The Program Manager – Private Assets plays a pivotal role in driving executional excellence and operational alignment across the Private Assets portfolio. This role serves as a strategic connector between planning and delivery. It supports complex, cross-functional initiatives, strengthens delivery governance, and improves how the segment plans, prioritizes, and tracks work. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Data, and Finance, the Program Manager helps scale consistent practices, enhance portfolio transparency, and ensure the operating rhythm needed to deliver on business outcomes.

• Drive execution of high-priority cross-functional initiatives from scoping through delivery, coordinating workstreams and surfacing risks to maintain alignment and momentum
• Shape and maintain the program operations framework in partnership with senior program leadership, including governance models, delivery standards, and strategic planning cadences to drive executional consistency and cross-team alignment
• Partner with cross-functional and program teams to improve delivery processes, align practices, and strengthen reporting and tooling infrastructure (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
• Coordinate intake, planning, and feasibility reviews with Product, Engineering, and Data
• Coordinate cross-team delivery rhythms to drive cadence, accountability, and status visibility
• Partner with Finance and segment leads on headcount forecasting, capacity planning, and investment support
• Support cross-functional planning and reporting by synthesizing delivery insights, aligning team inputs, and enabling leadership decision-making

• 7+ years in program management, delivery operations, or strategic execution roles
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate complex, cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution
• Strong working knowledge of program operations frameworks, delivery governance, and planning cadences
• Experience improving delivery workflows and reporting visibility using tools like Jira and Confluence
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with Product, Engineering, Data, and Finance to support planning and execution alignment
• Excellent communicator with the ability to synthesize complexity into actionable plans
• Background in financial services or enterprise platform environments preferred

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

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