Chief Information Officer (CIO) - 26706

Position Summary

New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) is the largest school system in the country, composed of approximately 1.1 million students and roughly 135,000 employees, including 79,000+ teachers in approximately 1,800 schools. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) provides overall leadership, management, vision, and policy direction in defining the role of Information Technology (IT) for NYCPS in supporting the Chancellor’s priorities of safe, academically rigorous, and truly integrated schools.

Responsibilities

• Reshape and modernize NYCPS IT infrastructure in partnership with agency leadership and staff.
• Develop and implement a strategic plan and technology vision within the first 100 days that articulates how IT can support NYCPS goals, establishes NYCPS IT priorities, and sets the direction for our systems.
• Develop and ensure execution of a tactical plan to implement this strategy, including funding approach, timeline (short-, medium-, and long-term objectives), and measurable goals.
• Protect New York City’s technological infrastructure from cyber threats and ensure operational resilience across all critical systems.
• Reduce reliance on private vendors for core digital services and infrastructure, including broadband and public-facing tools used by New Yorkers to access NYCPS services.
• Collaborate across the agency to set and execute systemwide policy on AI.
• Uphold strong commitments to data privacy, consentful technology, and AI protections.
• Understand the business of NYCPS and customer/user experience in order to map needs to technology.
• Establish and lead a cross-functional team that will:
  • Create visibility across NYCPS on IT projects and expenditures (hardware, software, services);
  • Ensure that IT work has common metrics, standards (security, testing, development), and consistent expectations for IT roles and responsibilities across the organization.
• Review IT operations across the DOE; identify opportunities to improve quality and consistency, increase efficiency, and strengthen our ability to drive agency goals; implement associated changes.
• Oversee the development and enforcement of policy and procedures to ensure the security, integrity, and privacy of information and the protection of IT assets.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to understand and manage change driven by new technology and approaches.
• Champion and advocate for system improvements.
• Attend and/or testify at hearings and public meetings as required.

Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience using information technology in computer applications programming, systems programming, computer systems development, data telecommunications, database administration, planning of data/information processing, user services, or area networks, at least 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative capacity in the areas of computer applications programming, systems programming, computer systems development, data telecommunications, data base administration, or planning of data processing or in the supervision of staff performing these duties; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or recognized accrediting organization and must possess at least four years of experience as described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.
• Preferred: Ten or more years of executive or managerial experience.
• Advanced degree in a relevant field.
• Successful experience in managing a multifaceted information technology operation or other complex and dynamic settings.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams, specifically for delivering digital services or for transformation of IT infrastructure.
• Experience managing technology operations in education and/or public policy.
• Experience in navigating NYCPS protocols.
• Knowledge of New York City and/or general issues relevant to large urban areas.
• Specific knowledge of City IT operations, large data systems, finance, and human resources a plus.