Chief Data Officer

Join Our Team as South Carolinas Chief Data Officer!

The South Carolina Department of Administration is seeking an experienced visionary and strategic leader to serve as our Chief Data Officer (CDO). This newly established executive leadership position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of data strategy governance and innovation across South Carolina state government.

As the central administrative agency for state government the Department of Administration is committed to our mission: Lead to identify efficiencies. Collaborate to provide services that enhance security and trust. Innovate to increase effectiveness.

This is an exciting time to join our team! The Department is embracing growth innovation and new opportunities to strengthen the way we serve state agencies and the people of South Carolina. As a newly created position reporting to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff the Chief Data Officer will play a pivotal role in advancing the Departments strategic priorities and driving meaningful statewide improvements.

In this role you will lead the Office of State Data and provide executive leadership and strategic direction for South Carolinas enterprise-wide approach to data governance management sharing analytics and responsible data use. You will establish and champion a statewide vision strategy policies and governance framework that position data as a valuable strategic asset. Working collaboratively with state agencies and key stakeholders you will lead efforts to improve the quality accessibility security and effective use of government data. Your leadership will help strengthen government operations support informed decision-making enhance public services promote transparency and deliver better outcomes for South Carolina residents.

If you are a forward-thinking leader who is passionate about innovation collaboration and using data to drive meaningful change we invite you to be part of this exciting new chapter at the Department of Administration!

• Manage and provide technical leadership to Statewide Data Office. Lead and support staff through coaching training and performance development. Streamline workflows while implementing management policies and organizational initiatives.
• Establish and lead the States enterprise data vision strategy priorities and roadmap. Advise executive leadership on data governance analytics emerging technologies and opportunities to use data to improve government operations policy and service delivery. Develop statewide policies standards frameworks and initiatives and align Office of State Data priorities with statewide strategic and operational objectives.
• Build partnerships with agency executives chief information officers data and program leaders legal counsel privacy and security professionals and other stakeholders. Lead or support statewide governance councils working groups and communities of practice to establish priorities resolve enterprise issues and share effective practices. Represent the State with governmental and external partners on data-related matters.
• Establish and lead statewide governance for state data assets including roles responsibilities standards and decision-making processes. Partner with agencies to strengthen data quality stewardship documentation interoperability lifecycle management integration and responsible data sharing. Promote appropriate access and use while addressing privacy security confidentiality records management and applicable legal requirements.
• Advance statewide use of analytics data science visualization and related capabilities to support executive decision-making policy development program evaluation resource allocation and operational improvement. Build agency capacity to translate data into actionable information and promotes responsible adoption of artificial intelligence advanced analytics and emerging data and data sharing capabilities.

• A bachelors degree in business administration public administration information technology data management data analytics computer science or a related field and progressively responsible experience in data strategy data governance data management analytics information technology or organizational leadership including experience leading complex enterprise initiatives.
  

• Knowledge of enterprise data strategy governance management analytics architecture data sharing interoperability data quality metadata information lifecycle management and emerging data technologies including artificial intelligence and cloud data platforms.
• Knowledge of strategic planning policy development performance and change management government operations legal privacy security confidentiality and public-sector data records-management.
• Ability to establish enterprise strategies governance frameworks policies standards operating models and measurable objectives.
• Ability to lead complex initiatives involving multiple agencies and stakeholders.
• Ability to build consensus and effective partnerships; and translate complex data technical and policy issues into clear recommendations for executive and nontechnical audiences.
• Establish priorities manage resources and organizational performance exercise sound judgment lead supervise and develop professional staff.
  
• Position may require overnight travel.
• Position may require employee to work evenings and weekends.
• Position may be required to report to work during emergency situations.

Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application may bring a copy of college transcript to the interview. A copy of the transcript may also be uploaded as an attachment to the application if required by the hiring department or if desired by the applicant. Please note that some areas of the Department may require anofficial certified copy of the transcriptprior to hiring or within a specific timeframe required by that area after hiring. Failure to produce an official certified transcript may result in not being hired or termination.

• Executive or senior leadership experience involving multiple organizations or diverse stakeholders is preferred.
  

The Department of Administration is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation) national origin age (40 or older) disability or genetic information.

Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment. Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education. A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.

The South Carolina Department of Administration offers an exceptional benefits package for full time (FTE) employees: