IT Quality and Risk Management Director

Title: IT Quality and Risk Management Director

State Role Title:

Hiring Range: $140,000 - $170,000

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: Dept of Health

Agency Website: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The IT Quality and Risk Management Director provide strategic leadership for enterprise IT governance, quality assurance, test automation, risk management, and information security coordination across all technology domains. This role ensures that IT operations, projects, and systems comply with state and federal standards, internal control frameworks (ARMICS), and audit requirements (Internal Audit and APA). The Director drives continuous improvement in IT quality assurance, audit compliance maturity, and operational resilience through COOP/DR planning and CMDB integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Significant work experience in IT governance, risk management, quality assurance, or

compliance.

• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams in complex IT environments.
• Demonstrated knowledge in information technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field. Demonstrated

managerial/supervisory experience

• Experience implementing test automation frameworks, quality gates, and

CI/CD aligned testing practices.

• Proven background implementing test automation frameworks, quality

gates, and CI/CD aligned testing practices

Additional Considerations

• Project Management Institute (PMI) - Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Demonstrated expertise in project management principles, methodologies, and best practices.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

VDH accepts only on-line applications. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be considered.

Applications are accepted until 11:55 p.m. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should

include relevant work history which indicates your qualifications for this position. Supplemental

questions are encouraged to be answered in a comprehensive manner and reference any pertinent

knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as any previous experience that relates to the position.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and

the Department of Social Service's Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHSIG Exclusion

List check, employment reference check and E-Verify. Other financial, credit, driving, background checks or

completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions.

It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be

conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type,

and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual

orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic

information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. VDH employees have a shared Code of

Ethics, which can be found in the bottom banner of our website: www.vdh.virginia.gov.

If you have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.30 layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening

Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card), you must submit the card before the closing date

for this position. The Card may be submitted with the state application as an attachment.

Contact Information

Name: Lindsay Schneider

Phone: 8046299448

Email: Lindsay.schneider@vdh.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.