Morgan Stanley
Investment Management & Wealth Management Model Validation, Executive Director
$165K–$275K
New York, New York · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- Approximately 8–10 years of relevant experience building, using, or validating models in asset management, investment management, wealth management, advisory platforms, portfolio analytics, or related quantitative roles.
- Education
- Master's or Doctorate degree, or equivalent experience, in a listed quantitative, technical, or business field.
About the job
Leads a global team conducting independent validation and oversight of Investment Management and Wealth Management models, tools, and vendor platforms.
What you'll do
- Lead validation reviews, peer review, prioritization, and stakeholder engagement, producing clear conclusions and management materials.
- Challenge model design, implementation, data, monitoring, limitations, controls, and business use; oversee vendor methodology reviews and issue remediation.
- Support new products, model changes, platform enhancements, and emerging model types, including AI/ML models, GenAI-enabled tools, and agentic workflows.
What they ask for
- Strong experience with portfolio and fund construction, portfolio risk management, asset allocation, capital market assumptions, planning models, investment risk analytics, and advisory tools.
- Experience with portfolio optimization and Monte Carlo simulation frameworks and related investment applications.
- Experience with factor models, asset class assumptions, covariance and expected return assumptions, benchmark construction, portfolio constraints, and model performance monitoring.
- Ability to independently assess conceptual soundness, implementation, data lineage, controls, monitoring, and use-case appropriateness.
Nice to have
- Prior second-line model validation experience.
- Hands-on quantitative programming and data analysis; experience with GenAI agents or AI-enabled workflow tools, or relevant certifications.
Pay
$165,000 and $275,000 year (base pay)
Tools
BlackRock Aladdin, MSCI Barra, Python, R, MATLAB, SQL
AI focus
Support emerging model types, including AI/ML models, GenAI-enabled tools, and agentic workflows.
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