Chief Information Officer - CIO

Overview

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) provides executive leadership, strategic vision, and operational oversight for all information technology and digital services supporting the Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Agency.

Ensures that technology enables safe, secure, equitable, and effective delivery of behavioral health and developmental disability services across the state.

Partners closely with executive leadership, clinical and program leaders, Medicaid authorities, other state agencies, providers, and external partners to modernize systems, strengthen cybersecurity, improve data interoperability, and support outcome-based service delivery while ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations.

Directs and manages the IT budget, contracts and vendor relationships to maximize value, ensuring accountability and supporting long-term sustainability. Works with the Executive Director and the Executive Leadership team to forecast budgets and expenditure.

Oversees the modernization and integration of clinical, case management and administrative systems supporting agency services.

Develops and executes a comprehensive IT strategy aligned with agency mission, clinical priorities and statewide IT standards provided by the State CIO and State CISO. This strategy will promote best practices along with technology innovation for BHDD.

Provides leadership, coordination and oversight for the agency’s use of IT shared services with the Department of Administration, including network infrastructure, firewall and perimeter security, VPN, enterprise compute and storage, Workplace services and desktop endpoints. Serve as the primary liaison between the agency and the State’s IT Shared Services organization to ensure services meet agency operational, clinical and security requirements.

Ensures Information Technology division’s alignment with agency goals and objectives.

Ensures strong customer service throughout all areas of the Information Technology division.

• A bachelors degree and at least 10 years of experience with information technology, information security or privacy programs, as well as contract and vendor negotiations; with six (6) of the years in leadership roles including planning, scheduling, assignment, and monitoring of staff, budget and resources.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, collaboration skills, and the ability to communicate project related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical audiences.

IT Management experience in a behavioral health or other medical environment preferred.

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities offers an exceptional benefits package for full time (FTE) employees:

• Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children.
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• SC Deferred Compensation Program available
• Retirement benefit choices:
  • State Retirement Plan (SCRS)
  • State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP)