Security Ops (Operations (Tech)) : Job Level - Executive Director

This role leads Morgan Stanley’s enterprise fraud risk program for digital assets, defining strategy, governance, risk assessments, and control expectations across the firm. The Executive Director partners with business and control functions to ensure digital asset fraud is identified, mitigated, and reported throughout the product lifecycle.

• Define and maintain the enterprise fraud risk strategy for digital assets
• Lead fraud risk assessments for new and existing digital asset products and capabilities
• Define and oversee preventive and detective fraud controls including authentication and transaction monitoring
• Ensure fraud risk is embedded in new product approval, vendor onboarding, and technology change management
• Provide senior management and committee reporting on digital asset fraud risk posture and emerging threats

Technical scope focuses on digital asset ecosystems, including cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, blockchain-based payment rails, wallets, custody, trading, transfers, tokenization, and third-party integrations. The role emphasizes control design such as authentication, transaction monitoring, limits, interdiction mechanisms, and post-event remediation.

The ideal candidate is an executive-level fraud risk leader who owns enterprise fraud risk strategy and governance for digital assets. They have deep experience assessing and controlling crypto and blockchain fraud typologies (e.g., account takeover, wallet compromise, smart contract exploitation) and partnering across technology, cybersecurity, legal, compliance, and financial crimes.