Executive Director - Java / Scala Dev (Application Development)

Morgan Stanley • New York, NY

3d

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced technology leader to lead the strategy, delivery, and evolution of a Finance data platform supporting Balance Sheet products. This role will define the engineering vision, drive execution across multiple workstreams, and ensure a resilient, scalable, and well-governed platform. The Executive Director will partner closely with product, finance, operations, and engineering stakeholders to advance modernization, improve platform stability, and accelerate automation and AI-enabled operations. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise, strong people leadership, and domain knowledge across Balance Sheet and Finance products, including liquidity, capital, collateral, secured financing, lending, and margin or prime brokerage. This leader will build high-performing teams, drive organizational accountability, and translate strategic priorities into measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in software or data engineering, including experience leading teams, managers, or large-scale engineering functions.
• Proven track record of building high-performing teams through hiring, coaching, organizational design, and performance management.
• Experience leading platform modernization initiatives, including cloud migration, performance optimization, and re-architecture.
• Strong delivery leadership in agile environments, with expertise in execution, risk management, and cross-functional coordination.
• Domain expertise in Balance Sheet products and finance data flows, with the ability to engage effectively with finance stakeholders and governance partners.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with centralized data platforms, including data warehouse or Lakehouse architectures, batch and streaming pipelines, and lineage or metadata management.
• Knowledge of cloud data platforms, API access patterns, and strong security and control practices.
• Experience operating in matrixed organizations and influencing senior stakeholders across business and technology functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, architecture, and delivery of a Finance data platform with strong standards for resilience, scalability, data quality, controls, and operational excellence.
• Build and lead high-performing engineering teams through hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Establish governance and operating rhythms to track delivery, manage risks and dependencies, and ensure alignment across business and technology stakeholders.
• Drive prioritization, capacity planning, and execution across multiple initiatives to align resources with strategic outcomes.
• Modernize platform components and optimize data pipelines to enable scalable, cloud- and API-first access patterns.
• Strengthen observability, testing, documentation, and controls to improve transparency, stability, and audit readiness.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled capabilities to improve platform operations, incident response, and engineering productivity.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to shape roadmaps, communicate progress, and translate business priorities into measurable outcomes.

Benefits

• Ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.
• Support for employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey.
• Attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.
• 401k
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed