STATE CHIEF DATA OFFICER - 72003992

Requisition No: 857273 

Agency: Management Services

Working Title: STATE CHIEF DATA OFFICER - 72003992

 Pay Plan: SMS

Position Number: 72003992 

Salary:  $200,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 08/13/2025 

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State Chief Data Officer
Florida Digital Service
State of Florida Department of Management Services
This position is located in Tallahassee, FL
 

Position Overview and Responsibilities:

The State Chief Data Officer (CDO) serves as Florida’s enterprise data strategist responsible for driving data interoperability, enabling cross-agency data alignment, and advancing the state’s data modernization efforts. Reporting to the State Chief Information Officer (CIO), the CDO leads the development and coordination of data standards, interoperability frameworks, and initiatives that promote secure, responsible, and value-driven use of data across the state’s 35 agencies. The CDO guides the use of data as a strategic asset and supports statewide priorities through shared data initiatives and policy alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

•    Enterprise Standards: Develop, publish, and maintain technical standards for data exchange, classification, and interoperability that support a unified statewide approach.
•    Data Architecture: Support the creation and evolution of Florida’s enterprise data architecture in support of digital government initiatives.
•    Agency Collaboration: Provide consultation and coordination to state agencies to support enterprise data efforts, facilitate modernization, and eliminate redundancy.
•    Secure Interoperability: Ensure that data exchanges between agencies are secure, resilient, efficient, and aligned with legal and policy requirements.

Strategic Responsibilities:

•    Interagency Data Interoperability: Drive the design and adoption of secure and resilient data-sharing mechanisms between agencies—using standards such as REST, SOAP, and other API-based services—to enable smarter decision-making and improved outcomes for Floridians.
•    Data Discovery for Strategic Insight: Identify key data sets needed to answer complex questions and provide critical information to policy makers.
•    Data as an Asset & Risk Awareness: Promote the use of data as a strategic asset with consideration of its sensitivity and risk classification.
•    Authoritative Data Stewardship: Lead and facilitate efforts to identify, define, and operationalize new authoritative data sources needed to support state priorities such as emergency response, public health, economic development, and social services.
•    Structured & Unstructured Data Protection: Ensure that data protection strategies address both structured (databases, systems) and unstructured (documents, files, messages) data, aligned with classification levels and agency-specific risk.
•    Data Governance Enablement: Support and align with agency-level data governance structures, helping agencies mature their practices while promoting enterprise-wide consistency where beneficial.
•    Enterprise Data Strategy Leadership: Maintain and evolve the State of Florida’s enterprise data strategy, aligning efforts with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, project oversight, and operational goals.
•    Stakeholder Engagement: Represent Florida in external forums, intergovernmental data collaboratives, and public-sector data networks.

Key Competencies:

•    Strategic Thinking: Ability to see the big picture across diverse missions and translate it into actionable enterprise initiatives.
•    Systems Leadership: Navigates complex organizational structures and drives progress through influence, facilitation, and collaboration.
•    Enterprise Facilitation: Skilled at leading without owning—able to build coalitions, resolve conflicts, and unify efforts across agency lines.
•    Data Stewardship & Ethics: Committed to responsible data use and protecting public trust.
•    Risk and Value Alignment: Understands how to balance opportunity with risk by aligning protections to data value and mission sensitivity.
•    Communication & Influence: Able to clearly articulate technical, strategic, and policy concepts to both executive and operational audiences.

Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position: 

•    Strong understanding of modern data-sharing technologies (REST, SOAP, APIs), metadata standards, data classification, and data lifecycle management.
•    Experience working in federated data environments where ownership remains with distributed entities.
•    Proven success leading enterprise-level strategic initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
•    Knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, and policies regarding data security, privacy, and access (e.g., HIPAA, CJIS, public records laws).

Certification/Educational Requirements and Preferences:

Minimum Qualifications:

•    Bachelor’s degree in data science, Information Systems, Public Administration, Computer Science, or related field; master’s degree preferred.
•    8+ years of senior leadership experience in data strategy, analytics, governance, or public-sector IT transformation, with at least 3 years in an executive or enterprise-level coordination role.

Highly Preferred Qualifications:

•    Experience working in or with state or federal government data programs.
•    Certifications such as CDMP, CIPP, TOGAF, or CGEIT.
•    Experience with enterprise data cataloging tools, interoperability platforms, or data-sharing environments.
•    Familiarity with cybersecurity and digital government frameworks.

Other job-related requirements for this position: 

•    Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
•    Ability to stand for extended periods of time.
•    Ability to drive and/or fly for long distances.
•    Ability to lift, push and pull up to 30lbs. 
•    Pursuant to F.S. 215.422 every officer or employee who is responsible for the approval or processing of vendors’ invoices or distribution of warrants to vendors are mandated to process, resolve and comply as section 215.422 requires.

Criminal background investigation including fingerprinting and statewide and national criminal history records check per Section 110.1127 Florida Statutes, Chapter 435 Florida Statutes and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s CJIS Security Policy CJISD-ITS-DOC-08140.

Our Organization and Mission:

Under the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, Secretary Pedro Allende and DMS’ Executive Leadership Team, the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) is a customer-oriented agency with a broad portfolio that includes the efficient use and management of real estate, procurement, human resources, group insurance, retirement, telecommunications, fleet, and federal property assistance programs used throughout Florida’s state government. It is against this backdrop that DMS strives to demonstrate its motto, “We serve those who serve Florida.” 

Special Notes:

DMS is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled individuals into its workforce. We recognize the extensive training, experience and transferrable skills that veterans and individuals with disabilities bring to the workforce. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact our recruiter for guidance and answers to questions through the following provided email addresses:
DMS.Ability@dms.myflorida.com
DMS.Veterans@dms.myflorida.com
An individual with a disability is qualified if he or she satisfies the skills, experience, and other job related requirements for a position and can perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must contact the DMS Human Resources (HR) Office at (850) 488-2707. DMS requests applicants notify HR in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
Criminal background investigation including fingerprinting and statewide and national criminal history records check per Section 110.1127 Florida Statutes, Chapter 435 Florida Statutes and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s CJIS Security Policy CJISD-ITS-DOC-08140.
Pursuant to F.S. 215.422 every officer or employee who is responsible for the approval or processing of vendors’ invoices or distribution of warrants to vendors are mandated to process, resolve and comply as section 215.422 requires
 

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.