Chief Strategy Officer

Hours: Full-Time – 35 Hours
Work Location: 30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101

About the role

As the City’s primary capital construction project manager, the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) delivers the essential public buildings and infrastructure that New Yorkers rely on every day. In partnership with client agencies, industry leaders, and world-renowned architects and consultants, DDC manages the design and construction of firehouses, libraries, police precincts, courthouses, senior centers, and other civic facilities. The agency also oversees the reconstruction of roadways, sidewalks, sewers, water mains, and pedestrian infrastructure across all five boroughs, helping to build a safer, more resilient, equitable, and sustainable New York City.

The New York City Department of Design and Construction is seeking a Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) to serve as a senior member of the Executive Leadership Team, reporting directly to the Commissioner. The CSO will lead agency-wide strategic planning, policy development, innovation, and organizational transformation efforts, working in close partnership with the Commissioner, Chief of Staff, and senior leadership to define and advance DDC’s long-term strategic direction.

Responsibilities

• Translate the Commissioner’s priorities into clear, measurable goals and initiatives in collaboration with the Chief of Staff, ensuring alignment across all divisions while advancing DDC’s core values of safety, accessibility, equity, sustainability, operational excellence, and state of good repair.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Commissioner by identifying emerging industry trends, developing forward-looking policy and strategy recommendations, strengthening stakeholder engagement, and fostering collaboration with City Hall, client agencies, and external partners to advance key priorities.
• Lead the development and execution of DDC’s Strategic Blueprint and agency-wide reform initiatives, focusing on modernizing capital project delivery and improving organizational performance, including:
  • Advancing legislative and policy initiatives.
  • Supporting citywide capital process reform.
  • Overseeing executive-level performance management and reporting.
  • Ensuring strategic alignment across all agency programs and operations.
• Provide executive leadership for the agency’s sustainability, resiliency, and decarbonization agenda, including implementation of DDC’s Sustainability Strategic Plan and Advanced Capital Planning Program.
• Integrate sustainability, energy efficiency, and innovation into capital project delivery by working across divisions and in partnership with public-sector and industry stakeholders.
• Promote continuous improvement through data-driven decision-making and lessons learned, and track progress toward citywide performance and environmental goals.

Requirements

• Admission to the New York State Bar.
• Four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, with eighteen months in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.
• Must remain a Member of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of employment.
• All candidates must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States (U.S.).
• Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution. Credentials from foreign institutions require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service.

Benefits

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website.

Pay

$94,050.00 – $205,000.00