NYC DOT is seeking a Deputy Director of Data Systems & Analytics. The ideal candidate is a highly organized, motivated professional with strong technical, analytical, and management skills and a demonstrated ability to lead teams, build innovative data systems, and advance data-driven approaches to transportation planning and analysis.
Supporting the agency’s goal of ensuring the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods across NYC, the incumbent will report to the Director of Counts & Planning Coordination on the Regional & Long-Term Planning (R<P) team within the office of the Chief Strategy Officer. R<P is responsible for providing internal policy guidance, leading innovative programs, engaging regional partners on megaprojects and in metropolitan planning fora, strategically managing the agency’s federal planning funds, and delivering the data infrastructure and analytical capabilities that support citywide mobility planning and decision making.
The Deputy Director will lead NYC DOT’s Mobility Data program and supervise two complementary teams focused on Data Systems & Counts Management and Mobility Modeling & Analytics, managing a team of 6+ data professionals. In this role, the Deputy Director will provide strategic direction for the teams and lead efforts to build and manage the systems that make mobility data accessible and usable, while directing analysis and modeling of the movement of people, goods, and vehicles across the city. Working under general supervision with latitude for independent judgment, the deputy will:
(1) Lead and Mentor: Lead and develop a team of data professionals, providing strategic direction, mentorship, performance management, and opportunities for professional growth.
(2) Build Data Systems: Lead the development and management of data systems and infrastructure that enable accessible data, evidence-based planning, and strategic decision making across NYC DOT, including data governance, catalogs, documentation, open data, data platforms, and analytical workflows.
(3) Lead Modeling & Analytical Initiatives: Direct research, modeling, analysis, and visualization of citywide mobility, using a fusion of available and emerging data to understand the movement of people, goods, and vehicles and to support transportation planning, evaluation, and strategic decision making.
(4) Manage Contracts & Data Partnerships: Manage the full lifecycle of third-party data contracts and platforms, from procurement through ongoing vendor oversight, and coordinate agency-wide onboarding, training, validation, and effective use of data tools and services. Serve as a primary liaison to NYC DOT’s IT and Legal departments on data infrastructure, governance, privacy, and contractual matters.
(5) Advance the Mobility Data Program: Provide strategic direction across the Mobility Data portfolio, including oversight of the Data Systems & Counts Management and Mobility Modeling & Analytics teams, federally mandated UPWP core activities, and applied research initiatives. Serve as a cross-functional technical and strategic resource, coordinating data contributions to studies, evaluations, and planning initiatives across the agency.
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To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above, candidates must have:
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Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.
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