Data Governance Control Oversight Manager

PowerToFly; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Data Governance Control Oversight Manager to join the Data Governance & AI Non-Financial Risk team. This 2LoD role provides independent oversight of Data Quality controls, focusing on continuous monitoring and point-in-time design/operating effectiveness assessments.

The position sits in Legal & Compliance as a director-level role within the Data Controls & Metrics team, aimed at reducing data risk with credible challenge and effective issue closure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree minimum; advanced degree or relevant professional certification preferred.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in data governance, data quality, data/information risk, internal audit, or second-line control oversight, preferably in financial services.
• Experience designing and operating a formal control oversight or audit program, including annual planning, sampling methodology, workpapers, QC review and final reporting.
• Strong knowledge of the data lifecycle, data quality disciplines, controls, metrics and inventories.
• Familiarity with financial industry regulatory expectations related to data governance and data quality controls.

Responsibilities

• Build and implement a Data Quality Control Monitoring program, defining framework, standards, coverage, thresholds and operating model.
• Develop and manage a risk-prioritized annual oversight plan aligned to regulatory and internal risk priorities.
• Oversee end-to-end assessment lifecycle: planning, fieldwork, design/operating effectiveness evaluation, final reporting.
• Define sampling, documentation and evidence standards ensuring auditability and traceability within the GRC tool.
• Provide independent oversight and credible challenge to first-line control owners; lead issue identification, escalation and closure verification.
• Deliver management information reporting to senior management on progress, results, and risk indicators.
• Engage senior stakeholders and lead a team of two professionals to drive adoption of oversight practices.

Job description

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.

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 is differentiated – and we have 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 more than beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what is best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you will 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 is also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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.