U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Chief Data Officer
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Job Description
- Req#: 801569200
- This employer participates in the E-Verify Program
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Subject to satisfactory security and suitability determinations
- New appointees must successfully complete a 1-year probationary period
- This is a career position in the SES. Unless the selectee is already a member of the SES with career status or has successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program certified by OPM.
- Executive qualifications must be approved by OPM before appointment can be affected. If you are selected, you will be responsible for working with an HHS Executive Consultant, or QRB Writer to develop an ECQ narrative for submission to OPM
- You must meet the qualification requirements of this position no later than the closing date of the job opportunity announcement.
- Extensive experience with multiple large complex technical programs at Federal agency, or equivalent large corporate portfolio. Extensive experience leading large project teams that execute across multi-year timelines, providing direction to supervisors, and presenting complex technical, policy, and legal information to executive management, non-technical leadership, and the public. Ability to rapidly adapt and respond to changing technology advances and develop strategies for new health data initiatives.
- Extensive knowledge of and demonstrated experience with developing and providing expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations for innovative enterprise data management and data governance solutions to address the challenges of operational and mission effectiveness.
This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP)/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Immediate Office. This position is telework eligible and may be remote eligible, as determined by agency policy.Duties
ABOUT THE POSITION
The Chief Data Officer (CDO) provides executive HHS leadership in the development, implementation, and execution of the Departmental data strategy to leverage the power of data. The CDO applies innovative enterprise data management and data governance solutions to address challenges of operational and mission effectiveness. The CDO establishes the strategic direction for building the Department's data management program and optimizing how the enterprise uses data both internally and externally. Determines goals and objective that need additional emphasis. The incumbent provides the Department with vision for business-wide data activities and champions for data ownership, standardization, accessibility, and governance. The CDO plays a leading strategic role and defines and oversees how the Department captures, maintains, and applies data and information to support key business processes and goals. This position requires a breadth of experience in areas such as policy formulation and implementation, IT, records managements, and change and program management.
The CDO provides leadership, overall direction, and expert guidance to officials at all levels in HHS in the transition to a data driven culture; formulates Department-wide policy; establishes targeted goals and objectives towards achieving this transition; and develops Department-wide plans and strategies to achieve these goals and objectives. Provides direction, advice, and counsel on the planning, direction, and execution of all organizational data operations.
The incumbent provides Executive level, strategic, expert, and authoritative advice, consultation, and executive leadership in the following areas:Requirements
Qualifications
As a basic requirement, applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Mandatory/Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. Failure to meet this basic qualification requirement and all executive and technical qualification factors will automatically exclude you from further consideration.
All competitive candidates for SES positions with the Federal Government must demonstrate leadership experience indicative of senior executive level management capability. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the Fundamental Competencies, five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), and the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ's), listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments and results.
Fundamental Competencies:
Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation.
Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs):
1. Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
2. Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
3. Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
5. Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ's):
This position also requires that you possess MTQ's that represent knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. The following MTQ's must be evident in your resume.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/#url=Overview
IF SELECTED, you will be required to complete an ECQ package by drafting narratives for each of the ECQs and be certified by an OPM Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in order to be placed in this position. If you are currently serving in a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), you WILL NOT need to draft the ECQs.About the company
The United States Department of Health and Human Services, also known as the Health Department, is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979, it was called the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.