Executive Director & Head of Data Architecture - Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Core
Define strategic direction and architecture for data across MSIM's investment platform (Public, Private, Parametric markets) to enable trusted data, advanced analytics, and AI.
Role type
Executive Director & Head of Data Architecture (Strategic IC)
Builds
Enterprise data architecture, roadmaps, and reusable data products for investment management platforms.
Domain
Financial Services / Asset Management / Data Architecture
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Enterprise data architecture design, multi-year roadmap planning, data modeling (conceptual/logical/physical), cloud data platform design, data governance integration, stakeholder influence, technical trade-off analysis
Preferred skills
Financial services domain expertise, Blackrock Aladdin/eFront experience, data mesh concepts, AI-ready data patterns (RAG, vector DBs), legacy modernization, Snowflake/Databricks/Spark/Kafka
Technologies
Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Kafka, Cloud-native services, Vector databases, Knowledge graphs
Responsibilities
Define enterprise data architecture and standards; Develop target-state architectures and roadmaps; Establish patterns for ingestion, integration, and distribution; Design cloud/lakehouse/streaming architectures; Embed governance and security into designs; Lead architecture reviews; Simplify data estate and retire legacy systems.
Seniority
Executive Director, Strategy & Mentorship
