WDVA Technology Business Manager Office, Olympia

Position: Technology Business Manager

Salary: $92,760.00 - $ Annually

Location: Thurston County - Olympia, WA

Job Type: Full Time - Permanent

• Lead WDVA’s Technology Business Management (TBM) program and act as the primary liaison with WaTech TBM.
• Supervise one staff member, setting expectations, assigning work, providing coaching, and ensuring quality and timeliness.
• Lead IT’s role in major technology procurements, including RFPs, large renewals, major software selections, and enterprise technology purchases.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Finance, Budget, program areas, and IT leadership to plan technology purchases, develop requirements, manage timelines, and support vendor selection.
• Manage IT contract monitoring, vendor performance, renewals, amendments, procurements, invoice review, and lifecycle planning.
• Maintain and improve the agency’s IT cost model, including allocation rules, shared cost treatment, taxonomy mapping, and data-quality checks.
• Collect, validate, clean, and organize IT financial, labor, contract, procurement, and service data for internal and statewide reporting.
• Translate complex technology, financial, contract, and procurement information into plain-language reports, briefings, and recommendations for agency leaders.
• Support budget development, decision packages, portfolio planning, and investment decisions with reliable data and clear analysis.
• Identify opportunities to improve IT financial transparency, contract management, procurement planning, cost modeling, reporting, and long‑term technology planning.

• Required:
  • 11 years of full‑time work experience in Information Technology with IT professional experience, OR
  • Associate’s Degree and 9 years of IT‑related experience, OR
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field and 7 years of IT‑related experience, OR
  • Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field and 5 years of IT‑related experience.
• And
  • Five years of experience in IT management and/or governmental IT budgeting/accounting.
  • Five years of experience performing advanced system management and integration of disparate data sets.
• Must be proficient in the English language.
• Agency Required Competencies for all positions:
  • The ability to take action to learn and grow.
  • The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

• Preferred certifications in ITIL, Project Management, Change Management, Business Analysis, CPA, PGMP, PFMP, or PMP.
• Prior experience with Technology Business Management (TBM).
• CPA, MPA, or MBA with a focus on Information Technology, Budget and/or Accounting.
• Professional experience navigating the WA State budget development and legislative processes.
• Experience with Apptio data mapping and reporting.
• Professional experience using WA State financial applications, including AFRS, SAP, and Enterprise Reporting.

• Must be able to pass a DSHS BCCU Background Check every two (2) years in accordance with WDVA Policy 615.000 Background Checks.
• Must maintain regular and reliable attendance and be willing to work as needed.
• Must successfully complete all required training within mandated time frames.
• Must become familiar and comply with all DVA policies and procedures and Collective Bargaining Agreements as applicable.
• Must sign the confidentiality statement for all employees.
• Positions requiring travel must have a valid unrestricted driver's license and be insured if driving a privately owned vehicle on state business.
• Candidates must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa now or in the future.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.