VP, Data Operations — Private Markets & Governance

Morgan-Stanley; Town of Islip (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley Investment Management seeks a Vice President, Data Operations — Private Markets to establish governance and quality frameworks for critical data across fund administration and internal platforms. You will own data quality, lineage, and issue remediation, partnering with Operations, Investment Teams, Technology and Finance to drive scalable controls and formal data ownership.

This role requires 8–10+ years in data operations within financial services, with experience in private

Qualifications

• Experience establishing data governance and quality frameworks including CDEs and ownership.
• Strong track record in private markets data and operating processes.
• Ability to translate requirements into scalable data controls and platforms.
• Experience in regulated financial services with data controls.

Responsibilities

• Establish and operate data governance and quality frameworks for Private Markets data.
• Define data ownership, business definitions, lineage, and quality rules.
• Own data quality oversight: completeness, accuracy, timeliness, consistency.
• Drive root-cause analysis and remediation with external providers.
• Develop data lineage and traceability across data flows from source to consumption.
• Partner with Technology on onboarding and platform enhancements.
• Create KPIs and reporting for data quality and exceptions.
• Represent Data Operations in governance forums with stakeholders.

Skills

Data governance

Private Markets data

Stakeholder management

Regulatory controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Data Management or related discipline

Tools

eFront

Investran

Job description

Morgan Stanley Investment Management seeks a Vice President, Data Operations — Private Markets to establish governance and quality frameworks for critical data across fund administration and internal platforms. You will own data quality, lineage, and issue remediation, partnering with Operations, Investment Teams, Technology and Finance to drive scalable controls and formal data ownership.

This role requires 8–10+ years in data operations within financial services, with experience in private