Deputy Director, Business Planning & Research

About the role

The Deputy Director of Business Planning is the key architect of the strategic plan and facilitates the planning process across all operating divisions. They ensure the business plan and its priorities align with the strategic plan, oversee project tracking and reporting, sales goal development, and special projects functions. They also develop and manage the departmental performance review program and identify ways to operate more effectively and efficiently to maximize supplemental revenue for public education.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and direct the work of multidisciplinary professional and administrative staff.
• Analyze administrative policies, organization, procedures and practices.
• Integrate the activities of a diverse program to attain common goals.
• Gain the confidence and support of top level administrators and advise them on a wide range of administrative matters.
• Develop cooperative working relationships with representatives of all levels of government, the public, and the Legislature and Executive branches.
• Analyze complex problems and recommend effective courses of action.
• Prepare and review reports.
• Contribute to the department’s or agency’s Equal Employment Opportunity objectives.

Requirements

This position does not have a Classification Specification. Requirements and qualifications for this position can be found in this announcement. For additional questions, please contact the hiring department listed below.

Qualifications

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the organization and functions of California State Government including the organization and practices of the Legislature and the Executive Branch; principles, practices, and trends of public administration, organization, and management; techniques of organizing and motivating groups; program development and evaluation; methods of administrative problem solving; principles and practices of policy formulation and development; and personnel management techniques; the department’s or agency’s Equal Employment Opportunity Program objectives; and a manager’s role in the Equal Employment Opportunity Program.
• Ability to plan, organize, and direct the work of multidisciplinary professional and administrative staff; analyze administrative policies, organization, procedures and practices; integrate the activities of a diverse program to attain common goals; gain the confidence and support of top level administrators and advise them on a wide range of administrative matters; develop cooperative working relationships with representatives of all levels of government, the public, and the Legislature and Executive branches; analyze complex problems and recommend effective courses of action; and prepare and review reports; and effectively contribute to the department’s or agency’s Equal Employment Opportunity objectives.

Skills

• Knowledge of business plans, strategic plans, or marketing plans for a business, company, organization, or product line within a business, having revenue of at least $200 million annually.
• Experience presenting data insights from research projects to a variety of stakeholders with varying levels of technical understanding.
• Experience leading a company’s strategic planning processes including assessing organizational strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, obtaining input from staff, customers and stakeholders, and developing and overseeing action plans incorporating all relevant information.
• Demonstrated cross-functional perspective with the ability to oversee coordinated efforts with multiple program areas in an organization, within and outside of a direct reporting structure, including the ability to foster a big picture perspective at both the staff and executive levels.
• Ability to interpret research findings to identify implications on an organization’s business model.
• Ability to interpret rules and regulations, identify their intent, and develop creative, compliant solutions that enable business progress.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with all levels of staff, management, and executive leadership.
• Experience using management techniques to define and achieve success across multi-disciplinary stakeholder interests.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$12,131.00 - $14,453.00 per Month

Schedule

Hybrid Telework Schedule