Job Description
Job Number:
3238582
POSTING DATE: Jul 1+, 2026
PRIMARY LOCATION: Non-Japan Asia-India-Maharashtra-Mumbai (MSA)
EDUCATION LEVEL: Bachelor's Degree
JOB: Production Management and Operational Support
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time
JOB LEVEL: Vice President
DESCRIPTION
The Vice President of Retail brokerage - Middle Office - Application Support is responsible for leading and managing the Morgan Stanley (ETRADE) Production Application Service and the team of SMEs supporting individual technology functions & applications.
ETRADE Technology Operations is currently in the process of establishing ASG / SRE as a core capability that will manage level 3 support for the retail brokerage trading and middle office applications. This is an incredible opportunity to learn about the brokerage business, systems processing and build a team of technologists who would be responsible for managing the availability & performance these core application sets. This will be a 24-hour level three support team within the ETRADE Technology Operations providing incident and problem resolution along with driving proactive IT service management coverage to ensure an efficient and effective technical operating environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
> Develop and lead a professional team of Application Engineers supporting core trading services like Equity & Options trading, Mutual funds, Fixed income, Futures, Auto Investing. The leader will own the level 3 support for middle office applications, batch support for brokerage and clearing operations. This also includes the technology services that are critical to enable trade functions, bookkeeping and settlement with 3rd parties
> Manage the service catalog for the in-scope applications and own the SLAs and KPIs for each service like Incident & Problem Management, Disaster Recovery, Change Management, Batch Management etc.
> Conduct regular application service reviews with the Executive Stakeholders to gauge service effectiveness and improvement opportunities with a clear plan for managing risks, and highlighting any deviations from the agreed service levels
>Partner with Application Development Organization to understand the new product pipeline and assess operational readiness of the upcoming enhancements and new launches.
> Manage high availability of computing services and associated assets through swift incident resolution and problem remediation activities
> Take ownership and accountability to resolve complex real time technical and issues
Understand environment design and partner with infrastructure engineering and level 2 teams to ensure resiliency is maintained and environment configurations are managed to requirements and expectations.
> Contribute to the knowledge management lifecycle and the development/upkeep of runbooks and standard operating procedures
> Manage operational SLAs and KPIs with focus on planning and delivering against continuous improvement initiatives
> Partner with existing Level 1 & level 2 teams & other technology organizations to identify and eliminate toil. Work with Dev ops SMEs to ensure the environment is appropriately instrumented to understand state and status, identify faults automatically, isolate and diagnose issues, and improve incident response and resolution
> Conduct and complete maintenance and change activities in accordance with defined schedules and approved change records
> Determine opportunities for automation and other operational efficiencies, planning and driving them through to implementation
> Review key performance and capacity indicators to identify improvement opportunities that can be actioned
> Accountable for technical operational readiness of new solutions and releases partnering with development teams to meeting production operating standards
> Partner with engineering and application development teams to understand service and tool delivery roadmaps to prepare the Command Center for new technology introduction
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIREMENTS - MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE
> 15 years of experience leading and managing technical teams
> Understanding of the Retail Brokerage environment would be a key differentiator for this role
> Proven conceptual, problem solving and analytical skills, ability to communicate sound technical advice to clients, managers and technical staff
> Strong understanding of IT systems and operations
> Ability to lead diverse group of resources to resolve real time incidents and complex problems
> Experience building and improving IT operational services
> Able to effectively communicate and display a professional, mature attitude in dealing with internal customers, management and personnel across the organization
> Strong collaboration skills in working peers and senior management teams
> Results orientation demonstrating success through both qualitative and quantitative measurements
> Ability to manage rapid change and shifting priorities effectively
> Ability to manage and prioritize multiple assignments supporting regular operations and ongoing projects
> Ability to build effective presentation decks targeted to receiving audiences
> Strong planning mindset to manage multiyear strategy through multipole tactical initiative deliveries
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, TRAINING
> Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology or related and relevant experience
> Strong ITIL experience
> Industry risk framework experience
> Six Sigma awareness
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Production Mgmt |Production Management position is now open for candidates interested in the Bank Jobs sector. This role in Mumbai offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Bank Jobs is a plus.
