Senior CTRM Risk & Data Strategy Lead

Morgan Stanley; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Senior Associate/Vice President for the Contractual Terms Risk Management (CTRM) team in New York. This role focuses on strategic risk management of trading contract terms, data expansion, and AI-enabled analytics, interfacing with Legal, Risk, Sales & Trading, and Technology.

The role emphasizes driving structured data, risk insights, and collaboration across multiple stakeholder groups to inform decisions and governance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience negotiating a cross section of trading agreements.
• Knowledge of financial services sector preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Teams.
• Bachelor’s degree required; JD or equivalent legal background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess, interpret, and challenge contractual provisions across trading agreements (ISDA, CSA, Prime Brokerage, Repo, Securities Lending).
• Identify risk implications of negotiated terms and elevate to Risk, Credit, and senior stakeholders.
• Provide SME on contractual risk exposures during counterparty onboarding and lifecycle events.
• Drive the capture, quality, and expansion of structured contractual data across Firm systems.
• Transform legal agreement data into scalable data sets for risk, trading, and regulatory use cases.
• Partner with Technology and Strats to enhance data models, workflows, and automation.
• Serve as a key point of contact across Risk, Credit, Legal, Sales & Trading, Operations, and Finance.
• Lead preparation and coordination of materials for counterparty risk and credit escalation forums.
• Influence stakeholders by articulating business and risk impact of contractual terms.
• Provide oversight for CTRM processes including monitoring of key provisions and data governance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent legal background

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Senior Associate/Vice President for the Contractual Terms Risk Management (CTRM) team in New York. This role focuses on strategic risk management of trading contract terms, data expansion, and AI-enabled analytics, interfacing with Legal, Risk, Sales & Trading, and Technology.

The role emphasizes driving structured data, risk insights, and collaboration across multiple stakeholder groups to inform decisions and governance.