Director of Technology Risk and Assessment

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nations oldest and largest public housing authority with more than 152000 apartments and over 370000 residents. NYCHAs mission is to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable inclusive and safe while fostering opportunities for economic mobility. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 leased housing program that serves over 200000 tenants. Since the 2019 Agreement between NYCHA the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York (SDNY) NYCHA has been working under a Federal Monitor structure. The HUD Agreement sets the requirement to create a new Transformational Plan in collaboration with the Federal Monitor and sets forth various compliance related targets for NYCHA across major operational areas.

The Office of the CIO is seeking a Director of Technology Risk & Assessment to serve as a high-impact analytical and advisory resource reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer. This is not a support coordination or administrative role. It is a strategic analytically rigorous position designed for a self-directed professional who can independently identify emerging technology risks assess complex situations and deliver clear actionable intelligence to the CIO.

The Director will be assigned a dynamic portfolio of special projects by the CIO ranging from deep-dive program assessments to cross-functional risk reviews to emerging issue analysis. Projects will shift based on organizational need and CIO priorities. The right candidate is comfortable operating without a fixed agenda adapts quickly to new problem domains and delivers high-quality analytical work with minimal supervision.

This role is explicitly for someone who is self-motivated intellectually curious and capable of operating independently. The CIO will provide direction and priority-setting. The Director is expected to take that direction and execute without needing to be managed step by step.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

-Proactively identify emerging risks across NYCHAs IT environment programs systems vendor relationships and team dynamics and surface concerns to the CIO before they escalate.
-Track vendor performance and contract adherence across ITs most significant vendor relationships; escalate deviations from expectations.
-Execute a dynamic portfolio of special project assignments from the CIO across technology organizational and operational topics.
-Conduct independent assessments of technology programs processes and governance structures; produce clear evidence-based findings and recommendations.
-Develop briefing materials and analytical reports for the CIO in plain language for both technical and non-technical audiences including preparation for board briefings and executive leadership sessions.
-Identify technology-related issues across NYCHAs broader operational environment property management leased housing capital programs resident services and assess their IT implications.
-Observe cross-functional dynamics and organizational patterns that affect ITs ability to execute; provide an honest assessment of ground-level conditions.
-Balance multiple concurrent assignments across shifting priorities while maintaining analytical quality and sound judgment on when to act advise or escalate.

Additional Information

employees applying for transfer promotional title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
residents are encouraged to apply.
provides benefits that include a choice of medical coverage plans deferred compensation plans and a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees Retirement System (NYCERS).

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.

IT SECURITY SPECIALIST - 95622

Qualifications :

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to projects and policies required by the particular position; or

Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time