As the CMS Chief Information Officer (CIO), you will also serve as the Director of CMS's Office of Information Technology. You will enable the CMS strategy and services, as the individual responsible for the technology to make it all possible. This includes Medicare Medicaid, CHIP, and the Federal Health Insurance Exchange (HealthCare.gov), and you will work closely with the teams who deliver those services. You will serve as the thought leader and principal advisor to the agency leadership team on technology - both how it is evolving and how it can enable health care system modernization. You will lead information technology management and modernization for the most significant healthcare payer in the United States, assuring the accuracy and security of sensitive health utilization and payment information for more than 100 million Americans. You will represent the agency on information technology matters in interactions with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Management and Budget and will participate in government-wide CIO council matters. You will lead a talented team of agency technical and program experts to:

• Accelerate CMS's adoption of modern technology to enable the implementation of key business and policy goals such as general operations, legislative mandates, as well as agency infrastructure improvement activities. This includes everything from moving programs onto a modern and flexible tech stack, to automating testing and deployments, to security best practices.
• Facilitate enterprise level strategic and tactical information technology planning by ensuring optimal alignment of business and system investments across Medicare, Medicaid and Federal Health Insurance Exchange, using existing and new governance models;
• Support CMS mission-critical project and program implementation through project planning including development of performance measures, ensuring accountability, and identifying and mitigating risk;
• Partner in health information technology standards development and implementation to promote national and regional health data and information exchange, helping to ensure agency and industry-wide interoperability and harmonization; and
• Ensure the security of CMS's data and systems by monitoring and responding to emerging threats to process, network and infrastructure security.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Background and/or Security Investigation required.
• One year SES probationary period required.
• Public financial disclosure report required.

The Ethics in Government Act, PL 95-521 requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a financial disclosure statement, SF-278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually, and upon termination of employment. Status applicants must submit a copy of their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, which verifies status.
All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, disabling condition, membership in an employee organization, or any other non-merit factors.

All initial appointments to an SES position are contingent on approval from OPM's Qualifications Review Board unless the selectee has successfully participated in an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program.

As a condition of employment, all male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must have registered for the selective service. If selected for this position, the applicant must sign a statement certifying his registration, or the applicant must demonstrate exempt status under the Selective Service Law.

Only experience obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

If not previously completed, a background security investigation will be required for all appointees.

Qualifications

All competitive candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive level management capability. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the Fundamental Competencies, five Executive Core Qualifications, and the Professional/Technical Qualifications listed below. Evidence of this experience must be incorporated into your five page resume. Separate narratives for the Executive Core Qualifications and/or Professional/Technical Qualifications will not be accepted or considered. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service, or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations.

Fundamental Competencies:
Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation.

Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs)

1. Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
2. Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
3. Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
5. Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.

Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs)

This position also requires that you possess PTQs that represent knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. The following PTQs must be evident in your resume.

1. Demonstrated knowledge and experience successfully leading in the design, development, and execution of major technology products, in a complex environment. This should include budget management, risk and security analysis and mitigation, continuous improvement, and sustainable long term management of technology. Demonstrate knowledge of how to think about and fix technical debt.
2. Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of large, complex, and occasionally legacy IT systems and their components. Have experience modernizing and re-architecting those systems according to business needs. Experience with different modern tech stacks, several hosting environments, and different agile development and deployment practices. Demonstrate experience managing large-scale contracts/vendor relationships in the delivery of complex IT services and systems.
3. Experience building and leading a high-performing team, through both recruiting and internal cultivation. This should include experience with a large, geographically dispersed organization/group of organizations to achieve a common objective. Demonstrated success in communicating essential aspects of an IT program to various leaders, stakeholders, and decision makers resulting in the development of confidence and trust in the organization's management of IT resources and a close reliance on the technology organization as a key partner in achieving business goals.

It is STRONGLY recommended that you visit the following Office of Personnel Management (OPM) webpage for more information regarding the Fundamental Competencies and ECQs.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview

If selected, you will be required to complete an ECQ package by drafting narratives for each of the ECQs for submission and certification by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in order to be placed in this position. If you are currently serving in a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), you will not need to draft the ECQs.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We use a multi-step process to evaluate and refer applicants:

1. Minimum requirements: Your application must show that you meet all requirements, including the education and/or experience required for this position. You may be found 'not qualified' if you do not possess the minimum competencies required for the position. If your application is incomplete, we may rate you as ineligible.
2. Rating: A panel of Senior Executives will review your application and evaluate your qualification for this position based on the information in your application. Your application will be rated, based on the extent and quality of your experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of this position. Interviews will be at the discretion of the panel and/or selection official.
3. Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application will be referred to a selection official for consideration and possible interview.