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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.\nIn the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. This is a Risk & Resiliency Mgmt III position at the Associate level, which is part of the job family responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to ensure operational continuity and resilience in the face of potential threats or disruptions that could impact the organization, plus management of ongoing incidents.\nTeam Profile:\nThe 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.\nWhat you'll do in the role:\nContribute to the development and enhancement of tooling for the Fusion Exercise Program to further mature the existing information management systems and processes.\n\nDelivery of exercises covering tabletop, drills and functional exercise types.\n\nCollaborate with teams across all areas of the global Firm including Technology, business units, infrastructure support, Corporate Services/Security, regulatory engagement and legal to:\n\nDevelop exercises to assess Firm processes and functions to manage operational threats and incidents.\n\nOrchestrate the Firm's involvement in vendor-facilitated, and sector-wide exercises that assess the effectiveness of the Firm's response processes.\n\nDevelop and track program key performance indicators, including actions resulting from exercises.\n\nDevelop existing documentation to further enhance the organization's ability to deliver exercise services.\n\nWhat you'll bring to the role:\n3+ years of professional experience in cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, or related fields.\n\nExperience 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.\n\nAbility to rapidly absorb information to gather an understanding of how a system, process, or business function works.\n\nAbility to identify and highlight gaps in their own knowledge and proactively seek out the information required.\n\nAbility to lead sessions made up of multi-disciplinary teams from junior staff to senior Firm Management.\n\nExcellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation) with the ability to convey outcomes to a wide audience.\n\nCapable of synthesizing multiple asks and timelines into holistic, clearly defined milestones and deliverables within a dynamic environment.\n\nProven ability to work autonomously and to meet deadlines.\n\nStrong initiative and a proactive attitude in approach to work.\n\nDesired Skills and qualifications:\nExperience working for a globally distributed organization.\n\nExperience using and customizing Jira, Microsoft Office 365 services including SharePoint, Teams and Power BI.\n\nProject management, DR, BCP or Information Security certifications preferred.\n\nUnderstanding of existing and emerging finance industry regulatory requirements related to business continuity, disaster recovery and operational resilience.\n\nExperience in the financial services sector is an advantage but not required.\n\nWe 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.\nWhy Join Us?\nBe part of a globally recognized Fusion team, located in the heart of Glasgow's thriving tech and financial hub.\n\nCollaborate with a diverse, multi-disciplinary team and engage with global colleagues.\n\nAccess to ongoing learning, development, and career progression opportunities.\n\nInclusive culture that values diverse backgrounds and experiences.\n\nWe encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including those from underrepresented groups, ex-military, emergency services, and career switchers. If you are passionate about operational resilience and want to make a real impact, we want to hear from you.\n\nWHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:\nAt Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients - helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated - and we’ve 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 - aren’t 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, you’ll 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. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.\nTo learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.\nSalary range for the position: $65,000 and $135,000 per year. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit’s incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually), 10 Paid Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit mybenefits.morganstanley.com to learn more about our benefit offerings.\nMorgan 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.\nOur workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.\nFor more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7655,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Life insurance","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Wealth Management & Financial Advisors","Asset Management & Funds","Investment Banking & M&A Advisory","Online Brokerage & Trading Platforms"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T13:19:01Z"}],"liveness":{"score":17,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.479,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":54,"expected_fill_days":31,"reasons":["conf:5","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":135000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/morgan-stanley-cyber-exercise-planner-associate","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/morgan-stanley-cyber-exercise-planner-associate.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29T04:20:18Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4076,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":924,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}}