Business Technology Strategist - Exempt

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning & Executive Advisory

• Partner with agency leadership to align business priorities with technology initiatives and statewide goals set by the Governor's Administration.
• Provide executive-level guidance on technology investments, long-range modernization planning, and digital service strategy.
• Serve as the primary liaison between program business units and IT, ensuring investments address real operational needs and deliver measurable value.

Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership

• Build and maintain trusted relationships across agencies, executive offices, and enterprise technology teams.
• Facilitate cross-agency collaboration to support shared platforms, unified service delivery, and interoperability goals.
• Translate complex technology concepts into clear, actionable terms that support executive and policy-level decision-making.

Governance, Risk & Accountability

• Collaborate on governance frameworks that promote transparency, compliance, and accountability in technology decisions.
• Define performance measures and reporting structures to monitor the effectiveness of modernization initiatives.
• Maintain working knowledge of cybersecurity, regulatory, and risk management requirements to ensure technology adoption aligns with enterprise standards.

Innovation & Emerging Technology

• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify business use cases with potential to improve government operations.
• Connect innovation opportunities with appropriate agency partners and enterprise technical leads.
• Articulate the business value and operational impact of modernization investments to non-technical stakeholders.

Business Process Optimization & Change Leadership

• Support cross-functional initiatives to improve business processes through automation, digitization, and standardization.
• Help agencies reduce operational complexity and adopt modern, consistent approaches to service delivery.
• Lead change management efforts to ensure adoption of new tools, platforms, and ways of working.