Director, Digital Assets Sanctions Screening & Controls

Morgan Stanley; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Director to join Global Financial Crimes Sanctions Screening Controls in Dallas. You will design, implement, and govern the sanctions screening control framework across reference data and transactions, coordinating with Compliance, Technology, and Operations.

You will lead requirements to user stories, drive data analytics for screening optimization, and ensure audit-ready documentation for regulatory and 1LoD purposes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
• 5+ years of sanctions, AML/financial crime risk, compliance controls, or risk management within a regulated financial institution or digital asset firm.

Responsibilities

• Execute and enhance the digital assets sanctions screening program through requirements definition, analytics, control tuning, and cross functional delivery.
• Elicit, document, and translate regulatory and 2LoD control requirements into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, and testable Technology deliverables.
• Support program roadmap planning and delivery, including prioritization, milestone tracking, risk and dependency management, and remediation through closure.
• Perform data analysis to drive screening optimization (e.g., tuning thresholds, segmentation, hop depth, suppression rules, and coverage expansion) and improve alert quality.
• Create and execute test plans and validation scripts for screening changes; coordinate UAT, operational readiness with 1LoD, and implementation traceability.
• Maintain audit ready documentation for control and tuning changes, and support Model Risk Management and regulatory/audit requests with end to end traceability.
• Serve as a day to day liaison across Compliance, Technology, Operations, and vendors; support governance forums, MI/KPI reporting, vendor oversight, and new product approval activities.

Skills

Sanctions screening

Business analysis

Agile/SDLC

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Python

Excel

Case management platforms

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Director to join Global Financial Crimes Sanctions Screening Controls in Dallas. You will design, implement, and govern the sanctions screening control framework across reference data and transactions, coordinating with Compliance, Technology, and Operations.

You will lead requirements to user stories, drive data analytics for screening optimization, and ensure audit-ready documentation for regulatory and 1LoD purposes.