Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer; CAIO - SPSA Opt

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO) - SPSA Opt. 3

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• Job Requisition
• Opening Date: 07/08/2026
• Closing Date: 07/22/2026
• Agency:
  Department of Innovation and Technology
• Class
  
  Title:
  
  SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMIN (40070)
• Skill Option:
  Management Information System/Data Processing/Telecommunications
• Bilingual Option:
  None
• Salary:
  Anticipated Starting Salary: $160,000-$200,000/Annually
• Job Type: Salaried
• Category:
  Full Time
• County:
  Cook;
  Sangamon
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Bargaining Unit Code:
  None
• Merit Comp Code:
  Excluded
  - Subject to Paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (6) of Section 4d of the Personnel Code

A resume is highly encouraged to evaluate your qualifications and skills as part of your application. Please attach a DETAILED Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV) to the MY DOCUMENTS section of your application if you decide to provide one.

• Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans
• Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)
• 10-25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
• 12 days of paid sick time annually which carryover year to year
• 3 paid personal business days per year
• 13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
• Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
• Optional pre‑tax programs
  - Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
• Inventories, classifies, and maintains line‑of‑sight over AI/ML algorithms in use by DoIT and the agencies referenced in DoIT’s enabling Act, including the use of those algorithms by agency‑contracted vendors.
• Serves…