Deputy Director of Emerging Technologies Digital Transformation
Deputy Director of Emerging Technologies Digital Transformation
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- Job Description
The Deputy Director of Emerging Technologies and Digital Transformation will oversee the development maintenance and support of core business systems such as Geospatial Solutions Gwinnett County Website Public Safety Solutions and Planning & Development and Permit Management Solutions. This position will report to the CIO/Department Director.
Essential Duties- Technology Innovation: Identifying opportunities and risks recommending developing implementing and supporting industryleading digital and technology solutions. This includes articulating the business value of technology and aligning technology objectives with county strategies.
- Technology Leadership: Sharing knowledge mentoring and educating management staff and partners regarding the countys technological vision opportunities and challenges. This involves managing ITbusiness relationships and translating business strategy into technology strategy.
- Strategic Innovation: Serving as a critical resource and subject matter expert in the discovery evaluation and selection of innovative technologies. Supporting digital transformation and datafirst decisionmaking across the organization.
- Revenue Generation and Cost Savings: Identifying initiating and driving revenuegenerating costsaving and groundbreaking new ways for the county to innovate.
- Facilitation of Ideation Sessions: Helping product and brand teams understand technology opportunities and manage additional work needed to refine solution hypotheses before they are ready for preliminary assessment.
- Technology Strategy Development: Contributing to the development of an integrated technology strategy and ensuring digital transformation is taking place across various projects.
- Innovation ProofofConcepts: Building and maintaining a pipeline of innovation proofofconcepts and pilots partnering with vendor strategic partners on innovation projects.
- Business Case Development: Developing business cases to support proof of concept monitoring progress measuring outcomes and evaluating proof of concept success.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements such as PCI HIPAA and others.
- Sharing Knowledge and Educating: The Deputy Director is responsible for sharing knowledge mentoring and educating management staff and partners regarding the countys technological vision opportunities and challenges. This involves presenting complex technological concepts in an understandable manner to various stakeholders.
- Facilitating Ideation Sessions: The Deputy Director facilitates ideation sessions to help product and brand teams understand technology opportunities. This includes leading discussions presenting ideas and guiding teams through the process of refining solution hypotheses.
- Representing the Organization: The Deputy Director serves as the face of the organization to the emerging technology and digital industries. This includes speaking at industry conferences public forums and other events to represent Gwinnett Countys technological initiatives and innovations.
- This job is a civilian position in either a public safety department or in Information Technology with close ties to public safety. Due to the sensitive nature of this position a public safety background which may include motor vehicle & criminal histories and fingerprinting.
- This job may require oncall rotation and emergency after hours weekends and/or holidays.
The grade for this position is 304. Salary will be dependent on education and experience.
Effective 4/11/2023 this position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program.
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelors Degree Information Systems Business Administration Electrical Engineering or in a closely related field AND
- Nine years of progressively responsible experience in Technology Innovation IT Systems Implementation IT Systems Management including two years at the Division Director level;
- An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above will also be considered.
- Masters Degree in Information Systems Business Administration Electrical Engineering or in a related field AND
- Ten years of Technology Innovation IT Systems Implementation IT Systems Management
- Two years of Division Director level experience
- Certifications in ITIL COBIT PMP
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Note:The class specifications listed on this website are not the official class specifications for Gwinnett County and are subject to change.
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About Gwinnett County
Gwinnett County is committed to creating a diverse workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (including sex) race color national origin (including ancestry) gender (identity and expression) sexual orientation age marital status familial status (including pregnancy) disability military or veteran status religion political affiliation immigration status homeless status or any other category protected by law.
Welcome to Gwinnett County one of Americas fastestgrowing counties for the past 20 years. Our dynamic and exciting county combines the best of bigcity living with the comforts of the suburbs.
The countys population in 2000 was about 588448 and weve only continued to grow since then with the population expected to reach one million by the year 2022.
Gwinnett has many advantages beginning with its location and road system. The county is just 45 minutes from HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport and 30 minutes from downtown Atlanta. Thanks to this location 80 percent of the U.S. population is within a twohour flight. Georgia Highway 316 has been extended to Athens reducing travel time to the University of Georgia to 25 minutes. Gwinnetts infrastructure includes more than 2750 miles of roadways to provide excellent mobility for our residents.
The County Administrator and County Attorney are appointed by the Board of Commissioners and serve at its pleasure. To implement the Boards policy directives the County Administrator uses a management team consisting of members of his immediate staff and 14 department directors. The 14 departments that make up the executive side are Police Services Fire and Emergency Services Corrections Communications Support Services Financial Services Community Services Human Resources Information Technology Services Law Planning and Development Water Resources Child Advocacy & Juvenile Services and Transportation. Each department is run by a director who is charged with managing operations in a manner which stresses the Countys values.
In addition to the executive side of County government certain services are provided through Constitutional officers and independent elected officials. These external offices are created by the Georgia Constitution or through state law. In Gwinnett they include the Sheriff Tax Commissioner District Attorney Solicitor Probate Court Judge and Chief Magistrate.
Vision
Gwinnett is the preferred community where everyone thrives!
Mission
Gwinnett proudly supports our vibrantly connected community by delivering superior services.
Values
Integrity: We believe in being honest building trust and having strong moral principles.
Accountability: We believe in stewardship transparency and sustainability.
Equity: We believe in fairness and respect for all.
Inclusivity: We believe in engaging embracing and unifying our communities.
Innovation: We believe in continual adaptation of technology process and experience.
Hiring Process
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
