Director, Finance Operations Tech

In this role you lead the architecture, design and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud-enabled platforms and market data solutions, driving modernization to boost efficiency, data quality and risk controls. You'll work across front-office, risk and finance to align priorities, deliver measurable outcomes, and enable scalable, governed data flows. You'll shape target-state data architectures for End-of-Day market data and guide AI-enabled workflow automation to support risk technology and enterprise processes. This is a high-impact role at Morgan Stanley, blending technology leadership with strategic platform initiatives.

• telecommuting up to 2 days per week
• equal opportunity employer
• comprehensive benefits
• career development opportunities
• diverse and inclusive workplace

• Architect and deliver enterprise-scale cloud-native platforms and market data infrastructure
• Drive platform modernization to improve operational efficiency, productivity, data quality, and risk reduction
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align delivery milestones and business priorities
• Define target-state architectures for official End-of-Day market data distribution
• Identify control and data-quality gaps, perform risk assessments, and develop strategic solutions
• Lead FRAME on DAL initiatives, API development, milestone orchestration, and data lineage
• Oversee development of AI/Agentic solutions and workflow automation capabilities
• Mentor engineering teams and establish best practices in engineering governance, SDLC, and production management
• Support modernization initiatives and AI platform growth
• Establish design patterns and reusable components for audit-ready, extensible data and API models

• Master's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• Two years of experience in the position offered or a closely related role
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming, workflow management, large data processing, system integration, UI development, scripting, and SDLC
• Java backend development
• Python application development and data processing
• Relational and non-relational databases
• Linux/Unix application development
• Agile project development
• Micro-services architecture
• Knowledge of Data Governance and Data Quality concepts

• leadership
• cross-functional collaboration
• mentoring
• Java backend development
• Python data processing
• Micro-services architecture