Chief Product Officer Non-Classified

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Chief Product Officer Non-Classified

Salary

$115,000.00 - $169,000.00 Annually

Location

Denver Metro, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

QAA 70002 06.2024

Department

Department of Early Childhood

Opening Date

06/03/2024

Closing Date

6/30/2024 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Determined by Position

Primary Physical Work Address

710 S. Ash Street, Denver, CO 80246

FLSA Status

Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

naomi.gonzales@state.co.us

Type of Announcement

This announcement is not governed by the selection processes of the classified personnel system. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

NOTE: while this position is non-classified and we will be accepting applications from residents and non-residents of Colorado, the incumbent is required to establish residency within the State by the first day of employment.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis is committed to building a Colorado For All, a place where everyone has an opportunity to succeed and live the Colorado way of life. Governor Polis is focused on lowering health care costs for hardworking Coloradans, transitioning the state to renewable energy sources, ensuring every Colorado child gets a quality education, and building an economy that works for everyone.

Committed to Diversity - We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities. If you’re looking for a place where you can be your authentic self at work and celebrate the uniqueness of those around you, then we want to talk to you! State of Colorado employees were asked to reflect on their experience with equity, diversity, and inclusion. Click here to learn more about their experiences Colorado For All - Colorado Employees Reflect on Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAPo-IRsOZU&t=3s)

We offer a generous benefits package including:

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

• Medical, dental, and vision plans

• State paid life insurance policy

• Choice of 2 retirement plans (defined benefit or defined contribution)

• Optional 401(k) and 457 plans

• State paid short-term disability coverage

• Additional optional life and disability plans

• Credit Union membership

• Training and professional development

To learn more about State of Colorado benefits visit:https://www.colorado.gov/dhr/benefits.

This position will have the opportunity for a hybrid schedule (combination of in-office and remote workplace). Please note - equipment provisioning and certain onboarding tasks will take place in person, in our downtown Denver office, on the first day of employment.

The Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) ensures the delivery of a comprehensive, community-informed, data-driven, high-quality, and equitable early childhood system that supports the care, education and well-being of all Colorado's young children, their families and early childhood professionals in all settings. CDEC provides access to collaborative, coordinated, quality early childhood programs and support to children, families, and early care professionals in an effort to best prepare Coloradans for future success. CDEC works with many partners, including parents, schools, child care providers, Early Childhood Councils, counties, Community Centered Boards, early intervention service providers, family resources centers, county human services, county public health, businesses, community organizations, and other stakeholders to provide high-quality early childhood and family support programs.

Description of Job

What you’ll be doing:

The position serves as Chief Product Officer in the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.

The Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) ensures the delivery of a comprehensive, community-informed, data-driven, high-quality, and equitable early childhood system that supports the care, education and well-being of all Colorado's young children, their families and early childhood professionals in all settings.

Those responsibilities include launching and running Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program, which started in the 2023-2024 school year and has supported more than 40,000 children and their families. CDEC is also responsible for supporting early childhood providers in the state. They maintain and manage systems that ensure Colorado has a highly-trained and diverse early childhood workforce and maintains high quality standards in early childhood programs.

The Chief Product Officer (CPO) role is a new position within the department, responsible for creating and implementing the technology vision to support Colorado’s children and families. This role would take over the day-to-day product ownership responsibilities for the Universal Preschool application and matching system. In addition, this role would also work with current CDEC and be involved in supporting the long-term product vision for CDEC overall. The CPO will work closely with program leadership, CDEC’s administrative teams, the Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT), external technology vendors, and users to ensure that these technologies meet the needs of providers, families, children, and State program administrators. Part of this role is support product maturity for the Department. Once the team is fully hired, this may transform into a supervisory position, overseeing a team of talented, junior product analysts who will be responsible for individual products within CDEC.

This team will also work closely with CDEC’s Business Information Technology Services (BITS). Whereas the CPO is responsible for all outward-facing products and technologies, BITS is responsible for the Department’s internal IT.

Specific job duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Lead the development, implementation, and management of CDEC’s technology product roadmap for near- and long-term initiatives

• Identifies opportunities for integration across different products

• Ensures the roadmap plan is efficiently leveraging existing code and user experiences to minimize overall complexity for users

• Manages all work to drive continuous improvements to product design, usability, and accessibility; coordinates with program leadership to ensure that product designs also meet program requirements

• Consults directly with outside stakeholder groups in coordination with program outreach coordinators (such as the LCO Manager) to identify and then refine needed improvements

• Lead a team of junior product analysts who will be responsible for day-to-day operations of individual products

• Develop an overall product management theory for early childhood in Colorado, including best practices for user research, engineering management, analytics, and agile delivery. Train junior team members as well as other in the State on best-practice product management

• Develop frameworks, templates, and other tools for day-to-day product management

• Monitor all product budgets and address or escalate financial issues as they arise.

• Ensure effective utilization of technology resources, reviewing and approving all vendor agreements and payments.

• Support department-wide IT processes, including Utilization Planning and Office of Information Technology real-time billing (in collaboration with the CDEC Business Information Technology Services - BITS - team)

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications:

*Experience Only:

At least nine years of professional experience in a technology-related role, ideally product management, software engineering, user research, or other technical roles.

OR

*Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in a technology related discipline; or related field; AND at least five years of professional experience in a technology-related role, ideally product management, software engineering, user research, or other technical roles.

Substitutions:

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Additional appropriate experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ten plus years of experience in a technology-related role, ideally product management, software engineering, user research, or other technical roles

• State of Colorado relevant experience

• Demonstrated career background and experience in large-scale, multi-year technology projects.

• Experience with successful customer and stakeholder relationship management in a technology environment.

• General understanding of and experience with budget and allocations including funding sources specific to State Government (tax, grants, cash, etc.).

• Experience in a leadership role managing technology teams or multiple simultaneous projects.

• Experience and understanding of the importance of the business requirements and roles and responsibilities in building IT infrastructure and systems.

Highly Desirable Competencies and Qualities:

• High emotional intelligence and professional execution at the most senior levels of state government.

• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills.

• Ability to think at a systems level and see the big picture

• Ability to think critically and to coach others in critical thinking

• Ability to see connections between multiple, complex, cross organizational streams of work

• Ability to build and cultivate relationships up, down and across a large organization to facilitate collaboration, overcome barriers, and achieve goals.

• Ability to translate broad strategies into specific objectives and action plans and to align the organization to support strategic objectives.

• Ability to operationalize high level strategic initiatives, projects and objectives.

• Ability to understand the different aspects of performance measurement and to create approaches to develop meaningful performance measures; ability to effectively analyze and organize performance data and use performance data to draw conclusions/make recommendations.

DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Work that involves exercising discretion, analytical skill, judgment, and personal accountability, and responsibility for creating, developing, integrating, applying, and sharing an organized body of knowledge that characteristically is uniquely acquired through an intense education or training regimen at a recognized college or university; equivalent to the curriculum requirements for a bachelor's or higher degree with major study in or pertinent to the specialized field; and continuously studied to explore, extend, and use additional discoveries, interpretations, and application and to improve data, materials, equipment, applications and methods.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Applicants must pass a thorough background check prior to employment.

• Employees who have been disciplinary terminated, resigned in lieu of disciplinary termination, or negotiated their termination from the State of Colorado must disclose this information on the application.

• Minimal/Occasional local in-state travel is required.

  APPEAL RIGHTS:

  If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

  An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email ( dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us ), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

  For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information

Supplemental Information

A cover letter and resume or CV must be submitted with the application for consideration. Your resume must provide sufficient detail about your background and experience to allow the screening panel to properly assess your experience in the required elements, including your experience and achievements.

How to Apply (https://careers.colorado.gov/how-to-apply) (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY)

Please note that ONLY your State of Colorado job application will be reviewed during the initial screening; if you submit a cover letter or resume, they will be reviewed in later stages of the selection process. Therefore, it is paramount that you clearly describe all your relevant experience on the application itself. Applications left blank or marked "SEE RESUME" will not be considered.

Your application will be reviewed against the minimum qualifications for the position. If your application demonstrates that you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be invited to the comparative analysis process, which is described below.

Comparative Analysis Process

The comparative analysis process will consist primarily of a review of applications against the minimum and preferred qualifications of this position. Applications will be reviewed in comparison to all others in the applicant pool in order to identify a top group of candidates who may be invited for a final interview. Depending on the size of the applicant pool, additional selection processes may be utilized to identify a top group of candidates. Applicants will be notified of their status via email.

Failure to submit properly completed documents by the closing date will result in your application being rejected.

The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

ADAAA Accommodations: The Colorado Department of Early Childhood is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Staffing Coordinator, the Director of Human Resources:naomi.gonzales@state.co.us.

The Department does not offer sponsored visas for employment purposes.

Technical Assistance

If you experience difficulty in uploading or attaching documents to your online application, or for any other technical difficulties, call NEOGOV technical support at 855-524-5627 anytime between 6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. (Pacific Time).

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All positions at the Department require that potential employees undergo a thorough background check. As a condition of employment, you are required to submit to pre-employment screening if offered the position. Are you willing to meet this requirement?

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  Are you willing to accept an offer within the posted salary range?

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  Former state employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application. In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position. Otherwise, please list N/A.

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  List any additional relevant experience you would like us to consider in determining if you meet the qualifications of this position. Please, include the months and years relevant to the experience you describe.

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  Please identify the preferred qualifications and competencies from the job posting in which you believe are your strengths.

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  How would you descript your product roadmap process?

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  What technologies have you been working on in the past 4 years?

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  What team size/stag of company best suits your skill set and interests?

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  How would people working for you describe your management style?

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  Describe a successful project you led working within a complex funding environment and/or across multiple proprietary, siloed product.

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