Chief Information Officer

The Georgia Department of Labor is accepting applications to fill the Chief Information Officer position for the Information Technology Division.

The Georgia Department of Labor is evolving into a future‑focused, forward‑thinking, and resilient organization committed to serving Georgians with clarity, precision, and excellence. The Department is undergoing a bold transformation to become a modern, adaptive, and intelligence‑driven public institution — one capable of sensing change, responding rapidly, and coordinating seamlessly across all operational units. As the Department evolves into a more connected, situationally aware “octopusorganization,” technology becomes the central nervous system that enables clarity, precision, and unified action.

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) serves as the executive leader responsible for designing, modernizing, and sustaining this digital nervous system. The CIO drives enterprise‑wide technology strategy, modernizes legacy environments, and leads the development of secure, intuitive, and accessible digital services that strengthen public trust and improve the constituent and employee experience. The CIO must be highly adaptive, capable of guiding complex modernization efforts, and skilled at cultivating a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous learning.

This role also requires deep AI fluency and a demonstrated ability to strategically use, evaluate, and manage AI tools to enhance organizational effectiveness and accelerate transformation.

As a key member of the executive leadership team, the CIO ensures that information moves rapidly and accurately across the agency, enabling real‑time situational awareness, data‑driven decision‑making, and coordinated execution of agency priorities. Working closely with the Commissioner, Chief of Staff, and senior leaders, the CIO builds a resilient digital ecosystem, strengthens cybersecurity and data governance, and fosters a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous learning.

As part of GDOL’s operational leadershiptriad, the CIO partners with the CFO and the Director of Strategic Operations to unify the agency’s digital intelligence, financial intelligence, and operational intelligence — the internal machinery that allows GDOL to sense what is happening, understand what it means, and respond with precision, alignment, and coordinated action. The CIO reports to the Commissioner.

This position is located is located at 148 Andrew Young Intl. Blvd., NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, and may require travel to agency offices statewide

• Enterprise Digital Strategy and Leadership
  • Develop and execute a forward-looking digital strategy aligned with agency priorities and statewide modernization goals.
  • Build and maintain the agency's technology roadmap, ensuring clear sequencing, prioritization, and alignment with mission needs, resource constraints, and modernizationobjectives.
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on digital policy, AI adoption, and innovation opportunities.
  • Lead enterprise architect and platform modernization to ensure systems are scalable, interoperable, secure, and capable of supporting real-time situational awareness.
  • Breakdown silos and enable enterprise-wide collaboration, shared services, and integrated digital capabilities.

• Digital Government & Service Transformation
  • Champion human-centered design and digital service standards that simplify processes and improve the constituent experience.
  • Oversee modernization of legacy systems and adoption of cloud, AI, automation, and lowcode platforms to accelerate delivery.
  • Expand the use of analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve accessibility, transparency, and operational efficiency.
  • Drive innovation through pilots, rapid prototyping, and partnerships with public, private, and academic sectors.
  • Use modular contracting approaches to deliver modernization in manageable, iterative components that reduce risk, increase flexibility, and accelerate value.

• Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Enterprise Risk
  • Lead a modern cybersecurity strategy grounded in zero-trust principles, continuous monitoring, and enterprise…