Public Sector CIO: Transformational Tech & Cyber Leadership

City of Lincoln – Lincoln, Nebraska; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Comprehensive health benefits

Parental leave

Life insurance

Retirement plan with city match

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

City of Lincoln – Lincoln, Nebraska is seeking a collaborative Chief Information Officer to lead a large-scale technology transformation for city and county IT services. The CIO will oversee governance, security, modernization, and AI-enabled software development while building internal talent and maintaining fiscal discipline.

The role requires extensive public-sector leadership experience, strong communication with officials and staff, and the ability to balance operational demands with

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in Information Technology, Computer Science, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Ten years of managerial experience, preferably in an IT leadership role, including expertise in business process digitization, technology implementation, and cross-functional team management.
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the desirable knowledge, abilities and skills will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Establish and communicate an enterprise technology strategy aligned with City and County priorities.
• Ensure the security, resilience, continuity, and responsible stewardship of critical technology and information assets.
• Build trusted relationships with elected officials, executive leaders, department directors, public-safety agencies, employees, vendors, and community partners.
• Translate complex technical, cybersecurity, financial, and operational issues into clear choices for nontechnical decision-makers.
• Lead, develop, and retain a multidisciplinary Information Services workforce while strengthening leadership capacity and succession readiness.
• Oversee major modernization initiatives, enterprise architecture, service delivery, software development, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, procurement, and vendor partnerships.
• Establish measurable outcomes and use service, financial, operational, and customer-focused information to evaluate progress.
• Promote responsible experimentation and adoption of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, while managing security, privacy, legal, ethical, and operational risk.
• Develop and administer budgets, contracts, policies, standards, and technology investments with transparency and fiscal discipline.
• Maintain effective governance practices that give City and County stakeholders meaningful visibility into technology priorities, risks, investments, and results.

Skills

Public-sector leadership

Cybersecurity governance

Technology strategy

Change management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / CS / Public Admin

Tools

Enterprise architecture

IT governance

Job description

City of Lincoln – Lincoln, Nebraska is seeking a collaborative Chief Information Officer to lead a large-scale technology transformation for city and county IT services. The CIO will oversee governance, security, modernization, and AI-enabled software development while building internal talent and maintaining fiscal discipline.

The role requires extensive public-sector leadership experience, strong communication with officials and staff, and the ability to balance operational demands with