Director of Business Technology & Data Services - Denver

About the role

The position is open to Colorado state residents only. The expected hiring range is $120,000 - $132,000 annually. New employees will be paid biweekly, with 26 pay periods per year.

Responsibilities

• Drive the overarching IT strategy and direction for CDOT.
• Select optimal IT solutions and manage the division's budget to procure them.
• Collaborate with the Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) and external contractors to implement and deploy new systems.
• Ensure ongoing maintenance and support of existing systems and infrastructure.
• Serve as CDOT’s primary liaison to OIT, fulfilling all associated partnership and communication duties.
• Identify and negotiate technology procurements and contracts, and manage vendors and contractors.
• Communicate the overall IT needs to OIT and contractors to ensure CDOT receives necessary IT tools.
• Provide expert-level guidance on technical integration, investment management, and program control across a technology portfolio.
• Manage a budget and implement cost efficiencies related to technology best practices.
• Supervise TDS staff, including coaching, mentoring, and training employees.
• Ensure current IT solutions are supported and provide the intended functions, including system stability, security, compliance, and data quality.
• Work with all CDOT departments and various support business units to understand technology needs and provide tools and support.
• Formulate, analyze, execute, and monitor TDS's $65 million budget, establish effective controls to monitor available balances, and approve all IT-related expenditures for CDOT.
• Implement cost-saving efficiencies related to technology best practices.
• Serve as the official spokesperson for CDOT on all IT-related issues.

Requirements

• At least ten (10) years of experience with a primary focus on providing technology and data services for a business or government entity and/or IT project management, with two (2) years including experience with public or business administration, establishing goals and objectives, and developing and managing a budget to achieve program goals and objectives.
• A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to ten (10) years, including coursework in information technology, data science, business administration, public administration, or another field of study related to the duties of this position.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success with the duties listed in the Description of the Job section.
• Years of State service experience related to the duties of this position.
• Highest work/personal ethics and integrity.
• Proven experience in a technology and data leadership role.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of technology best practices, including stability, security, compliance, and data quality.
• Comprehensive experience aligning technical resource strategy with business goals and needs.
• Comprehensive experience collaborating with business process owners and communicating/translating needs to IT contractors, vendors, or personnel.
• Experience driving technical resource innovation and transformation.
• Experience managing a budget and implementing cost efficiencies.
• Experience supervising technical and project management staff.
• Experience establishing and refining efficient and effective data architecture.
• Experience ensuring effective data analytics and reporting for various audiences.
• Experience with system and data integration/interaction, including with outside organizations.
• Experience managing Line of Business assets, including inventory, lifecycle, upgrading, replacing, and reporting.
• Experience providing expert-level guidance on technical integration, investment management, and program control across a technology portfolio.
• Understanding of software development life cycle and software deployment processes such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Continuous Deployment.
• Experience managing contracts and overseeing contractor/vendor work.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and be adaptable to changing assignments.
• Ability to take initiative to solve problems in an innovative manner.
• Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders with sensitivity to their needs, priorities, promises made and commitments.
• Effective interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Strong time and project management skills, including prioritization and multi-tasking ability.
• Excellent reasoning, investigative, analytical, and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent facilitation, presentation, and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Strong attention to technical detail and accuracy.
• Passion for safety.
• Fluency in business intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.), cloud computing (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, etc.), and API framework software (Mulesoft, Apigee, etc.).
• Experience using major operating systems (Windows, Unix, Linux, MacOS, etc.) and software and infrastructure deployment models (IaaS, PaaS, SaSS, etc.).
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Gmail and Google Applications, SAP, and the ability to quickly learn other software systems.