Deputy Director, Business Planning & Research

Job Description and Duties

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for strategic planning and a drive to make a difference in public education? Join our team as the Deputy Director of Business Planning, where you’ll serve in a pivotal role in shaping innovative initiatives, optimizing organizational performance, and delivering supplemental revenue to California’s schools. This is your chance to lead cross-divisional collaboration, influence key policies, and bring your expertise to a mission-focused organization committed to lasting impact. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and inspire meaningful change, we want to hear from you!

Under the administrative direction of the Directorate, the Deputy Director of Business Planning is the key architect of the strategic plan and facilitates the planning process across all operating divisions. The Deputy Director ensures the business plan and its priorities are in alignment with the strategic plan, oversees project tracking and reporting, sales goal development, and special projects functions. The Deputy Director develops and manages the departmental performance review program and identifies ways to operate more effectively and efficiently to maximize supplemental revenue for public education.

Travel expense to and from the assigned headquarters are the responsibility of the employee. Eligibility for telework requires the employee to reside 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.

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

People are drawn to the Lottery because we:

• 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

It is highly recommended that you apply online using your CalCareers account. Please ensure to monitor your email and/or CalCareers account for communication associated with your application submission.

This position is headquartered in Sacramento and is eligible for a hybrid telework schedule. Employees must be able to report to their assigned headquarters office as assigned. 

You will find additional information about the job in the .

Special Requirements

• The position(s) require(s) a Background Investigation be cleared prior to being hired.

• 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 Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is REQUIRED AS PART OF THE EXAMINATION PROCESS and must be submitted to be considered for this position. Candidates who fail to submit an SOQ, or who do not follow the SOQ instructions on this posting, will be eliminated from the examination process. Please read the Statement of Qualifications section near the bottom of this job posting for further information and instructions.

For guidance on writing effective SOQs, visit: .

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:

• Experience being responsible for business plans, strategic plans, or marketing plans for a business, company, organization, or product line within a business, having revenue of at least $200 million annually.
• Experience presenting data insights from research projects to a variety of stakeholders with varying levels of technical understanding.
• Experience leading a company’s strategic planning processes including assessing organizational strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, obtaining input from staff, customers and stakeholders, and developing and overseeing action plans incorporating all relevant information.
• Demonstrated cross-functional perspective with the ability to oversee coordinated efforts with multiple program areas in an organization, within and outside of a direct reporting structure, including the ability to foster a big picture perspective at both the staff and executive levels.
• Ability to interpret research findings to identify implications on an organization’s business model.
• Ability to interpret rules and regulations, identify their intent, and develop creative, compliant solutions that enable business progress.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with all levels of staff, management, and executive leadership.
• Ability to successfully apply organizational leadership, communicate clearly, facilitate decision-making, promote teamwork, and define and achieve success across multi-disciplinary stakeholder interests.
• Experience using management and leadership skills in motivating, leading, and building distributed or remote teams. This includes overseeing matrixed project teams consisting of staff and management throughout an organization.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to plan, organize, prioritize, and direct the work of multi-disciplinary professional, technical and administrative staff, to ensure operational needs are met.
• Skill to manage, lead, and implement new technologies, and address the challenges inherent with organizational transitions.
• A BA/BS degree in any field of study – BA/BS degree in Business or an MBA preferred.

Benefits

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

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS - DEPUTY DIRECTOR BUSINESS PLANNING

Instructions: The examination process for this position consists of a Standard State Application (form STD 678), Resume, and SOQ evaluation, which will be used to evaluate how your education, training, experience, and skills qualify you for the position. The SOQ serves as documentation of each candidate’s ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing. SOQs must be no more than three (3) pages in length, and typed using no less than 12-point Arial font. The SOQ must address the following items and in order listed below:

1. Describe your experience developing and implementing strategic goals and policies as part of a Strategic Plan, Business Plan, or Marketing Plan in support of the organization’s mission.

• In your response, please remember to describe the company, program, or product line for this example of strategic goal setting; the process of how you determined what strategic goals should be included; and how you engaged others in the organization in developing the goals and/or to gain support for these strategic goals.

2. New ideas and change are often essential components to developing a strategic plan. Please describe your experience in developing a new program or product, initiating a new direction for an existing program or product, or re-engineering a key process within your company.

• In addition to describing the actual new program or product, please also include how you managed this change internally and how your leadership led to a successful implementation.

3. Describe your experience, including leadership techniques for organizing, motivating groups, and/or employees, directing work of multidisciplinary professionals, and administrative staff, and dealing effectively with a variety of individuals and organizations. 

Note : Each response must include the number of years of experience you have and must include specific examples to support your response.

Write your responses carefully. Evaluation of each candidate will be based on the content of the answers and written communication skills demonstrated in the SOQ.

Other application documents (e.g., resumes, cover letters) do not take the place of the Statement of Qualifications. Candidates who fail to follow these requirements or who do not provide responses to the specific items in the order listed on this posting will be disqualified from the examination and selection process.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be useful in the development of written responses; however, it is important to use these tools responsibly and ethically. While assistive tools may be used, responses within the SOQ must be your own original work. Failure to comply may result in disqualification.

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 required and must be included.
• Statement of Qualifications - A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is REQUIRED AS PART OF THE EXAMINATION PROCESS and must be submitted to be considered for this position. Candidates who fail to submit an SOQ, or who do not follow the SOQ instructions on this posting, will be eliminated from the examination process. Please read the Statement of Qualifications section near the bottom of this job posting for further information and instructions.