Senior IT Strategy Expert

This component provides funding assistance to families who need childcare assistance.

Location:

Due to client requirements, this role can be located anywhere in the U.S. on the West Coast. This position will be supporting the West Coast Region

Position Description:

This Expert will help support the grantees to develop and implement IT transformation roadmaps and consult with the grantees on IT strategic planning, technology analysis, data governance and management, training requirements, procurement practices, and other areas of IT with a heavy emphasis on understanding the childcare business. Strong experience and knowledge with IT tech stacks is required.

Your future duties and responsibilities

Serve as a strategic technology expert to develop IT strategies including mission, vision, core values, goals, objectives, and key performance indicators tied to business outcomes
Develop roadmaps to sequence multiple projects, project charters, and execution plans in accordance with a life cycle approach
Examine current architecture and work with business and technical staff to recommend solutions that result in effective outcomes
Work with clients to gather business requirements, identify deliverables, and support IT strategy development
Review business processes and develop optimization strategies
Define features, phases, and solution requirements
Organize project outputs, deliverables, and workshop development efforts
Analyze problem / situation and formulate effective solutions
Identify and evaluate technical options and how they impact business / mission outcomes to inform decisions
Translate system requirements, workflows, and processes into technical requirements
Identify risks and mitigation strategies
Collaborate with vendors/partners for improved service delivery based on best practices, and lessons learned
Research, analyze, and synthesize information to inform technology surveys and analysis
Develop/Apply focused maturity model to benchmark technology, practices, and procedures and measure improvements over time
Experience with multiple, diverse technologies and environments for supporting data and IT solutions that deliver high-impact business outcomes
Provide presentations to share technical ideas and findings to business and technical personnel
Expertly communicate insights and plans to cross-functional team members, executives, and managers with different cultures and language needs
Gather critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and produce actionable reports
Prioritize initiatives based on business needs, interdependencies, and resources
Build a trust relationship with representative

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

BA/BS degree and 12+ years of experience
Excellent analytical skills and ability to see connections between layers and dependencies of business and technology
Experience modernizing legacy systems
Experience in a consulting capacity, public sector consulting experience a plus
Experience facilitating workgroups and communities of practice
Strong organizational and time management skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
Advanced speaking and writing skills with ability to explain technical matters to various audiences
Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Desired qualifications/non-essential skills required:

MS degree and 10+ years of experience
Experience working with child care services
Experience working with state, territory, and tribal organizations

NetVision Resources, Inc. (NVR) is a fast growing, IS9001, IS20000, CMMI DEV/2, MBE certified technology consulting and software development firm, based out of the DC Metro area. To know more, please visit: www.netvisionresources.com