CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER - 41500011

Requisition No: 847079 

Agency: Florida Gaming Control Commission

Working Title: CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER - 41500011

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 41500011 

Salary:  $100,000.00 - $122,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 03/04/2025 

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FLORIDA GAMING CONTROL COMMISSION

Office of Information Technology

Chief Information Officer

 Hiring Salary: $100,000 - $122,000

Position Number: 41500011

***Open Competitive***

The Florida Gaming Control Commission seeks a dynamic information technology leader to join our unique agency as its Chief Information Officer. This key position allows the successful candidate to champion the Commission’s information technology initiatives, driving innovation and efficiency while ensuring that technology solutions effectively support the Commission’s mission and enhance the delivery of services to Floridians.

Overview:

The Florida Gaming Control Commission (“Commission”) is a five-member commission comprised of 198 full-time employees. Our mission is to preserve and protect the integrity of gaming activities through fair regulation, licensing, effective criminal investigation, and enforcement.

The Commission regulates legal gambling in the state, including licensed pari-mutuel wagering facilities, cardrooms, and slot machine gaming facilities. In addition, the Commission investigates criminal gambling activity through the Division of Gaming Enforcement and enforces the state’s criminal gambling laws.

The Division of Gaming Enforcement is a criminal justice agency comprised of sworn law enforcement officers and criminal intelligence analysts handling complex cases involving RICO, money laundering, and illegal gambling throughout the state.

The Commission offers a supportive work environment that fosters growth and collaboration.

Position Responsibilities:

This position serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Florida Gaming Control Commission. It heads up the Information Technology section and ensures that the Commission’s strategy and goals are achieved in Division Support, Strategy, IT Leadership, Team Development, and IT Operations. The CIO will excel at communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees and planning and directing their work.

Strategy:

• As a management team member, make a key contribution to formulating the business and digital strategies.
• Proactively advise the senior management team on the emerging technologies and digital trends most relevant to the Commission’s goals and evolving needs.
• Meet with Division Directors and staff to discuss IT requests and work with the Division to decide on the best options. Engage all stakeholders to promote transparency and effective communication regarding IT initiatives, plans, and services.
• Meet with Division Directors and their teams to plan for future IT projects and then to create or update an IT Strategic Plan. 
• Help determine capital investment parameters, priorities, and risks for enterprise-wide IT initiatives to maximize the return on investment.
• Proactively plan for the annual legislative cycle, including legislative bill review, providing recommended changes to Florida Statutes, tracking funding gaps and issues, and creating legislative budget requests for obtaining new funding for agency IT initiatives.

IT Leadership:

• Develop an IT vision based on the direction provided by leadership, create a strategy and a roadmap, and lead the IT team and its business partners in effective execution.
• Ensure, on an ongoing basis, that current and planned technical architecture, investments, and solutions align with the agency's business objectives.
• Manages and monitors IT operational budgets, discussing any budget issues with the Director of Administration.
• Build strong relationships with Commission Divisions and develop a detailed understanding of their issues, challenges, and opportunities.
• Ensure transparency and collaboration between the IT organization and its business partners.

Team Development:

• Hire, develop, evaluate, reward, and retain a highly qualified team of IT professionals.
• Foster a culture of innovation, transparency, and accountability in IT.
• Promote a "what’s best for the agency" mentality at all levels of the IT organization.
• Ensure that the IT staff has strong systems analysis and project management skills, communication skills, and the ability to execute business-critical projects.
• Develop and maintain a plan for succession and continuity in the most critical IT management positions.

IT Operations:

• Protects the Commission’s data and IT systems from cyber threats.  Implements cybersecurity measures and a robust response plan.
• Direct the design, planning, implementation, and maintenance of the computing infrastructure supporting operations and business applications.
• Establish metrics for managing Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) effectiveness and measuring IT's impact on the business through implementing a single agency-wide IT Service Desk.
• Establish appropriate service levels and processes to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Maintain oversight of all IT projects, ensuring that commitments are properly planned, staffed, monitored, and reported.
• May serve as the contract manager/supervisor and monitor compliance with the mandatory requirements in Section 287.422, F.S.
• Reviews all Commission IT purchases.
• Monitor and manage the enterprise information security program to ensure data integrity, confidentiality, and availability.
• Establish and enforce IT policies, processes, portfolio management, development standards and methodologies.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Experience, and Abilities:

• Proven experience in managing large-scale IT projects and budgets.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, practices including Federal and State of Florida requirements.

• Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordination and execution to include strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling, leadership techniques and production.

• Knowledge of the business, strategic planning, legislative and financial acumen, accountability, risk management, listening, and core knowledge of IT technologies and trends.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply applicable Florida Statutes, rules, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Proficient skills including collaboration, negotiation, team building, organizational development, vendor management, business transformation, commission presence, presentation skills, change management, and relationship  building.
• Skill in problem-solving and issue resolution.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others verbally and in writing.
• Ability to communicate information technology issues effectively with non-technical users; and
• Ability to manage large-scale technology projects.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ten (10) years experience working in IT roles.
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in an IT leadership role.

• Experience in government technology systems.

   

Preferred Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in IT, Computer Science, or other relevant field.
• Experience working in an IT leadership role within a law enforcement agency, resulting in a smooth customer experience for law enforcement personnel.
• Project Management Professional Certification.

Where you will work:

This position is located in Tallahassee, Florida.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The state offers a comprehensive compensation package for employees that features a highly competitive set of benefits, including:

• Low premium health, dental, vision, life, and supplemental coverage options!
• Paid personal time includes annual leave, sick leave, nine paid holidays, and one personal holiday!
• Paid administrative leave for mentoring, volunteering, voting, and more!
• Family planning support that includes adoption benefits and paid/unpaid leave options for family and medical responsibilities!
• Retirement plans that include employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com)!
• Deferred compensation plans!
• FREE basic life insurance plus additional options for you, your spouse, and your children!
• Flexible Spending Accounts!
• Tuition waivers that allow eligible employees to take up to six credit hours per semester, tuition-free at any state university or state college!

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

• The Florida Gaming Control Commission has employment restrictions for all commission employees referenced in sections 16.713 and 16.715, Florida Statutes.

• This position requires a Level 2 background screening and participation in direct deposit. You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) and/or State Issued Photo Identification to conduct this background check.

Applicants are required to apply through the People First system by the closing date by applying online. All necessary documentation must be received by the closing date of the advertisement. If you have any questions regarding your application, you may call 1-877-562-7287.

The Florida Gaming Control Commission provides equal opportunities for applicants and employees regardless of actual or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and any other classification or status protected by law. The Commission does not show partiality or grant any special status to any applicant, employee, or group of employees unless otherwise required by law.

Special Reminders:

Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon your retirement date.

We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers. Our agency participates in the E-Verify System, a federal government electronic database available for employers to use to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

The Florida Gaming Control Commission is committed

to increase recruitment and hiring of individuals with disabilities and improve employment outcomes.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.