Global HR Data Quality & Governance Lead

Morgan-Stanley; Town of Islip (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley's HR Data & Intelligence team seeks an experienced Data Governance & Quality Lead to set standards, ownership models, and controls ensuring trusted HR data for decisions. You will build a globally coordinated team and drive governance across HR data ecosystems. The role partners with HR product, analytics, engineering, and risk to align standards and embed requirements. A minimum of 8 years in data governance with cross-regional leadership is expected.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in data governance or data quality.
• Experience in a complex, multi-system environment with global reach.
• Ability to translate data policies, technical concepts, and control requirements into practical guidance.
• Proven track record building aligned teams across geographies.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop a high performing, globally coordinated team driving governance practices.
• Establish ownership, sourcing, cataloging, lineage, and control foundations for HR data.
• Deliver prioritized data quality initiatives aligned with the Data Governance roadmap.
• Partner with HR product, analytics, engineering and risk teams to embed standards.
• Define and oversee controls and monitoring to surface data quality risks and enable remediation.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data management

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Policy translation

Job description

Morgan Stanley's HR Data & Intelligence team seeks an experienced Data Governance & Quality Lead to set standards, ownership models, and controls ensuring trusted HR data for decisions. You will build a globally coordinated team and drive governance across HR data ecosystems. The role partners with HR product, analytics, engineering, and risk to align standards and embed requirements. A minimum of 8 years in data governance with cross-regional leadership is expected.