Title: IT Program Manager (Governance)

State Role Title: Info Technology Specialist III

Hiring Range: $102,002 - $165,754

Pay Band: 6

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Annex Building

Agency Website: https://www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is excited to announce an opportunity to serve as an IT Program Manager in our Information Technology Division. This position is located in Richmond, VA. In this position, you will establish and promote the agency’s daily and long-term management of the IT Governance and Compliance processes.

Position specific responsibilities and duties will include, but not limited to:

• Leads various Governance and compliance related initiatives, including developing conceptual ideas into actionable implementation plans, monitoring, analyzing and executing the grogram within Enterprise Architecture.
  
  
  


• Manages the administration and maintenance of policies and procedures for effective compliance management for all applicable IT related rules and regulations. Acts as a subject matter expert for IT Compliance items.
  
  
  


• Creates and monitors systems and management processes for effective compliance reporting and remediation. Manage and coordinate agency response to audit inquires to include oversight of remediation activities to ensure ongoing regulatory processes are followed.

VDOT employees serve the citizens of the Commonwealth and travelling public daily through our mission to plan, deliver, operate and maintain a transportation system that is safe, moves people and goods, enhances the economy, and improves quality of life. VDOT is the third largest state-maintained highway system in the country, maintaining over 58,000 miles of roads, bridges, and tunnels, and employing over 7700 people through a diverse workforce. Our culture includes teamwork, transparency, nimble learning, creativity and collaboration that values differences.

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers excellent health and life insurance benefits, pre-tax spending accounts, state funded Short- and Long-Term Disability, paid holidays, vacation, tuition assistance, free wellness programs, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is an Equal Opportunity Employer by both policy and practice. For more information about our employment practices, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants”: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/information_for_employees.asp

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics. Your success in our organization depends upon modelling these values, therefore visit http://www.virginiadot.org/about/missionandvalues.asp to review them and, if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Minimum Qualifications

• Skill in managing IT functions including IT Governance and Compliance, Enterprise & Business Architecture, IT Service Management, Asset Management, Infrastructure and Ops, Application Development, PPM & Projects, or Data and BI Management.
  
  


• Skill in financial management.
  
  


• Knowledge and skill with technologies and functions appropriate to leading an IT program area.
  
  


• Skill in people and resource management.
  
  


• Skill in leading IT professionals in the planning, analyzing, designing, developing or implementing information technology programs, projects or systems for a large organization.
  
  

Additional Considerations

• Experience in IT program or project management with a focus in governance concepts, compliance and IT security principles.
  
  


• Ability to effectively communicate technical information, IT strategy and governance policies to non-technical audiences. Confident in reporting to senior management level.
  
  


• Strong leadership engagement, communications and negotiation skills to guide, influence and convince others on IT governance and compliance.
  
  


• Ability to use agile approach and methodology to drive enterprise governance processes and apply federated governance principles to enhance business relationships.
  
  


• Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
  
  


• Experience in management consulting with a focus on operational transformation, IT strategy/development, and enterprise reporting.
  
  


• Ability to balance time and effort across multiple projects while supporting emergent needs with strong organizational and detail-oriented skills.
  
  


• Experience in the roll-out and adoption of governance tools.
  
  


• Experience leading and supervising staff in the identification, documentation, and design of enterprise solutions.
  
  


• Experience overseeing a program with parallel workstreams with a focus on quality reviews of deliverables, scheduling prioritized objectives, assessing solutions.
  
  


• Strong user in Microsoft suite of applications - Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Project.
  
  


• PMI Project Manager Certification as applicable.
  
  


• Experience leading IT professionals.
  
  


• A combination of training, experience or education in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field is desired.
  
  

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

This position requires a fingerprint based Criminal History Background Check, DMV Record Check and Work History Verification with references.

VDOT is an emergency operation agency. Positions physically working within Central Office locations may be designated upon request and coordination among the respective District Engineer or Administrator and Chief. Assignments are updated annually. Not all designated employees are provided an emergency operations assignment.

Once onboarded, this position may be eligible for telework opportunities; availability, hours, and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in the Commonwealth telework policy.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.

VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

Contact Information

Name: Alanna Meekins

Phone: (804) 920-8523

Email: [email protected]

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.