Executive Director Murex Governance & Controls Manager
28 days ago
New York
Job Description Executive Director Murex Governance & Controls Manager MUST be local to New York City, Hybrid Schedule Salary up to $300k No Sponsorship Available Murex Governance & Controls establishes and runs the governance and operational backbone of the Murex COE. The role provides central coordination, controls, reporting, and governance discipline to ensure that the Murex platform operates under a data-driven, transparent, and well-governed operating model. This function ensures that all stabilization, change, release, and architectural initiatives are executed predictably, auditable, and aligned with business priorities — while giving senior management factual, timely visibility into platform performance, risks, and progress. Key Responsibilities Governance, Process & Controls • Establish, maintain, and enforce SOPs, governance standards, RACI frameworks, and documentation requirements across all COE functions., • Co-chair the Murex Change Advisory Board (MCAB) with Delivery Assurance, ensuring releases are fully risk-assessed, tested, and auditable., • Define and then operate the Release Risk Assessment Framework, ensuring objective evaluation of each change request and release., • Ensure full traceability between incidents and changes through control matrices and automated evidence collection., • Oversee audit readiness and regulatory alignment, ensuring controls are robust, documented, and consistently executed., • Track and publish governance and compliance KPIs, including RCA closure, documentation currency, CAB adherence, control execution, and change success ratios., • Maintains the Integrated Murex Program Plan, covering stabilization, releases, infrastructure work, projects and transformation initiatives., • Run the weekly management cadence across Run, Change, and Control pillars — ensuring alignment, escalation, and priority clarity., • Own the Murex KPI framework, covering incidents, RCA closure, stability metrics, MTTR, batch performance, automation coverage, release success rate, and delivery velocity., • Produce executive dashboards and narrative reporting for senior management, governance committees, regulators, and audit functions., • Maintain the Stability Tracker and long-term trend analytics, demonstrating measurable improvement over time., • Identify blockers, cross-stream conflicts, and delivery risks, drive escalation and resolution., • Act as the operations manager for the COE — ensuring consistent and coordinated execution across Production Support, Delivery Assurance, Infrastructure, Architecture, Stabilization, and Design Authorities., • Provide the Head of Murex COE with a unified operational view of progress, risks, metrics, capacity, and budget. Operational & Governance Expertise • Deep experience running program governance and operational control functions in a complex technology environment., • Strong command of ITIL, technology risk, SOX/ITGC, and change management frameworks., • Demonstrated experience owning KPIs, dashboards, executive reporting, and data modeling for large-scale technology programs., • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate technology stability, risk, and progress to senior executives., • Understanding of capital markets, derivatives products, and front-to-back trade flows., • Stability KPIs trending positively with clear root-cause transparency., • Timely, accurate executive dashboards that build management confidence., • Strong adherence to governance controls and regulatory expectations., • Predictable release execution with fewer incidents linked to change., • A well-coordinated COE where decisions, priorities, and risks are transparent.