Head of Fixed Income Documentation Americas - Executive Director

s, prioritization of negotiations, and related client onboarding matters. - Responding to internal and external negotiation related queries and engaging senior management in escalation and problem solving. - Driving BCU management strategy across the negotiation space for negotiations and regulatory projects. - Senior subject matter expert in relation to the suite of trading documentation including agreement templates, internal guidance and process, system updates, and internal forums. - Manage team's engagement in ISG's responses to regulatory changes including, as needed, repapering campaigns, client communications and internal governance. - 10+ years' experience in negotiating a cross section of trading agreements, including in-depth knowledge of the various provisions contained in these agreements and their negotiability. Knowledge of and proficiency around the underlying products traded also preferred. - Extensive experience managing a team of document negotiators, including oversight, delegation, prioritization, performance reviews and evaluations. - Extensive and daily experience in and comfort with engaging directly with Senior Sales and Trading, Credit, Risk, Legal, Operations and other departments to help problem solve, prioritize and manage interpersonal relationships. - Education Level: Degree in law / business administration degree or equivalent - Essential Skills: Excellent written and oral communication skills, excellent people skills (this individual will interface with a variety of people with different skills and seniority levels), general comfort with Technology (particularly Microsoft Word and Excel); a quick learner - including learning internal computer systems, ability to set, track, achieve and report on short/long term goals and projects. - Essential Characteristics: Leader, decision maker, organized, detail-oriented, self-starter (highly proactive), confident, comfortable overseeing junior and senior colleagues, ambitious, commercial, willing to assist / teach other members of the team. - Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, open trading floor environment with the ability to juggle multiple tasks and priorities on a daily basis. At our foundation are five core values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - that guide our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. We Firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. While our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world. Learn more about how we put this commitment to action: morganstanley.com/diversity. 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. We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $225,000 and $300,000 per year at the commencement of employment. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees. It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.