
Title: Chief Information Officer
State Role Title: Info Technology Manager III
Hiring Range: $210,000- $252,000
Pay Band: 8
Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop
Location: Central Office
Agency Website: www.dbhds.virginia.gov
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) is seeking an experienced, strategic, and results-driven technology executive to serve as the Department’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). The CIO provides executive leadership and strategic direction for DBHDS information technology operations, enterprise systems, technology investments, and modernization initiatives, as well as leading large and complex technology initiatives and providing direction and leadership to professional and technical teams. This position works closely with executive leadership and business areas across DBHDS to ensure technology solutions effectively support operational and programmatic needs; and collaboratively with the agency’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and other risk, privacy, compliance, and technology leaders to ensure enterprise technology strategies, systems, infrastructure, and modernization initiatives align with applicable security, privacy, risk-management, and regulatory requirements. This position is responsible for developing and implementing an enterprise technology strategy that supports DBHDS programs, facilities, business operations, and the Department’s broader mission; identifying technology needs and priorities, aligning resources with agency strategic objectives, and working through agency governance structures to prioritize enterprise technology investments within available funding; and providing leadership for enterprise architecture, systems development and integration, technology governance, major IT projects, procurement, resource planning, and the effective use of technology across the agency.
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For consideration, interested applicants must apply by completing the online application and/or submit a resume. However, emailed, faxed, and hand-delivered applications and/or resumes will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 11:55 p.m., on the listed closing date. Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act.
DBHDS welcomes all applicants authorized to work in the U.S. For more information on how to seek this authorization, please refer to Working in the United States or contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office directly.
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Name: Keiana Bobbitt
Phone: N/A
Email: keiana.bobbitt@dbhds.virginia.gov - Inquiries Only/No Submissions, to include resumes.
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.

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