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AI Governance & Risk Oversight
Lead the execution and continuous enhancement of AI governance frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures.
Identify, assess, document, and escalate AI-related risks, applying sound judgment and informed challenge.
Lead governance reviews for AI, Generative AI, and automation initiatives, driving clear decisions and accountable next steps.
Build effective partnerships with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Information Security, Model Risk Management, and other control functions.
Oversee approval records, decision documentation, and governance evidence to support audit and regulatory requirements.
Risk & Control Design
Evaluate the design and effectiveness of controls supporting AI and emerging technology initiatives.
Drive opportunities to strengthen controls through process improvements, automation, analytics, and monitoring capabilities.
Lead implementation of new governance processes and control enhancements in partnership with accountable stakeholders.
Manage issue identification, remediation tracking, and control gap analysis, escalating matters as appropriate.
Develop and maintain key risk indicators, control metrics, and monitoring frameworks that enable timely management decisions.
Risk Reporting & Analytics
Produce executive dashboards and management reporting related to AI portfolio risk, governance activities, and control effectiveness.
Support committee materials, governance forums, and senior management presentations.
Analyze trends, emerging risks, incidents, and regulatory developments impacting AI adoption.
Assist with development of reporting tools and data visualizations that improve transparency and decision-making.
Program & Stakeholder Management
Lead cross-functional coordination across business stakeholders, technology teams, and risk partners.
Oversee governance workflows throughout the AI lifecycle, from intake and review through implementation and ongoing monitoring.
Facilitate working groups, governance forums, and risk review meetings, ensuring decisions and ownership are clearly documented.
Drive action items, approvals, remediation plans, and program milestones to timely completion.
Represent the program in regulatory examinations, audits, and risk assessments, coordinating responses across stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- 3-7 years of experience in risk management, governance, controls, technology risk, audit, compliance, program management, or a related field.
- Experience identifying, assessing, documenting, and escalating risks in a complex or regulated environment.
- Working knowledge of Generative AI, machine learning, intelligent automation, AI agents, and the risks and controls associated with the AI lifecycle.
- Ability to evaluate AI use cases, understand proposed solution approaches, and translate technical concepts into clear risk and governance requirements.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, control-design, and risk-assessment skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain AI risks and governance expectations to business, technology, and control stakeholders.
- Ability to lead effectively across multiple stakeholders and organizational levels.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- AI governance, responsible AI, model risk, and technology control frameworks
- Generative AI platforms, copilots, AI agents, and enterprise AI tools
- AI lifecycle risks, evaluation methods, monitoring, and human-in-the-loop controls
- Power BI, Tableau, Excel, and data analysis or visualization tools
- JIRA or workflow and program management platforms
- Data management, reporting, workflow automation, and API concepts
- 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.
- To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.
- New York only: Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $70,000 to $115,000 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.
- For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting AI governance, responsible AI, model governance, technology risk, or emerging technology control frameworks.
- Experience evaluating AI-enabled solutions or partnering with product, engineering, data, and architecture teams in a regulated environment.
- Familiarity with prompt design, retrieval-augmented generation, AI agents, workflow automation, or human-in-the-loop controls.
- Experience preparing executive-level risk recommendations, reporting, and presentations.
- Knowledge of financial services regulatory environments.
- Experience working with business, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Technology, Data, and Operations teams.
Technical Skills
- Preferred familiarity with risk, governance, analytics, and AI tools and concepts, including:
- AI governance, responsible AI, model risk, and technology control frameworks
- Generative AI platforms, copilots, AI agents, and enterprise AI tools
- AI lifecycle risks, evaluation methods, monitoring, and human-in-the-loop controls
- Power BI, Tableau, Excel, and data analysis or visualization tools
- JIRA or workflow and program management platforms
- Data management, reporting, workflow automation, and API concepts
- 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.
- To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.
- New York only: Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $70,000 to $115,000 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.
- For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.
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