Role: Executive Director — Data and Information Risk
Location: New York, New York

Background on the Position
This role will reside within the Firm’s Operational Risk Department focusing on Data and Information Risks.

Operational Risk refers to the risk of financial or other loss, or potential damage to a firm's reputation, resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people, systems, or from external events (e.g., fraud, legal and compliance risks or damage to physical assets). Management works with the business units and control groups to help ensure Morgan Stanley has a transparent, consistent, and comprehensive program for managing operational risk, both within each area and across the firm globally. This group designs, implements and monitors the company-wide operational risk program.

Data and Information Risks refers to a number of risks associated with the firm's acquisition, usage, and management of data and information, including Data Quality, Information Security, Data Privacy, and Information Management. The selected candidate will particularly focus on supporting foundational activities that cut across data and information risks as well as Data Quality.

On the Data Quality side, the selected candidate will support the firm's implementation of its data quality policy from the second-line risk perspective. This involves participating in cross-organizational forums and working with key stakeholders across the firm to implement the objectives of the firm's data quality policy in an effective and efficient manner.

On the foundational activities, a particular focus will be on helping to transition the firm to a data-centric architecture that makes sure there's a consistent understanding of what data and information assets the firm has and where they are located. There will also be an emphasis on common and foundational controls that cut across programs.

Primary Responsibilities
> Represent Operational Risk in data and information risk forums (including Data Privacy, Information Management, and Data Quality), as well as in cross-risk forums.
> Help to promote Operational Risk interests and support Operational Risk leadership in firmwide Data Quality governance forums.
> Provide Operational Risk leadership on cross-organizational Data Quality implementation working groups.
> Advise divisional stakeholders on the implementation of data quality controls.
> Devise methods to measure data quality and report on those measurements across the firm.
> Provide subject matter expertise and recommendations for transitioning to a more data-centric environment.
> Provide subject matter expertise on foundational topics such as data and information inventories and metadata tags.
> Help to maintain data and information policy documents and envision future enhancements.
> Devise methods to apply the Operational Risk framework to data and information related risks.
> Train other team members as well as ORD coverage officers on data and information risks.
> Build and maintain strong positive relationships with key stakeholders including divisional data officers and the data center of excellence.

Experience Required
> Bachelor's Degree minimum.
> Strong knowledge of the data lifecycle and common approaches to data quality.
> Previous experience working in data and information risk, data governance, data architecture, or enterprise data modeling is desired.
> Previous experience driving the adoption of new programs and processes is a plus.
> Displayed ability to influence stakeholders and drive projects through to completion.
> Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to influence and catalyze decisions from senior management.
> Strong leadership and project management skills.
> Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
> Ability to present complex issues clearly is essential.

Morgan Stanley is committed to creating and providing opportunities that enable our workforce to reflect diverse backgrounds and views.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between 160000 and 250000 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's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. 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.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).