Strategic Initiatives Manager

1 month ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States City of Chicago Full time
Job Summary

This is a managerial position responsible for senior-level functions, duties, and responsibilities within the City of Chicago's executive-level staff. The position manages a major program or has direct responsibility for an operational or administrative work section within a department's organization.

Key Responsibilities
  • Meet with managers to identify problem scopes and define objectives for studies and data-driven projects.
  • Evaluate complex business and operational systems, and draft detailed flow charts and models to assess current methods and data processes.
  • Interface with senior leadership, program managers, and external stakeholders to identify, evaluate, and define opportunities for improved efficiency, cost savings, and process improvements.
  • Establish an operating model for data governance, including roles and responsibilities, data governance body, data stewardship, data custodians, and data-related policies and procedures.
  • Manage and coordinate requests between CPD departments with internal and external delivery, and manage executive and senior executive-level client stakeholder relationships.
Requirements
  • Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in a field related to the duties performed, including five years of work experience related to the position, of which two years are in a supervisory role related to the responsibilities of the position or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in data analytics, data science, predictive analytics, statistics, mathematics, or related.
  • Previous experience managing multiple direct reports, team-based projects, and large multi-employee collaborative endeavors.
  • Previous experience with large-scale data system transitions with knowledge of cultural adaptation challenges of such changes.
  • Previous experience in data science and/or computer science languages such as R, Python, SQL, or SAS.
  • Working knowledge of database technologies, including Oracle, SAP, SQL / NoSQL platforms, and visualization applications such as Power BI, and Tableau.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Previous experience in data governance, data stewardship, and data-related policies and procedures.
  • Experience working with senior leadership, program managers, and external stakeholders.
  • Experience managing executive and senior executive-level client stakeholder relationships.

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