DSHS FTAA IT Policy and Planning - Manager

Building a new technology team means deciding not only what gets built, but how the team will work.

This role exists to fill a key management gap in a new systems development team supporting Washington’s new Long Term Care benefit program, WA Cares. You'll help develop the team, establish how its work is managed and measured, and provide the leadership needed to move technology projects already underway.

During your first year, the goal is to have a fully staffed technology team, approved and working IT processes and procedures, and stable systems. You'll manage staff developing and supporting technology solutions, help shape the team's roadmap, and work with IT leadership to ensure they have the information they need to understand the health, priorities, and direction of WA Cares technology.

you've managed technology teams and understand what it takes to turn technical work into a dependable operation. You can evaluate the quality of you team's work, make decisions about priorities and resources, and keep leadership informed without losing sight of the technical details affecting delivery.

will be about understanding the WA Cares technology environment, the team you're building, and the commitments already in flight. You'll begin hiring remaining team members, establish relationships with your direct reports and IT leadership, review proposed processes and procedures, and get grounded in the roadmap, system health, budget, contracts, and vendor relationships you'll manage.

By six months, success should be visible. Leadership is getting the information it needs from WA Cares technology, staff are producing quality code and configurations without critical defects, and you're actively contributing to the roadmap and projects already underway.

• Manage and grow the WA Cares technology team, including hiring remaining staff and holding regular one-on-one meetings with direct reports.
• Help develop the technology roadmap and guide delivery against current and upcoming commitments.
• Review and approve technical proposals, processes, and procedures.
• Monitor system health and the quality of code and configurations produced by the team.
• Participate in daily and weekly Scrum ceremonies and regular technology, development, and IT leadership meetings.
• Track and approve technology licensing and contracting costs and plan for upcoming budget cycles.
• Manage relationships with technology vendors.
• Work with IT leadership on project proposals, including upcoming AI initiatives and other WA Cares technology projects.

You can qualify through one of the following pathways:

• A bachelor's degree in information technology or related field and eight years of IT management experience in planning, analyzing, consulting, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications, hardware, telecommunications, network infrastructure equipment, directing projects, providing customer or technical support and administering or supervising staff who performed work in any of these information technology disciplines

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• Associates degree in information technology or related field and ten years of IT management experience in planning, analyzing, consulting, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications, hardware, telecommunications, network infrastructure equipment, directing projects, providing customer or technical support and administering or supervising staff who performed work in any of these information technology disciplines

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• Twelve years of IT management experience in planning, analyzing, consulting, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications, hardware, telecommunications,…