Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Summary

This position is part of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Office of Performance & Innovation (OPI). The Chief Data & Analytics Officer (CDAO) serves as DFC's senior official for enterprise data governance, data strategy, analytics, and data management. The CDAO establishes the vision, policies, standards, and operating model necessary to ensure that DFC data are accessible, reliable, secure, inter-operable, and used responsibly.

Duties

• Leads DFC's enterprise data strategy and governance program. Defines, implements, and maintains the agency's data governance framework, policies, standards, operating procedures, stewardship roles, and performance measures. Establishes clear accountability for data assets across the organization. In coordination with the Office of Information Technology, establishes enterprise data architecture principles, data standards, metadata practices, interoperability requirements, and data integration priorities to enable the modernization and effective management of DFC's data environment. Oversees data quality and data lifecycle management and provides guidance on data accessibility. Develops approaches to assess, improve, and monitor data quality, completeness, timeliness, consistency, and fitness for use. Advances analytics, business intelligence, and evidence-based decision-making. Identifies high-value data and analytic opportunities; enables the responsible use of data, analytics, visualization, automation, and, as applicable, artificial intelligence capabilities to support investment decisions, portfolio management, risk management, financial management, reporting, and operational priorities. Represents DFC in interagency, international, and stakeholder forums addressing data management, analytics, data standards, evidence, and related topics. Builds partnerships and advances DFC interests in government-wide data initiatives. Provides executive leadership and supervisory oversight for the Data & Analytics team. Establishes organizational priorities; manages staff and resources; recruits, develops, mentors, and evaluates employees; and fosters an inclusive, collaborative, customer-focused, and high-performing workforce. Please Note: This is not a Bargaining unit position.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement. You may qualify at the GS-15 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your ability to: 1) Manage or support the planning, implementation, and/or operation of an enterprise data governance and/or data management program, which may include development of data strategy, policies, standards, definitions, processes, roles, and/or controls that improve data quality, accessibility, security, and appropriate use, and that establish the foundational data ecosystems required to support advanced analytics and AI; 2) Lead enterprise data and analytics initiatives that turn data into decisions and outcomes, such as providing guidance and oversight over the development and rollout of data infrastructure such as a data lake or data warehouse; applying advanced analytics, modeling, AI, and/or automation to improve routine processes and inform decision-making; and preparing and provisioning quality data to support dashboards, KPIs, and performance reporting used by senior leadership and program teams; 3) Cultivate a data-driven culture and foster collaborative relationships across cross-functional stakeholders, who may include business/program offices, information technology staff, data owners/users, and senior leadership; and 4) Lead, supervise, or manage staff, teams, contractors, or cross-functional working groups responsible for data, analytics, information management, and related functions. Note: Education is not substitutional at this grade level. Please Note: Applicants may be asked to produce a writing sample during the interview stage. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement 26-OPI-MP-13050684-KS using Merit Promotion (MP) procedures. If interested, refer to that announcement to determine if you meet MP requirements and can apply to that announcement. NOTE: You must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered under both. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

How to apply

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documentation as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/application/status/. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application. Do not submit photographs with your application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content (e.g. SSN or DOB), your resume will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you will not be considered for this vacancy. Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing date of the announcement.