Deputy Director (C. E. A.)

Job Description and Duties Please note, the Water Boards do not participate in E-Verify. Please note, salary level of position is negotiable above the max of posted range. The State Water Board is seeking a dynamic, innovative, results oriented leader to assume the role of Executive Data and Analytics Officer overseeing the Office of Information Management and Analysis. The Executive Data and Analytics Officer is a vital member of the Water Boards’ management team and is responsible for setting strategic data governance direction and policies that align with the Water Boards’ mission and business goals and objectives. The Office of Information Management and Analysis supports organization wide data governance and open data initiatives, performance management, surfacea water monitoring and data quality management systems for the State Water Board, nine Regional Water Boards, and Division of Drinking Water District Offices located throughout the state. The Executive Data and Analytics Officer holds supervisory responsibilities over the managers overseeing the Performance Management and Reporting Program, the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program, the California Water Quality Monitoring Council, and the Water Boards’ Quality Management Program. The Office is staffed with 35 permanent positions and the position is located at 1001 I Street, 19th Floor, Sacramento, right in the heart of downtown next to light rail stations and other public transportation. Additional information: Candidates must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. If the position requires driving, you must possess a current and valid driver’s license. Please Do Not include full Social Security Number, method of eligibility, and LEAP information in your application package. Salary information – CalHR salary rules allow appointment at the entrance rate (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, § 599.673) of a classification. For classes with alternate ranges, placement is based on education/experience. Please let us know how you heard about this position by taking this brief survey: Recruitment Survey. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. Desirable Qualifications In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: • Demonstrated executive leadership experience directing a large, multidisciplinary professional organization and establishing a clear vision, priorities, performance expectations, and accountability for results. • Experience developing and implementing enterprise data governance, data management, data quality, data integration, data lifecycle, and open-data strategies for a large, complex organization. • Experience leading environmental, water-quality, scientific, regulatory, or other public-sector data and analytics programs that support equitable, evidence-based decisions. • Experience overseeing performance management, organizational metrics, public reporting, data catalogs, dashboards, and analytical products that improve transparency and program outcomes. • Experience collaborating with information technology leadership to align business needs, data policy, system development, cybersecurity, privacy, and technology investments. • Experience advising executive management and representing an organization before control agencies, the Legislature, the Governor’s Office, boards, councils, and other high-level forums. • Demonstrated success building partnerships and facilitating consensus among federal, state, tribal, regional, and local agencies; laboratories; research institutions; community-based organizations; regulated entities; and other interested parties. Statement of Qualifications A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is mandatory and must be submitted along with the State application and resume and serve as documentation of candidate’s ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing and should be typed and no more than five (5) pages in length, using 12-point Arial font, and normal margins. The SOQ must list each "Desirable Qualification" and describe your experience, knowledge and abilities as they relate to the Desirable Qualifications section of this bulletin. You must provide specific examples for each Desirable Qualification factor. The Desirable Qualification factors must be addressed in the same order as listed. Applications received without the Statement of Qualifications addressed as stated will not be considered. NOTE: Resumes, letters, and other materials will not be evaluated or considered as responses to the Statement of Qualifications.