Chief Digital Transformation Officer (C.E.A. B)

State of California; California; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The California Department of Justice is seeking a Chief Digital Transformation Officer to coordinate strategic planning, establish IT standards, and lead enterprise modernization across the department. The role focuses on prioritizing technology investments, AI procurement, and DOJ-wide digital innovation initiatives.

The CDTO will report to the CDO as a strategy advisor and will drive collaboration with the Justice Information Services Division Chief, CISO, and General Counsel to advance

Qualifications

• Experience designing technology architecture plans for delivery of services.
• Experience developing policies around business development, IT resources, and AI governance.
• Experience advancing data governance and AI literacy with ethical use of data and AI.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate strategic planning and enterprise IT standards across DOJ.
• Lead statewide modernization roadmap development and multi-year planning.
• Oversee AI procurement strategy and responsible deployment across divisions.
• Collaborate with divisions and state agencies on IT modernization and policy implementation.

Skills

Technology architecture

Policy development

AI governance

Data governance

Staffing coordination

Strategic planning

Education

CEA certification

Job description

This is a unique opportunity to help lead statewide digital modernization and innovative efforts for California's premier law enforcement agency. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking a Chief Digital Transformation Officer (CDTO) to coordinate strategic planning, establish Information Technology (IT) standards throughout the department, provide enterprise-level leadership, determine priorities and develop a multi-year modernization roadmap. Additionally, this position would help DOJ make technology investments more strategically, analyze our current process for procurement and deployment of DOJ's hardware, software, and other technology tools, and oversee the planning, implementation, communications rollout, and development of DOJ-wide digital modernization and innovation efforts.

The CDTO will serve as a strategy advisor to the CDO on the usage and advancement of innovative and transformative technology solutions, with a focus on ensuring DOJ has technology that advances its mission. In support of the CDO’s strategic IT-related priorities, the CDTO will coordinate DOJ-wide collaboration on technology implementation across DOJ’s legal and non-legal divisions.

The CDTO will also serve as the principal advisor to the CDO on artificial intelligence (AI) procurement and deployment strategy. In consultation with the DOJ General Counsel, the CDTO will coordinate responsible AI implementation and define AI procurement strategies to support innovation.

In helping develop policies and procedures that advance DOJ technology and support business operations, the CDTO will work in close partnership and collaboration with the California Justice Information Services Division Chief (who serves as the Department's Chief Information Officer), the Chief Information Security Officer, and the General Counsel.

Hybrid work options may be available. While the position’s location is specified as statewide, the candidate selected for appointment can be headquartered in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, Fresno, or San Francisco. Regardless of the headquarter location, the candidate may be expected to travel to the Department’s main offices.

Minimum Requirements

This position does not have a Classification Specification. Requirements and qualifications for this position can be found in this announcement. For additional questions, please contact the hiring department listed below.

• C. E. A.

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:

1. Experience with advancing technology architecture plans to implement technology-driven services.
2. Experience developing and implementing policies centered around business development and technology, artificial intelligence (AI) governance, and/or information technology (IT) resources.
3. Experience advancing data governance and AI literacy across an organization and promoting ethical and equitable use of data and AI.
4. Experience coordinating resources and staffing needed to implement tasks across multiple parts of an organization.
5. Experience guiding and influencing decisions related to strategic planning objectives, IT projects, and other organization matters.
6. Experience working with state control agencies such as the California Department of Technology, Department of General Services, Department of Finance, and Legislative Analyst’s Office to resolve high-level administrative issues involving the Department’s IT modernization and AI needs.