We're seeking someone to join our team as a Data Governance Control Oversight Manager in the Data Governance & AI Non-Financial Risk team to provide independent 2LoD oversight and credible challenge of Data Quality controls. The role covers both continuous, oversight of control health and results, as well as point in time assessments of control design and operating effectiveness.

In the Legal & Compliance division, we assist the Firm in achieving its business objectives by facilitating and overseeing the Firm's management of legal, regulatory and franchise risk. This is a Director level position within the Data Controls & Metrics team which is a multidisciplinary team that aims to reduce the Firm's exposure to data risk, currently focusing on Data Quality. We are part of the Chief Data Governance Office and we operate as a global team providing credible challenge to all the Firm's divisions and jurisdictions.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Build and implement a Data Quality Control Monitoring program and broader control oversight capability, defining the framework, methodology, standards, control coverage, thresholds, and operating model aligned to internal oversight procedures and Data Quality Policy requirements.
• Develop and manage a risk prioritized annual oversight plan, ensuring appropriate coverage of key Data Quality controls and alignment to regulatory and internal risk priorities.
• Oversee the end to end assessment lifecycle, including planning, fieldwork, evaluation of control design and operating effectiveness, and final reporting.
• Define and enforce sampling, documentation, and evidence standards, ensuring consistency, auditability, and traceability within the firm's GRC tool.
• Provide independent oversight and credible challenge to first-line control owners, including leading issue identification, escalation, and closure verification.
• Deliver management information (MI) reporting to senior management, including progress against plan, results, thematic insights, and key risk indicators.
• Engage senior stakeholders and lead a team of two professionals, driving adoption of oversight practices and ensuring high-quality execution.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Bachelor's degree minimum; advanced degree or relevant professional certification (e.g., CIA, CISA, CRCM, CDMP) preferred.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in data governance, data quality, data/information risk, internal audit, or second line control oversight, with a strong preference for the financial services industry.
• Demonstrable experience designing and operating a formal control oversight or audit program, including annual planning, sampling methodology, workpaper standards, Quality Control review, and final written reporting.
• Strong working knowledge of the data lifecycle and Data Quality disciplines - control design, monitoring, prioritization, metrics, metadata, and control inventories.
• Familiarity with financial industry regulatory expectations and supervisory engagement relevant to data governance and Data Quality controls would be a plus.

Please note that the location listed for this role is temporary. The position’s work location will transition to 1445 Ross Ave, Dallas, TX 75202 at a future date. In-Person interviews will be required for the role. 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At 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.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $95,000 and $155,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan 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.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.