Data Governance & Quality Lead

We’re seeking an experienced people manager to join our team as a Data Governance & Quality Lead, to lead the global function that sets the standards, ownership model, and controls, that ensure Human Resource data is trusted, well-managed, and fit for decisions that impact the firm at scale.

In the Human Resources division, we help the firm support and develop its workforce through people insight, effective service delivery and practical tools that make it easier for employees and managers to get what they need. This role sits within HR Data & Intelligence, that helps the firm make better workforce decisions by turning data into trusted insight. The team delivers core data, reporting, and AI infrastructure that supports people operations and enables self-service access to workforce insights across HR and Morgan Stanley businesses.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

What you'll do in the role:

• Build and develop a high performing, globally coordinated team that drives disciplined governance practices, scalable processes and continuous improvement
• Establish and maintain data governance foundations—ownership, sourcing expectations, cataloging, lineage, and control practices that ensure HR data is well-governed and aligned with the firm’s data quality framework
• Deliver prioritized data quality initiatives the HR Department has committed to in its Data Governance roadmap 
• Partner with HR product, analytics, engineering, and firmwide risk/control teams to align on standards and embed requirements into system design, data pipelines, reporting, and AI-supported tools
• Define and oversee controls and monitoring that produce reliable metrics, surface data quality risks, and support accountable, timely escalation and remediation
• Ensure governance outputs translate into clear, consumer oriented documentation and metadata that increase transparency into HR’s data lifecycle
• Shape the strategic roadmap for HR’s data governance and quality function, prioritizing capabilities, controls, and process improvements that strengthen data reliability over time
• Will be responsible for leveraging AI tools to enhance HR's Data Quality Program

What you'll bring to the role:

• At least 8 years’ relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role
• Applied exposure to data governance, data quality, data management, or adjacent domains in a complex, multi system environment, ideally with global reach
• Ability to shape teams and functions by setting clear expectations and building capabilities that support execution and continuous improvement
• Ability to build transparency around the complex processes and activities to demonstrate the value the HR Data Governance team brings to the department
• Track record designing and operationalizing frameworks that scale across systems and regions
• Skill in translating data policies, technical concepts, and control requirements into clear, practical guidance for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated success building alignment across organizational and geographic boundaries
• Understanding of how HR data flows through core systems and processes, and how governance and controls influence data quality at each stage

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $160,000 and $221,500 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

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