Morgan Stanley
Vice President - Equity Derivative Trade Operations
$120K–$172K
New York, New York · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 8+ years of relevant financial-services experience, with meaningful experience in derivatives or a related markets operating function.
About the job
Supports Equity Derivatives Middle Office operations in New York, enabling new business and transformation while delivering front-to-back trade lifecycle support, controls, and scalable solutions.
What you'll do
- Manage trade support, validation, lifecycle activities, structured products, and post-execution controls; resolve operational challenges with front-office partners.
- Assess operational impacts of new products, client initiatives, market expansion, and operating-model changes; coordinate front-to-back solutions.
- Drive transformation and process improvements, strengthen risk and controls, and communicate readiness, risks, issues, and progress to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Strong experience in equity derivatives, derivatives middle office, trade support, lifecycle management, or a related front-to-back operating function.
- Knowledge of equity derivatives and structured product lifecycles across OTC, exotic, structured, swap, or financing products.
- Front-to-back understanding and ability to work across Sales, Trading, Strats, Technology, and control functions.
- Experience supporting new products or business initiatives, and contributing to transformation through automation, workflow redesign, process improvement, data, or emerging technologies.
Pay
$120,000 and $172,500 per year (base salary)
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