Vice President for Strategic Services

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nations oldest and largest public housing authority with more than 176000 apartments and responsibility for administering a citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program that serves over 200000 additional tenants. NYCHAs mission is to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable inclusive and safe while fostering opportunities for economic mobility.

NYCHAs Asset & Capital Management (A&CM) Division is responsible for aligning the Authority s modernization development and strategic asset management work. Implementing one of the largest capital programs in New York State at $4.5 billion the A&CM Division brings comprehensive repairs to NYCHA buildings and apartments through innovative financing models strong partnership with residents and other stakeholders strategic datadriven portfolio planning and costeffective project delivery and management. The Division also positions NYCHAs housing portfolio for the future by incorporating innovative building materials construction methods and technology improving residents quality of life while enhancing building performance and management systems.

Strategic Services comprises five diverse teams who provide key business services and drive operational excellence across A&CM. Core functions of Strategic Services include : leading capital planning and financial administration including cost estimating for capital projects; supporting business departments to apply bestpractice project management and project controls frameworks; enabling strategic vendor and contract management services; providing business intelligence services across the division to ensure datadriven management and decisionmaking; and supporting business operations through supporting human resources management and logistics administration.

The A&CM Division is seeking to hire a Vice President (VP) to lead the Divisions Strategic Services Department. Strategic Services comprises five teams that provide key business services and drive operational excellence across A&CM. Core functions of the Department :

Capital planning financial administration and cost estimating for capital programs.

Supporting business departments to apply bestpractice project management and project controls frameworks and implement business process improvement through A&CMs construction management system.

Strategic vendor and contract management services and implement a capital procurement strategy in close coordination with NYCHAs central Supply Management & Procurement function.

Business intelligence services across A&CM and coordinate with NYCHAs central IT function to ensure the divisions technology needs are met.

Business operations support (human resources training logistics) services across A&CM partnering closely with relevant NYCHA central functions.

The VP of Strategic Services is responsible for overseeing and continuously strengthening the operational effectiveness of the teams within the department through greater use of data and technology and to provide more strategic valueadded services to other departments in the division. The VP of Strategic Services will play a critical role to ensure effective implementation of change initiatives that are key to the longterm success of the division. This will require close collaboration with the Chief Asset & Capital Management Officer (CACMO) and other A&CM senior staff as well as senior staff in other divisions (e.g. Finance Procurement IT HR etc.).

The broad scope of the Strategic Services Departments functions requires that candidates for the VP role combine an exceptional strategic mindset with the ability to quickly develop significant subject matter expertise. Candidates should have a strong process and analytical toolkit and excellent data fluency along with the ability to drive crossfunctional and crossdivisional coordination. In addition candidates should preferably have experience leading teams of comparable size (80 staff) within the public or private sectors ideally in a similar strategic services capacity. Ideal candidates will also bring familiarity with capital programs / projects public sector procurement and operations along with an ability to build consensus within complex organizations.

Some key daytoday responsibilities include :

Oversee and manage Strategic Services team leads to ensure clear strategic direction and effective daytoday customercentered operations.

Coordinate with the CACMO and A&CM leadership to identify efficient allocation of Strategic Services support across the division.

Address highpriority requests and urgent coordination needs working closely with senior leaders within AC&M departments across NYCHA and externally.

Lead a number of key change initiatives as part of the divisions broader change program.

Serve as the Divisions senior point of contact and collaboration with NYCHAs Finance Procurement IT HR and other functions.

Key Competencies

Strong Leader & Change Agent : A proven leader with demonstrated capabilities in organizational strategy and transformation program / project management and operational excellence. A strategic thinker and structured problemsolver able to drive change and innovation while effectively juggling diverse responsibilities and multiple competing priorities. Track record of facilitating largescale organizational change with a focus on crossfunctional teaming process streamlining and resource optimization. Ability to build and manage highperformance serviceoriented teams through cultivating ownership and collaboration.

Subject Matter Expertise : An expert in one or more of Strategic Services core competencies (e.g. capital projects planning capital projects procurement project controls and business improvement business intelligence human resources management and development) able to effectively integrate the departments various service offerings to A&CM customers. Strong background in operations or management consulting will be seen as an added benefit particularly related to strengthening datadriven evidencebased management practices.

Exemplary Communicator : Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing and translate complex concepts and information for a variety of stakeholders and audiences. Strong political acumen and practiced in building relationships and facilitating multistakeholder meetings designed to achieve consensus on objectives.

Additional Information

1.Candidates with permanent civil service status in the title of Administrative Staff Analyst will also be considered.

2.NYCHA employees applying for transfer promotional title or level change opportunities must have served a

period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).

3.NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.

4.NYCHA provides benefits that include a choice of medical coverage plans deferred compensation plans and a defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees Retirement System (NYCERS).

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.

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Qualifications :

1.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of fulltime paid experience in an administrative executive or consultative capacity in a large public housing agency; or

2.Education and or experience which is equivalent to 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work : Employment Type :

Fulltime

Key Skills

Change Management,Financial Services,Growing Experience,Managed Care,Management Experience,Analysis Skills,Senior Leadership,Performance Management,Process Management,Leadership Experience,negotiation,Analytics

Vacancy : 1