Lead Strategist Technology, Governance, and Operations
Salary: $130k-$140k + bonus
Location: Chicago, IL
Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 5 8 years of experience in Information Technology, with exposure to IT governance, process improvement, portfolio management, or technology strategy.
- Experience in Financial Services, or highly regulated environments
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
- Confluence and SharePoint for documentation
- Portfolio or project tracking tools (e.g., Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps)
- Data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
- Process modeling and diagramming tools (e.g., Draw.io, Visio)
- Familiarity with governance and policy management platforms (PolicyTech, Archer)
- Experience with workflow automation and process tooling
- Working knowledge of COBIT, NIST 800-53, and ITIL with ability to identify control gaps and coordinate remediation.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end process improvement initiatives across OTSI (Office of Technology Strategy and Innovation), applying structured frameworks (e.g., CMMI, ITIL, Lean) to assess current-state maturity and define target-state roadmaps.
- Identify gaps in existing workflows, controls, and processes; design and implement remediation plans with measurable outcomes and defined owners.
- Develop, publish, and continuously refine OTSI policies, procedures, standards, and technology governance protocols in coordination with ITBM, Legal, Security, and Compliance stakeholders.
- Own end-to-end facilitation of the Enterprise Architecture Working Group (EAWG) and similar governance forums, including agenda development, pre-read coordination, minutes, action item tracking, and follow-through.
- Own and maintain a comprehensive, current-state portfolio spanning all OTSI managed work: innovation initiatives, OTSI-centric operational workstreams, recurring service commitments, and ad hoc requests.
- Define and monitor SLAs across OTSI managed work; model team throughput and capacity constraints, apply priority-based triage to incoming requests, and ensure commitments are realistic and defensible.
- Coordinate with initiative owners, sponsors, and delivery teams to maintain portfolio data integrity; surface risks, dependencies, and milestone variances early and with recommended actions.
- Own OTSI KPIs, OKRs, and governance metrics end-to-end (definition, collection, analysis, and reporting) and develop portfolio health dashboards that give OTSI leadership a clear, real-time picture of team performance and workload.