The Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) is seeking an assistant deputy secretary (Career Executive Assignment) to manage and supervise the IT staff assigned to develop and implement various management information systems, networks, telecommunications, project management, information security and IT procurement.
The responsibilities of the role include accountability for the state’s eight veterans homes and support for all agency offices throughout the state. Other functions, according to the job posting, include:
- Exercise full management and supervisory responsibility in charge of information services with responsibility for policy formulation and implementation. Responsible for working closely with all agency and field management staff in making agencywide decisions and implementing the goals and objectives of the agency’s strategic plan.
- Represent the agency and the secretary before the Legislature, Governor’s Office, high-level state managers, departmental management, representatives of the Department of Finance, Department of General Services, California Veterans Board and other outside entities of state government on matters pertaining to the agency’s IT programs and services and associated policy direction of the agency.
- Represent CalVet as the agency information officer (AIO) on the Information Technology Executive Council, which is led by the California Department of Technology (CDT). Contribute to policy and collaborative technology efforts in partnership with CDT and peer AIOs.
The California State Lottery is seeking a deputy director (Career Executive Assignment) who will be responsible for the vision, strategic direction, policy development and management of the Lottery’s IT systems and the supporting infrastructure.
These systems include an on-site computing environment for 12 Lottery facilities and various cloud-hosted environments and third-party service providers that support business applications and services. “The CIO participates in program planning; policy formulation, evaluation and implementation; organizational coordination and control; and fiscal and personnel management,” the job posting says. The CIO ensures that the department’s IT systems remain operable within a 24/7 business environment supporting more than 23,000 retailers statewide.
Desirable qualifications for the role include:
- Knowledge of leadership principles necessary to contribute to the attainment of the Lottery’s established mission, goals and objectives.
- Knowledge of technology pertinent to high-transaction and high-integrity information management.
- Knowledge and experience managing large contracts and working in partnership with vendors.
- Integrity, initiative, dependability, tact, flexibility, sound judgement and the ability to advise executive level management on a wide range of information technology matters.
- Ability to plan, organize and direct the work of multidisciplinary professional, technical and administrative staff.
The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is seeking a project director (Career Executive Assignment) for the Digital eXperience Project (DXP) and to lead the Modernization Project Office.
“The incumbent provides executive and strategic leadership to direct, manage and support DMV’s modernization projects with updated technology broadly supported by the industry,” the job posting says. The project director “recommends, develops and administers the DMV’s modernization applications and infrastructure and will direct the formulation and implementation of new technology services to meet the future needs of the DMV.”
Applicants must submit a statement of qualifications addressing multiple points including the following:
- Describe your experience in formulating and implementing policy related to statewide IT business processes and programs.
- Describe an enterprise IT modernization project where you directed, analyzed and developed complex project plans and budgets to ensure the project was completed on time and within available resources. Please explain the project, budget, your roles and the steps you took to achieve a positive outcome.
- Describe your experience in reviewing operational performance as it pertains to meeting specific objectives and goals and your demonstrated ability to train staff on changes to policies, procedures and laws.
- Describe your demonstrated ability to collaborate with stakeholders to develop and implement policies that provide guidance to ensure the projects that you are working on will have a successful outcome, and what your mitigation strategy would be if the intended outcome is not successful.
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is seeking an IT Operations project manager (IT Specialist I) to support the chief information officer and leadership in the Information Systems Division and provide business analysis, process re-engineering and impact analysis.
According to the job posting, the manager will work with the deputy director, the CIO and the project manager/business analyst to manage high-priority operations efforts through initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and closing.
“We are seeking critical thinkers who can assist and run medium to small efforts for the CIO and ISD leadership team,” the posting says. ”We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter, well organized, and who possesses excellent written and oral communication skills. If you enjoy running and organizing projects and efforts while collaborating with IT partners to find ways to streamline processes and implement solutions, this is the perfect position for you. We have flexible schedules in a hybrid (remote/telework and on-campus) work environment.”
More details can be found in the duty statement. The monthly salary range is $6,323-$10,230, and the application deadline is Nov. 8.
