This Chief Information Officer position is located in the Bureau of Administration, Planning, Resources and Innovation Directorate, Office of Technology and Innovation (A/PRI/TI) in Washington, DC.  The Bureau's mission is to provide world-class administrative services in support of America’s global foreign affairs. Its progressive programs and lines of business enable U.S. diplomats to operate more effectively worldwide to meet the Department of State’s mission.  Replaces  CSTM-2024-2016.

Duties

The Chief Information Officer (A/PRI/TI) serves as principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, and other Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretaries on all matters related to Information Technology (IT) to increase responsiveness, agility, and customer experience for Department customers.  The CIO's primary responsibility for the Chief Information Officer (A/PRI/TI) is to support Bureau leadership tenets to drive A Bureau IT modernization, customer experience, human-centered design, cloud-first and zero-trust architecture, and portfolio management best practices for a multi-phased set of initiatives that enable program modernization and transformation.  Specifically, the incumbent:

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Requires a financial disclosure statement, OGE-278.
• One year probationary period, unless excepted by regulation.
• Verification of employment eligibility in the United States is required.

Qualifications

Unless you are currently serving under a career Senior Executive Service (SES) appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program approved by OPM, you must submit a narrative statement covering each of the Executive Core Qualifications (last five questions). All applicants must submit a narrative statement covering each of the Mandatory Technical Qualification questions in order to receive consideration for the position. To view additional information on the proper preparation of Executive Core Qualification statements available on the Office of Personnel Management's website please click here. When responding to the Mandatory Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications, you must clearly show that you possess the experience, knowledge, skills and ability to perform the duties of this position by submitting narrative responses in which you detail your experience in each of the Technical Qualifications and the Executive Core Qualifications. Your examples should be clear and emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments with results of your actions, policy initiatives and level of contacts. You should limit your narrative to two pages per Mandatory Technical Qualification and Executive Core Qualification. Applicants who use "see resume" as a response will not receive consideration for the position. Your experience and resume should explicitly demonstrate the following: MTQ 1:  Demonstrated experience leading and directing an integrated and cross-functional technology enterprise, featuring large-scale project implementation in a multi-cloud environment, utilizing Dev/Sec/Ops, agile development, business process management, enterprise data management.  Experience establishing portfolio management best practices for a multi-phased set of initiatives that enable program modernization and transformation. MTQ 2: Demonstrated expertise in the strategic development of technology and information security plans – including experience gaining buy-in and negotiating complex IT challenges with senior leadership – that include identifying innovative and leading-edge solutions, implementing robust project planning, defining and securing funding, building a tech savvy and leading-edge workforce, developing a broad-based customer experience program for a geographically dispersed workforce and customer base. If you do not possess the mandatory technical qualifications described above, you may be considered ineligible for these positions.

Contacts

• Address U.S. Department of State 2401 E Street, N.W. Room H-1104 Washington, District of Columbia 20520 United States
• Name: JoAnn E. Moore
• Phone: 202-663-2137
• Email: [email protected]