This position is responsible for leveraging technology strategy, life cycle and roadmap to match technology with business priorities. This includes making key decisions on technology investments and coordinating the evaluation of new technologies (products, systems, services) for fit and interoperability across the CIO organization's technology portfolio. Work includes defining and prioritizing work of several departments that drive innovation, strategic thinking, and technology outreach for the senate. It also includes developing and implementing technology strategies, priorities, policies and plans to support the daily functions of the Senate as well as Continuity of Operations and Continuity of Government. This position works across the CIO organization to govern and guide technology (products, systems, services) and the investment decisions that support them. Work is performed with extensive latitude to set policy, direction and organizational management under the direction of the Assistant Sergeant at Arms/CIO. This allows the ASAA/CIO to focus on organizational strategy and representing the CIO with Senate offices, committees, and the SAA Executive Management.

Major Duties

• Assists the CIO with the approval and assignment of priorities for technology projects across the CIO organization.
• Works with the CIO and CIO's staff to develop and budget for technology transformation programs including emerging technologies, prototypes, and technology R&D.
• Assists the CIO in developing the Senate's information technology strategic plan.
• Assists with oversight of the projects supporting the strategic plan and coordinates technologies across all CIO branches.
• Coordinates meetings supporting the technology project and strategic plans set forth by the organization.
• Attends classified meetings supporting the continuity program.
• Assists with oversight of the IT operational/management of the Continuity of Operations /Continuity of Government (COOP/COG) IT support associated with the Senate's continuity program.
• Serves as the ASAA/CIO in his/her absence.

Conditions of employment

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Qualifications

Work requires a Bachelor's Degree in information technology or a related field, and five to eight years of senior level management experience; or any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the following knowledge, abilities, and skills:

• Knowledge of current and emerging technologies, principles of information technology management, best practices, and technology solution strategies.
• Knowledge of current principles and practices of business, personnel management, emergency management, government procurement, and organizational leadership.
• Ability to organize and coordinate resources to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
• Ability to set goals, plan, and monitor multi-million dollar budgets.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with Senate office and committee staffs, and Senate executive management, managers, supervisors, and subordinates.
• Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, assign, direct and evaluate the work of managerial, professional, technical and administrative staff.
• Ability to collaborate, build alliances and work with executive staff to define strategic plans and objectives.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

How you will be evaluated

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

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