Executive Director, Technology Strategy, Governance, and Optimization

Morgan Stanley • New York, NY

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About The Position

This role provides senior leadership across Technology strategy, governance, and optimization initiatives, with accountability for shaping enterprise priorities, influencing executive decision-making, and driving measurable business outcomes. The position leads complex, cross-functional efforts spanning cost and investment optimization, tracking and transparency; portfolio, software and vendor governance; and executive reporting. The role sets broader strategic direction, sponsors enterprise-wide change translating ambiguity into actionable plans and serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on transformation, governance, and investment decisions.

Requirements

• Significant experience in technology strategy, COO, finance, risk, governance, or business management roles within a complex enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated ability to operate credibly with senior executives and influence decisions across complex, matrixed stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of technology practices, governance, financial management, workforce planning, software lifecycle processes, and enterprise operating models.
• Ability to synthesize large volumes of qualitative and quantitative information into structured recommendations, executive-ready communications, and strategic choices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to frame messages for senior leadership, technical teams, and control functions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including experience translating data into business insight and action.
• Proven ability to lead multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously while maintaining strategic perspective and execution discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to enterprise influence, strategic sponsorship of transformation agendas, and a track record of shaping direction, governance, and investment choices at scale.

Nice To Haves

• The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking, analytical rigor, and executive communication skills with a strong understanding of how technology, finance, governance, and organizational priorities intersect.
• Success requires the ability to shape strategic direction, independent leadership, strong judgment, and the ability to move complex initiatives from ambiguity to execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-level strategy and governance initiatives across Technology, including cost allocation, software onboarding, vendor governance, modernization, and workforce strategy, with clear alignment to business and control objectives.
• Build/Product Ownership of AI Consumption Governance and Tech Analytics Platforms
• Shape senior executive narratives, business cases, governance updates, dashboards, and decision materials for leadership forums such as Tech COO, OpCo, and related steering committees.
• Drive transformation by identifying structural inefficiencies, clarifying ownership and decision rights, and designing target-state operating and governance models that improve transparency, accountability, and execution.
• Partner with senior Technology and Finance stakeholders to strengthen the rigor, traceability, and governance of technology costs, productivity measurement, and investment prioritization and transparency.
• Optimize software and vendor spend and governance practices by evaluating processes and identifying and executing opportunities to drive efficiencies.
• Enable SDLC optimization and AI/Automation initiatives by defining measurement frameworks, evaluating strategic benefits, and communicating implications to senior stakeholders.
• Translate complex qualitative and quantitative information into practical recommendations that inform executive action, prioritization, and resource deployment.

Benefits

• offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.
• ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

What This Job Offers

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