The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is hiring a chief data officer to lead enterprise data governance, management and strategy across the agency while advancing data-driven decision-making and cross-divisional integration.
Reporting to the director of the Office of Strategic Integration, the chief data officer will serve as the agency's principal authority on data governance and data-driven strategy. The position is responsible for establishing and enforcing enterprise data stewardship standards and overseeing the data lifecycle to support policy analysis, performance management and informed decision-making across HHSC.
Key responsibilities include developing an enterprise data strategy aligned with agency priorities, promoting data governance and stewardship practices, improving data quality and supporting cross-system integration. The chief data officer will also oversee governance for interagency and cross-program data sharing, promote enterprise metadata management and build data literacy across the organization.
The role will work closely with agency executives and enterprise leaders, including CIO Sylvia Hernández Kauffman, to align data strategy with technology architecture, security, governance of emerging capabilities and system modernization efforts. The chief data officer will also partner with legal, privacy, security, finance, audit, communications and public affairs leaders to support compliant, transparent and accountable use of agency data.
The Austin-based position is eligible for telework, requires up to 5 percent travel and pays $12,428-21,019 per month. Applications close July 22.
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree in data analytics, public administration, public policy, information systems, statistics or a related field, along with at least five years of progressive leadership experience in data, analytics, performance or strategic roles. Preferred qualifications include a master's degree, experience in health and human services or other large public systems and experience establishing enterprise data governance or leading cross-system analytics initiatives.
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HHSC Hiring Chief Data Officer to Lead Enterprise Data Strategy
What to Know:
- The chief data officer will report to the director of the Office of Strategic Integration and serve as HHSC's principal authority on enterprise data governance.
- The role will coordinate data strategy with the CIO while partnering with legal, privacy, security, finance and audit leaders.
