VP, AI-Driven Risk Controls & Governance Technology

Morgan Stanley; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management Conduct, Controls & Governance (WM CCG) is seeking a Vice President to lead the design and implementation of supervisory controls and AI-enabled solutions. The role focuses on enhancing controls across Technology, Legal, Compliance and Risk teams, driving governance to protect clients and the Firm.

tailored candidates will have 10+ years in technology-based control enhancements, strong quantitative skills, and hands-on AI tool experience, enabling effective

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience implementing technology-based control or process enhancements.
• Hands-on familiarity with modern AI tools, architectures and implementation concepts including frontier large language models, model context protocols, AI agent and workflow orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, prompt engineering, context windows, tokens, model evaluation, guardrails, and the infrastructure required to integrate AI capabilities into governed business processes.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with technical teams in a business analyst capacity, across coding, data analysis, technology implementation, control logic development, test-case design, rules-based and model-based back-testing, false-positive and false-negative analysis, issue triage, performance monitoring, and documentation of testing outcomes.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Strong problem-solving and business judgment
• Strong organizational, planning and time management skills
• Ability and willingness to voice ideas, in addition to following instructions
• Ability to lead discussions including with more senior/experienced participants
• Self-starter with a strong attention to detail
• Ability to work well with colleagues across a diverse range of working groups in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in MS Office, PowerPoint, Excel, Dataiku, and Tableau
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Assess the efficiency and effectiveness of existing controls and processes.
• Identify enhancements to controls including AI solutions where appropriate.
• Prioritize control enhancement initiatives.
• Implementation of control enhancements.
• Coordinate with key stakeholders in Technology, Platforms Legal, Compliance, WM Risk and other groups in the design and implementation of control enhancements.
• Define, draft, test, validate and finalize control design requirements and project management of the implementation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Cross-functional

Communication

Leadership

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MS Office

PowerPoint

Excel

Dataiku

Tableau

Job description

Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management Conduct, Controls & Governance (WM CCG) is seeking a Vice President to lead the design and implementation of supervisory controls and AI-enabled solutions. The role focuses on enhancing controls across Technology, Legal, Compliance and Risk teams, driving governance to protect clients and the Firm.

tailored candidates will have 10+ years in technology-based control enhancements, strong quantitative skills, and hands-on AI tool experience, enabling effective