Deputy Director, Information Technology Services Division

Job Description and Duties

Under the direction of the Chief Deputy Director, the Deputy Director, Information Technology Services Division serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and  is responsible for the vision, strategic direction, policy development and management of the Lottery’s information technology (IT) systems and the supporting infrastructure.  These systems include an on-site computing environment for twelve (12) Lottery facilities, various cloud-hosted environments and third-party service providers that support the Lottery business applications and services.  The CIO participates in program planning; policy formulation, evaluation, and implementation; organizational coordination and control; and fiscal and personnel management. The CIO ensures the department’s information technology (IT) systems remain operable within a 24/7 business environment supporting more than 23,000 retailers statewide.

When choosing a state organization to work for there are a lot of options. Why choose the California State Lottery?

• Are an energetic, creative, and talented team
• Value diversity and inclusion in the workplace
• Empower team members to bring their knowledge, expertise, and innovation
• Recognize individual and team contributions
• Support the importance of work-life balance
• Invest in the professional development of our team members
• Are dedicated to preserving our environment by lowering our carbon footprint

This position is headquartered at the Lottery's Headquarters in Sacramento, CA and is eligible for a remote-based telework schedule with two days per week required in office presence. Employees must be able to report to their assigned headquarters office as needed. Travel expense to and from the assigned headquarters are the responsibility of the employee.

Eligibility for telework requires employee residence in California per California Government Code Section 14200 which states: “telecommuting means the partial or total substitution of computers or telecommunication technologies, or both, for the commute to work by employees residing in California.

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Special Requirements

• Background Investigation: The California State Lottery Act provides that no person may be hired as an employee of the commission if that person has been convicted of a felony or any gambling related offense.  A background check will be required.

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:

• Knowledge of leadership principles necessary to contribute to the attainment of the Lottery’s established mission, goals, and objectives.
• Knowledge of technology pertinent to high transaction and high integrity information management.
• Knowledge and experience managing large contracts and working in partnership with vendors.
• Knowledge and experience managing and directing a high-volume transactional environment that supports 24/7 business operations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, negotiation, public relations, analytical, decision making, and time management skills.
• Integrity, initiative, dependability, tact, flexibility, sound judgement and the ability to advise executive level management on a wide range of information technology matters.
• Ability to plan, organize and direct the work of multi-disciplinary professional, technical and administrative staff.
• Ability to analyze and implement administrative policies, organizations, procedures, and practices.
• Ability to develop strong relationships, work collaboratively and maintain a work environment which is free of discrimination and harassment.

Benefits

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.

Experience Questionnaire

The Experience Questionnaire will serve as the examination tool for this position. You must complete the Experience Questionnaire fully, including experience examples relevant to each task. Applications received without the Experience Questionnaire will not be considered. Incomplete questionnaires may result in disqualification from the examination process. 

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

• Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
• Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.
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  All candidates must complete the Experience Questionnaire. Responses to the Experience Questionnaire will be used to evaluate and score the CEA examination for this position.

  - Experience Questionnaire