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Chief Data Officer (CDO)

California Department of Public Health
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The Chief Data Officer (CDO) for CDPH is responsible for overseeing CDPH’s data strategy, data governance, data compliance and protection requirements to enable public health programs and partners to have quicker and more accurate data for more meaningful data driven decisions that advance health equity, under the supervision of UC Davis and through the direction of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Assistant Public Health Officer. The CDO is responsible for working closely with CDPH’s IT Services Division (ITSD), Chief Information Officer (CIO), and Chief Technology Innovation Officer (CTIO) to co-lead the modernization of current public health data and surveillance systems at CDPH in service of more meaningful and actionable data that supports public health goals. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Oversight of the Division of Data Strategy and Governance a team of 11 employees
  • Collaborate with executive leaders across CDPH
  • Establishing a data governance structure
  • Foster and promote a culture of data use by enabling and encouraging programs to share data to collaborate on common issues and related programs
  • Employ and analyze operational data to improve program performance
  • Shepherd statewide public health efforts to streamline data access, modernize data management and services, and accelerate effective use of data in decision making
  • Ensure that activities and efforts align with CDPH's goals for it’s programs and lead the development and implementation of enterprise-wide data management policies, practices, and standards for CDPH
  • Serve as a liaison to the Center for Data Insight and Innovation (CDII) and collaborates with CDOs from other state and federal agencies
  • Co-lead CDPH’s public health data modernization and transformation work while facilitating the execution of multiple grant and funding deliverables related to data modernization
  • Create value through data optimization and acquisition
  • Envision data-enabled strategies
  • Develop, implement, and update a data strategy and roadmap
  • Enable all forms of business outcomes through analytics
  • Establish data analytics and policy governance
  • Align with enterprise information, technology strategies, and policy and with regulatory, legal, and ethical mandates

Minimum Qualifications: For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to upload their license, certification, and educational degree/diploma if required for the position

  • A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/training
  • Demonstrated minimum of 5 years of recent work experience in a relevant field such as Public Health, Epidemiology, Data  Science, Informatics,  Business or Healthcare Administration, Healthcare, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Information Science
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain concepts and technologies to program leaders, and program concepts to technologists

Preferred Qualifications

  • Formal degree(s) or training in business or healthcare administration, computer science, data science, information science, public health or related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum of 10 years of demonstrated recent work experience ideally in Business,  Public Health, Healthcare, Legal, Financial,  Data, and/or Information Management with at least one year at or near the executive level
  • Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated recent progressive leadership experience in leading cross-functional teams operating and influencing effectively across teams or across an organization and within complex contexts 
  • Experience in Public Health and/or Public Health Data
  • Experience working for or with governmental organizations
  • Specific certifications, licenses, and/or documented experiences in systems, environments, languages, and databases (e.g., Environments: Epic EHR, SSMS, SQL Reporting Engine, Jupyter, Azure, Power BI, Tableau; Languages: SQL, Python, DAX, VB; Databases: SQL Server, Snowflake, Postgres, MS Access
  • Other types of Certifications: Clarity Data Model, Reporting Workbench Report Writing and Administration, ITIL Foundations - PeopleCert License; ITIL Intermediate Certificate in Service Operation License)
  • Experience with developing frameworks for data, information, and/or analytics governance
  • Knowledge and skills with strategic planning and execution, and policy development and maintenance
  • Executive level judgment, analytical ability, problem-solving and decision-making skills, conflict management skills, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to develop and implement strategic programs and policies pertaining to data quality, interoperability, and risk management
  • Knowledge and experience with open-source data, data management, data quality, and enterprise architecture
  • Knowledge and ability to integrate complex, cross-program processes and information strategies; develop road maps for complex endeavors; develop and/or employ maturity models; and design strategic metrics and scorecards

Key Responsibilities

  • 35% - Lead the Development, Implementation, and Alignment of Data 
  • 30% - Develop and Navigate Policies, Practices and Procedures 
  • 15% - Develop Standards for Data Use, Quality, and Integrity 
  • 10% - CDPH Representative to Stakeholders 
  • 10% - Administration 

Department Overview

The Department of Public Health Sciences (PHS) is a large complex research, teaching, and clinical department that is part of the UC Davis School of Medicine and UC Davis Health. The mission of the Department is to improve the health of the population using approaches based in epidemiology, biostatistics, economics, and behavioral science through research, educational programs, clinical programs, public service, and policy development. At UC Davis, we are solving life's most urgent challenges to bring a fuller, healthier, and more resilient world within every challenge we take on and we do not just maintain - we improve. 

At UC Davis, we are solving life's most urgent challenges to bring a fuller, healthier, and more resilient world within every challenge we take on and we do not just maintain - we improve.

We recognize that creating an inclusive and intellectually vibrant organization means understanding and valuing both our individual differences and our common ground. The most comprehensive solutions come from the most diverse minds and you belong here. 

As you consider joining UC Davis, please explore our Principles of Community, our Clinical Strategic Plan and Strategic Vision for research and education, and our latest efforts to outgrow the expected. 

One of the core capabilities of Governmental Public Health is the collection of accurate, complete, meaningful, timely, and high-quality data to guide research, federal, state, and local public health planning, policies, and data driven decision-making to improve population health.