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Assistant Director - Technical Strategy
Securities and Exchange Commission · Posted 1 days ago
On-siteWashington, DC$185K – $292KApply by Jun 4, 2026Information Technology ManagementENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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The Office of Information Technology is seeking applicants for a Supervisory IT Specialist (Assistant Director - Technical Strategy) role. This position demands a blend of proactive thought and engagement, technical expertise, strategic vision, and leadership to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscapes. The Assistant Director is instrumental in ensuring the organization's technology ecosystem supports mission success, enhances operational efficiency, and drives continuous improvement.
What You'll Do
- →The Assistant Director for Technical Strategy serves as a senior strategic and operational leader responsible for shaping and sustaining the organization's enterprise architecture program, business needs intake process, and managing an exceptional project management office.
- →This role ensures that technology solutions are fully aligned with mission objectives and business priorities, while working proactively to drive innovation and operational excellence across the enterprise.
- →As the principal designer or the enterprise's technology framework, this position is essential to business needs intake through a hyper-focus on customer service, partnership, and solutions alignment to facilitate mission priorities.
- →This position also establishes an enterprise-wide technology vision and develops a comprehensive architecture framework and roadmap that supports both immediate operational needs and long-term strategic goals.
- →This position plays a critical role in bridging business strategy with technology execution, ensuring that all IT investments deliver maximum value, maintain security and compliance standards, and position the Commission to meet evolving challenges.
- →In this role as a Assistant Director - Technical Strategy, you will be responsible for: Developing and maintaining the enterprise architecture strategy, vision, and multi-year roadmap aligned with the Commission's strategic plan.
- →Conducting current state assessments, gap analyses, and future state architecture planning to guide modernization and technology investments.
- →Establishing architecture principles, standards, patterns, and guidelines for technology selection and implementation across the enterprise.
- →Leading and mentoring senior architects, technical leads, project managers, and specialized staff to ensure high-quality architectural and project management practices.
- →Collaborating with stakeholders to prioritize and implement innovative technology solutions leveraging cloud, SaaS, PaaS, and emerging technologies.
- →Modernizing and retiring legacy systems while defining strategies for new projects, including build versus buy decisions and integration requirements.
- →Facilitating architectural and project review processes, advisory councils, workgroups, and governance forums to maintain standards and best practices.
- →Interpreting and operationalizing federal IT policies, legislative mandates, and regulatory requirements into architectural and project management standards and technical guidelines.
- →Developing and maintaining enterprise architecture and project management compliance programs, establish audit frameworks, monitor mechanisms, and accountability structures.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 835925be-d932-4ace-8269-4068b011a800
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