Executive Director

New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (NYC DCWP) seeks an Executive Director to lead the RAD data teams—data scientists, technologists, and engineers—who transform investigations into actionable evidence for court outcomes. The role is the senior technical lead reporting to the Associate Commissioner and partnering with agency leaders.

You will oversee casework, product, engineering, and tech policy, driving enforcement analytics and strategic initiatives across consumer and

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's degree with relevant field (business, economics, public administration, statistics, labor relations).
• Experience in labor research, analysis, or economic planning at senior level.
• Equivalence accepted with required executive/managerial experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams of data scientists, technologists, and engineers on investigations and litigation.
• Develop automated analytics products to assess violations and support court evidence.
• Advise on technology policy and ensure enforceability of regulations.
• Hire, supervise, and develop the team; collaborate with investigators and attorneys.

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Python

R

SAS

Job description

About Research And Analytics Division (RAD)

RAD is DCWP's in-house data team, and one of the first municipal offices of its kind in the country. Data scientists, technologists, engineers, product managers, and PhD economists work directly with the agency's attorneys and investigators to speed up investigations and win relief for consumers and workers. RAD also supports the agency's research, policy analysis, and public reporting. DCWP's data scientists and economists helped pioneer the Minimum Pay Rate for delivery workers, which has resulted in over $2 billion in additional pay. RAD will grow to 36 staff by FY28. It's hiring now, and it's moving fast.

The job

Companies hold the data that shows whether they broke the law. RAD is hiring three Executive Directors to lead the teams that sifts the data, decodes it, and turns it into evidence that wins in court. You will lead teams of data scientists, technologists, and engineers who work alongside DCWP's investigators and attorneys to hold businesses accountable to consumers and workers. In your area, you'll be the most senior technical person and the one accountable for getting the work right. You'll report to the Division's Associate Commissioner and partner with senior leaders across DCWP.

What you'll do

• Casework. You supervise the technologists and data scientists on consumer and worker protection investigations and litigation. You work with investigators and attorneys to identify the data a case needs, and with businesses' counsel and technical staff to get it. Then you analyze it to describe business practices, evaluate compliance, and calculate damages, and present the findings to attorneys, in settlement negotiations, and in court.
• Product. You decide what gets built. You work with attorneys, investigators, and case teams to gather requirements and design automated analytics products that assess business, consumer, and worker data for evidence of violations. You support users through deployment.
• Engineering. You lead the engineers who build those products, through design, testing, and iteration.
• Tech policy. Advise DCWP leadership on technology policy. Review laws and rules under consideration by the agency or the City Council to make sure they reflect how the technology works and can actually be enforced. Identify and push for new protections that have a strong technology component.
• Team Management: Hire, supervise, and develop your team.

Minimum Qualifications

• A master's degree from an accredited college in business or public administration, economics, labor or industrial relations, statistics or a closely related field and four years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in labor research and analysis, employee benefit design and benefit program evaluation, compensation analysis, labor economics, economic planning or a related area, 18 months of which must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in labor research and analysis, employee benefit design and benefit program evaluation, compensation analysis, labor economics or economic planning; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and five years of professional experience, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must possess a baccalaute degree from an accredited college, and must possess the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

*DCWP is currently hiring for this position either on a provisional basis or through the 55a program. Permanent employees in the civil service title, and comparable title (under 6.1.9) are also eligible to apply.

*This position may be eligible for remote work for up to 2 days per week pursuant to the Flexible Work Pilot Program. **

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Preferred Skills

What we're looking for - Technical management experience in enforcement, investigations and litigation, software development, or analytics - Deep skills in data analysis, engineering, or product management - Expertise in consumer or worker protection, or in emerging technologies and how to regulate them - Familiarity with how City government and civil enforcement work - A bias for action: you assess a situation, set the objective, build the plan, and carry it out

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.