Deputy Chief Information Officer (Information Technology Manager 3)

Initial Posting Date:

08/25/2025

Application Deadline:

09/07/2025

Agency:

Employment Department

Salary Range:

$9,370 - $14,494

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Deputy Chief Information Officer (Information Technology Manager 3)

Job Description:

Are you a forward-thinking, experienced, and collaborative IT leader with a passion for public service? Are you looking for a high-impact role that combines strategic vision with hands-on leadership? Do you have exceptional leadership skills and demonstrated experience successfully leading high performing teams? If so, please consider joining our team and apply today!

At the Oregon Employment Department, we actively support a workforce that is representative of the people we serve including people from various races, genders, abilities, cultures, language skills, geographic locations, and justice system involvement. We value your life experiences and encourage everyone to apply with your transferable skills and qualifications from your work, school, and volunteer experiences. Please let us know if you need a reasonable accommodation.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

As the Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO), you will be responsible for overseeing the procurement, management, development, operations, and continual improvement of all business solutions provided to the Employment Department by the ITS section. You will provide oversight for the implementation of technologies for this agency in alignment with the CIO’s vision and direction. In addition, you will have primary responsibility for the Operations strategy and direction for the IT portfolio of services. The DCIO also serves as second-in-command to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and participates in executive-level decisions and development of policies, priorities, plans and budgets to achieve the objectives of the Agency. The position's job duties require you to have a similar level of expertise to the CIO, as the Deputy must fill in for the CIO regularly. In this role, you will also:

• Manage the IT organization and provide strategic directions to support the agency's business needs.
• Work with staff, department heads, external vendors, and maintain relationships with peer agencies, the State Data Center, Office of the State CIO, and Legislative and Financial management from DAS.
• Be responsible for ensuring the security of agency assets and compliance with state and federal law.
• Support the CIO in guaranteeing that the IT Department contributes to the agency's mission, purpose, and intent to provide a sound-operating platform to launch new initiatives.
• Be responsible for managing key IT contracts for the organization and developing and reporting key performance metrics for the IT division.
• Carry out the agency’s affirmative action, diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and responsibilities.

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WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Seven years of supervision, management, or progressively related experience; OR four years of related experience and a bachelor's degree in a related field.

Desired Attributes

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