis across all asset classes. In addition, the role will also provide coverage to adjacent functions, including the firms third-party research platform.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, production, and ongoing enhancement of trading desklevel analytics across Equities and MultiAsset Strategies to evaluate execution performance and liquidity access
• Partner directly with Trading desks to develop strategyaware analytical frameworks that reflect trading intent, market conditions, and assetspecific execution approaches.
• Provide coverage to adjacent functions, including the firms third-party research platform.
• Produce regular and bespoke analytics for Traders, translating trading data into actionable recommendations on timing, sizing, liquidity sourcing, and execution strategy
• Support Best Execution Committees and governance forums through preparation of analytics, materials, and performance reviews across all asset classes.
• Monitor execution quality, broker performance, and market structure considerations to ensure alignment with bestexecution policy standards and internal governance expectations.
• Partner with Compliance, Risk, and Trading to help ensure analytics are defensible, consistent, and scalable for regulatory and internal review.
• Conduct deepdive analytical reviews in collaboration with traders to understand drivers of anomalous outcomes, including liquidity conditions, volatility regimes, and execution decisions.
• Develop frameworks to distinguish true performance issues versus strategydriven or marketdriven outcomes and help incorporate learnings into future execution guidance.
• Lead and execute adhoc analytical projects in response to Trading, Leadership, Investment Teams, or committee needs, often under timesensitive conditions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in trading analytics, execution strategy, market structure, or trading support within asset management, sellside, vendor, or a tradingfocused role.
• Strong understanding of equity trading mechanics and familiarity with multiasset execution dynamics.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing trading, execution, or TCA data and partnering directly with Trading desks.
• Comfort supporting and presenting in board meetings and senior management forums
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to conduct deepdive and adhoc analysis.
• Clear communicator with the ability to translate complex analysis into practical, decisionready insights.
• Familiarity with Python is a plus.

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 thats differentiated and weve 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 - arent 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, youll 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. Theres 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 $150,000 and $200,000 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.