Senior HR Data Governance Lead (Hybrid)

Morgan Stanley; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Benefits package

Job summary

Morgan Stanley in Montreal is seeking a Senior Data Governance Lead to head the global HR data governance function. You will build a coordinated team, establish ownership, and drive data quality initiatives aligned to the firm’s quality framework.

You will partner with HR, analytics, and risk teams to embed standards into data pipelines and tooling, shaping the roadmap while leveraging AI-enabled controls to enhance data reliability across regions.

Qualifications

• Experience in data governance, data quality, or data management in a complex, multi-system environment.
• Able to lead and shape teams across regions with a global perspective.
• Proven ability to translate policies and controls into practical guidance for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong collaboration with HR product, analytics, and risk/control teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop a high performing, globally coordinated team with disciplined governance practices.
• Establish and maintain data governance foundations including ownership, sourcing, cataloging, lineage, and controls.
• Deliver prioritized HR data quality initiatives from the Data Governance roadmap.
• Partner with HR product, analytics, engineering, and risk/control teams to embed standards into systems and pipelines.
• Define and oversee controls and monitoring to produce reliable metrics and enable timely remediation.
• Translate governance outputs into clear documentation and metadata for HR data lifecycle transparency.
• Shape the strategic roadmap for HR data governance and quality, prioritizing capabilities and process improvements.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance the HR Data Quality Program.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Global / multi-system experience

AI governance awareness

Job description

We’re seeking an experienced people manager to join our team as a Senior Data Governance Lead, to lead the global function that sets the standards, ownership model, and controls that ensure Human Resource data is trusted, well-managed, and fit for decisions that impact the firm at scale.

In the Human Capital Management division, we provide advice and insight to attract, retain, reward and develop a talented global workforce, giving employees the support and tools they need to succeed. This is a Vice-President level position within HR Data & Intelligence, that helps the firm make better workforce decisions by turning data into trusted insight. The team delivers core data, reporting, and AI infrastructure that supports people operations and enables self-service access to workforce insights across HR and Morgan Stanley businesses.

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 develop a high performing, globally coordinated team that drives disciplined governance practices, scalable processes and continuous improvement.
• Establish and maintain data governance foundations—ownership, sourcing expectations, cataloging, lineage, and control practices that ensure HR data is well-governed and aligned with the firm’s data quality framework.
• Deliver prioritized data quality initiatives the HR Department has committed to in its Data Governance roadmap.
• Partner with HR product, analytics, engineering, and firmwide risk/control teams to align on standards and embed requirements into system design, data pipelines, reporting, and AI-supported tools.
• Define and oversee controls and monitoring that produce reliable metrics, surface data quality risks, and support accountable, timely escalation and remediation.
• Ensure governance outputs translate into clear, consumer oriented documentation and metadata that increase transparency into HR’s data lifecycle.
• Shape the strategic roadmap for HR’s data governance and quality function, prioritizing capabilities, controls, and process improvements that strengthen data reliability over time.
• Will be responsible for leveraging AI tools to enhance HR's Data Quality Program.

What you'll bring to the role:

• At least 8 years’ relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role.
• Applied exposure to data governance, data quality, data management, or adjacent domains in a complex, multi system environment, ideally with global reach.
• Ability to shape teams and functions by setting clear expectations and building capabilities that support execution and continuous improvement.
• Ability to build transparency around the complex processes and activities to demonstrate the value the HR Data Governance team brings to the department.
• Track record designing and operationalizing frameworks that scale across systems and regions.
• Skill in translatingdata policies, technical concepts, and control requirements into clear, practical guidance for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated success building alignment across organizational and geographic boundaries.
• Understanding of how HR data flows through core systems and processes, and how governance and controls influence data quality at each stage.

All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office.

Knowledge of French and English is required.

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.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

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.

CE QUE VOUS POUVEZ ATTENDRE DE MORGAN STANLEY: Chez Morgan Stanley, nous levons, gérons et allouons des capitaux pour nos clients, afin de les aider à atteindre leurs objectifs. Nous le faisons d'une manière qui nous distingue des autres – et cela fait 90 ans que nous procédons ainsi. Nos valeurs – donner la priorité à nos clients, agir de manière intègre, innover grâce à des idées exceptionnelles, s’engager en faveur de la diversité et de l’inclusion, et s’investir dans la société – ne sont pas de simples convictions : elles guident les décisions que nous prenons chaque jour afin d’agir dans l’intérêt de nos clients, de nos communautés et de nos plus de 80 000 collaborateurs répartis dans 1 200 bureaux à travers 42 pays. Chez Morgan Stanley, vous aurez l'occasion de travailler aux côtés des meilleurs et des plus brillants, dans un environnement où vous bénéficierez d'un soutien et d'une grande autonomie. Nos équipes sont composées de collaborateurs infatigables et de esprits créatifs, qui puisent leur inspiration dans la diversité de leurs parcours et de leurs expériences. Nous sommes fiers d’accompagner nos collaborateurs et leurs familles à chaque étape de leur parcours professionnel, en leur proposant des avantages sociaux et des avantages complémentaires parmi les plus attractifs et les plus complets du secteur. Il existe également de nombreuses possibilités d'évolution au sein de l'entreprise pour ceux qui font preuve de passion et de détermination dans leur travail.

Pour en savoir plus sur nos bureaux à travers le monde, veuillez copier-coller l'adresse https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices dans votre navigateur.

Morgan Stanley est un employeur garantissant l'égalité des chances, qui s'engage à constituer et à maintenir un effectif diversifié en termes d'expérience et d'origine. Nos efforts en matière de recrutement témoignent de notre engagement fort en faveur d'une culture d'inclusion, dans laquelle les personnes sont recrutées, formées et promues en fonction de leurs compétences et de leurs talents.

Notre personnel est le reflet d'un large éventail des communautés mondiales au sein desquelles nous exerçons nos activités, apportant ainsi une grande diversité de parcours, de talents, de points de vue et d'expériences.

Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.