Business Alignment Manager (Senior Public Service Administrator, Opt. 3)

State of Illinois•Springfield, IL

6d•$10,417 - $11,250•Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is seeking to hire qualified candidates with the opportunity to work in a dynamic, creative thinking, problem solving environment. This position serves as the Business Alignment Manager. In this role, you will lead statewide enterprise application alignment by driving governance, optimizing business processes, and advancing well-defined, data-driven technology capabilities. Additionally, you will provide decisive leadership across cross-functional task forces and the Enterprise Application Services Project Management Office, ensuring initiatives meet compliance standards, deliver measurable value, and strengthen operational performance. By integrating technology, policy, and people, you will champion a unified enterprise vision that boosts efficiency, enhances accountability, and supports innovation across the organization. If you possess these knowledges, skills, abilities, and experience, we invite you to apply for this position to join the DoIT Team!

Requirements

Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to four (4) years of college with coursework in management information systems, risk compliance, fiscal reporting and project management or directly related Information Technology field.
Requires prior experience equivalent to four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in management information systems, risk compliance, fiscal reporting and project management or directly related Information Technology in a public or business organization.
Requires three (3) years of professional experience supervising a team of Information Technology professionals in a large and highly complex public or private IT organization.

Nice To Haves

Four (4) years of professional experience leading enterprise-level application governance and business alignment initiatives, including structuring statewide or multi-agency systems, streamlining business processes, defining business information standards, and ensuring alignment with risk, compliance, and operational objectives.
Four (4) years of professional experience exercising delegated authority to manage complex organizational issues, including resolving administrative challenges, implementing programmatic improvements, leading rapid-response or cross-functional task force units, and making operational decisions in sensitive or high-stakes environments.
Four (4) years of professional experience conducting enterprise application evaluations and presenting business cases, including eliciting and validating requirements, identifying capability gaps, performing impact analyses, and preparing recommendations supported by quantitative or qualitative evidence.
Four (4) years of professional experience planning, directing, and monitoring enterprise projects or programs, including project management leadership, development of goals and metrics, resource assignment, adherence to enterprise governance standards (e.g., EPMO), and oversight of policies, procedures, and system integrations.
Four (4) years of professional experience representing organizational leadership in high-level engagements, including participation in statewide committees, negotiations with internal and external partners, collaboration with technology stakeholders, and preparation of sensitive reports, findings, correspondence, or position papers.
Four (4) years of professional experience overseeing financial, compliance, and audit-related functions tied to enterprise applications, including preparing fiscal documentation, ensuring alignment with internal and external audit requirements, supporting grant or contract development, and adhering to industry standards and departmental methodologies.
Four (4) years of professional experience supervising and leading multidisciplinary teams, including directing SMEs, assigning and reviewing work, providing technical and strategic guidance, coordinating cross-functional staff, and integrating project components into cohesive final deliverables.
Ability to conduct logical data analysis, identify root causes of operational or procedural problems, and recommend and implement effective technical solutions.
Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with internal teams, vendors, stakeholders, and client agencies to support project success and system continuity.
Developed verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to clearly articulate to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences through documentation, presentations, and collaboration.

Responsibilities

Serves as the Business Alignment Manager, providing leadership in structuring statewide enterprise applications through effective governance, streamlined business processes, and well-defined business information.
Serves as the lead program director for the Enterprise Application Services (EAS) Project Management Office, providing immediate and decisive leadership for enterprise-level application initiatives.
Prepares financial reporting and documentation supporting compliance with industry standards and the Department of Innovation and Technology’s best practices, methodologies, and tools.
Serves as full-line supervisor.
Serves as manager/project leader of various agency subject matter experts (SMEs) providing expertise, guidance and direction to staff relative to the project activities.
Keeps abreast of new developments in the information technology field by continuing education through online training platforms, meetings, training sessions, seminars, and conferences to increase familiarity with and remain current on products, vendors, techniques, and procedures.
Performs other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Benefits

Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans
Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)
10 -25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
12 days of paid sick time annually which carry over year to year
3 paid personal business days per year
13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility