CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (CIO) CONSULTANT

Company: Solero Workforce Solutions
Position: Chief Information Officer (CIO) Consultant
Department: Executive Technology Leadership / Information Systems
Position Type: Contract / Professional Consulting Services
Location: Florida / As Assigned
Reports To: Executive Leadership / Designated Client Representative

POSITION SUMMARY

Solero Workforce Solutions is seeking a highly accomplished Chief Information Officer (CIO) Consultant to provide executive-level technology leadership, strategic advisory services, governance, and transformation oversight within a large, complex public-sector environment.

The CIO Consultant will provide strategic direction for enterprise information technology, ensuring technology investments, systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, applications, and digital-transformation initiatives align with organizational priorities and deliver measurable operational value.

This position will advise executive leadership on technology strategy, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, IT governance, modernization, enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud technologies, data and analytics, vendor management, technology procurement, business continuity, and major technology investments.

The ideal candidate will possess significant senior technology leadership experience managing complex enterprise environments and leading large-scale transformation initiatives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The CIO Consultant will:

• Provide executive-level strategic leadership and advisory services for enterprise information technology.
• Develop, evaluate, and execute short- and long-term technology strategies aligned with organizational goals.
• Assess the current technology environment and recommend modernization priorities.
• Establish technology roadmaps for applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud computing, data, analytics, integration, and digital services.
• Advise executive leadership regarding technology investments, emerging technologies, risks, opportunities, and organizational impacts.
• Establish and strengthen enterprise IT governance frameworks.
• Ensure technology initiatives align with established strategic plans, enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity requirements, and business priorities.
• Provide oversight and strategic direction for major technology programs and projects.
• Evaluate enterprise applications and recommend modernization, consolidation, replacement, or optimization strategies.
• Provide executive oversight of ERP and other enterprise-system transformation initiatives.
• Guide technology integration across financial, human capital, procurement, asset management, reporting, analytics, and operational systems.
• Establish performance measures and key performance indicators for technology services and strategic initiatives.
• Evaluate IT organizational structure, capabilities, staffing, processes, and service-delivery models.
• Recommend improvements to increase technology efficiency, reliability, scalability, security, and customer service.

TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

The CIO Consultant will:

• Develop and maintain an enterprise technology strategic roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy systems and infrastructure.
• Evaluate cloud, SaaS, automation, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and emerging technology opportunities.
• Develop technology investment priorities based on organizational value, risk, cost, security, and operational impact.
• Establish standards for technology architecture and interoperability.
• Promote scalable, sustainable, secure, and cost-effective technology solutions.
• Ensure digital-transformation initiatives produce measurable organizational benefits.
• Support enterprise technology adoption and organizational readiness.
• Advise leadership regarding technology trends and their potential organizational impact.

CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY & RISK MANAGEMENT

Provide executive oversight and strategic guidance for:

• Enterprise cybersecurity strategy
• Information security governance
• Identity and access management
• Data protection and privacy
• Security architecture
• Cybersecurity risk assessments
• Vulnerability and threat management
• Incident response
• Disaster recovery
• Business continuity
• Security awareness and training
• Third-party technology risk
• Regulatory and policy compliance

The CIO Consultant will collaborate with cybersecurity leadership to ensure appropriate safeguards are established for confidential and sensitive information.

The consultant will also ensure cybersecurity and privacy considerations are incorporated throughout technology planning, procurement, development, implementation, and operations.

ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS & ERP TRANSFORMATION

The CIO Consultant may provide executive oversight for enterprise systems supporting functions including:

• Financial Management
• Human Capital Management (HCM)
• Human Resources
• Payroll and Benefits
• Procurement and Contract Management
• Asset and Resource Management
• Enterprise Reporting
• Business Intelligence and Analytics
• Data Integration
• Enterprise Content Management
• Workflow and Business Process Automation

Responsibilities may include assessing existing systems, establishing future-state architecture, reviewing implementation strategies, overseeing integrations, evaluating vendors, managing risks, and ensuring enterprise solutions meet organizational requirements.

DATA, ANALYTICS & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The CIO Consultant will provide strategic leadership for enterprise data capabilities, including:

• Data governance
• Data architecture
• Data quality
• Data integration
• Business intelligence
• Enterprise reporting
• Analytics
• Data warehouses and data platforms
• Master data management
• Artificial intelligence governance and responsible adoption

The consultant will promote the use of reliable, secure, and accessible data to support executive and operational decision-making.

IT GOVERNANCE & PROJECT PORTFOLIO OVERSIGHT

The CIO Consultant will:

• Establish or enhance IT governance processes.
• Evaluate proposed technology initiatives and investments.
• Establish project prioritization criteria.
• Review technology business cases.
• Monitor major technology programs for schedule, budget, scope, quality, and risk.
• Work collaboratively with Project Management Office leadership.
• Establish appropriate project reporting and executive dashboards.
• Identify and escalate significant technology risks.
• Ensure projects have clearly defined ownership, objectives, milestones, deliverables, and success measures.
• Conduct executive technology portfolio reviews.
• Support effective change, configuration, release, and risk-management practices.

TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT & VENDOR MANAGEMENT

The CIO Consultant will:

• Provide strategic technology input for major procurements.
• Assist in developing technical requirements for competitive solicitations, statements of work, and technology contracts.
• Evaluate proposed technology solutions against organizational and enterprise architecture requirements.
• Participate in vendor and solution evaluations as appropriate.
• Assess vendor capabilities, implementation approaches, security, scalability, interoperability, and long-term viability.
• Establish vendor-performance expectations and service-level requirements.
• Monitor major technology vendors and strategic partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve contract performance and technology value.
• Ensure technology procurement decisions maintain transparency, accountability, integrity, and appropriate governance.
• Identify and appropriately manage actual or potential conflicts of interest.

INFRASTRUCTURE & CLOUD STRATEGY

Provide strategic oversight for enterprise technology infrastructure, including:

• Cloud computing
• Data centers
• Enterprise networks
• Telecommunications
• Servers and storage
• End-user computing
• Identity services
• Collaboration technologies
• Backup and recovery
• Infrastructure monitoring
• Enterprise architecture
• Technology support services

The CIO Consultant will help ensure infrastructure remains secure, resilient, scalable, reliable, and aligned with future organizational requirements.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP & STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

The CIO Consultant will:

• Serve as a trusted technology advisor to executive leadership.
• Translate complex technical issues into understandable business terms.
• Present technology strategies, risks, recommendations, budgets, and performance information to senior leadership.
• Facilitate executive technology strategy sessions.
• Build collaborative relationships across departments and functional areas.
• Promote alignment between technology and business leadership.
• Coordinate with project teams, consultants, contractors, vendors, and technology partners.
• Lead or participate in technology steering and governance committees.
• Promote accountability, transparency, collaboration, and customer-focused technology services.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Business Administration, Technology Management, or a closely related discipline.

Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible information technology experience.
• Minimum of 5 years in a senior technology leadership capacity, such as CIO, CTO, Deputy CIO, VP of Information Technology, Executive Director of IT, or comparable enterprise technology leadership position.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex enterprise technology environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing enterprise technology strategies.
• Experience overseeing major technology programs, modernization initiatives, or digital-transformation projects.
• Experience managing technology budgets, vendors, contracts, personnel, and enterprise resources.

Equivalent combinations of highly relevant executive experience, education, and professional credentials may be considered where permitted by applicable contractual requirements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preference may be given to candidates with:

• Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Public Administration, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• CIO or senior technology leadership experience within a large public-sector, government, education, or highly regulated organization.
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise technology environments.
• ERP transformation or enterprise application modernization experience.
• Cloud transformation experience.
• Cybersecurity governance experience.
• Enterprise architecture experience.
• Data governance and analytics leadership experience.
• Technology procurement and contract-management experience.
• Organizational change-management experience.
• Experience working with executive leadership, governing boards, advisory committees, or similar oversight bodies.

PREFERRED PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

One or more of the following certifications are desirable:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• ITIL Certification
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• TOGAF Certification
• Microsoft Azure Certification
• AWS Certification
• Prosci Change Management Certification
• Comparable executive technology, cybersecurity, cloud, project-management, or governance credentials

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

The successful candidate should demonstrate:

• Executive-level technology leadership and strategic planning capabilities.
• Comprehensive understanding of enterprise IT operations.
• Strong knowledge of technology governance and enterprise architecture.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity, privacy, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of ERP and enterprise application environments.
• Understanding of cloud computing and digital-transformation strategies.
• Knowledge of data governance, analytics, and emerging technologies.
• Strong financial and technology investment-management capabilities.
• Experience with vendor, contract, and procurement management.
• Strong program and portfolio-management skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent executive communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to nontechnical audiences.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to lead organizational transformation.
• Ability to build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
• High standards of professional judgment, confidentiality, ethics, and integrity.

KEY CONSULTING DELIVERABLES

Depending on the assignment, deliverables may include:

• Enterprise Technology Strategic Plan
• Current-State Technology Assessment
• Future-State Technology Roadmap
• Digital Transformation Strategy
• Enterprise Architecture Roadmap
• Cybersecurity and Risk Assessment
• IT Governance Framework
• IT Organizational Assessment
• ERP Transformation Strategy
• Cloud Strategy and Migration Roadmap
• Data and Analytics Strategy
• AI Governance and Adoption Framework
• Technology Investment Prioritization Framework
• Application Portfolio Assessment
• Infrastructure Modernization Plan
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Assessment
• Technology Procurement Recommendations
• Vendor Performance Assessments
• IT Performance Scorecards and KPIs
• Executive Technology Risk Reports
• Technology Budget and Investment Recommendations
• Program Governance Recommendations
• Executive Presentations and Briefings
• Knowledge-Transfer and Transition Documentation

All deliverables must meet applicable quality, security, governance, documentation, contractual, and project acceptance requirements.

SECURITY & CONFIDENTIALITY

The CIO Consultant will be entrusted with highly sensitive technology, security, financial, operational, personnel, and strategic information and therefore must maintain strict confidentiality.

The consultant must comply with applicable information-security policies, privacy requirements, access-control procedures, records-management requirements, and federal, state, and local laws.

The selected consultant may be required to successfully complete applicable background screening, fingerprinting, identity verification, conflict-of-interest disclosure, and other security requirements before receiving access to client facilities, systems, data, or confidential information.

PROFESSIONAL & CONTRACT COMPLIANCE

Personnel assigned by Solero Workforce Solutions must:

• Maintain the highest standards of professional conduct, ethics, confidentiality, and integrity.
• Follow applicable organizational policies, procedures, technology standards, procurement requirements, and governance practices.
• Maintain accurate project, time, risk, decision, and deliverable documentation.
• Protect client systems, credentials, equipment, and confidential information.
• Maintain independence and objectivity when providing recommendations.
• Disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest.
• Meet established milestones, deliverables, service levels, and contractual requirements.
• Comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Solero Workforce Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, business requirements, and applicable contractual requirements without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

DISCLAIMER

This job description describes the general nature and level of consulting services anticipated for this position and is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities, qualifications, deliverables, or contractual requirements.

Specific responsibilities, qualifications, experience requirements, technologies, certifications, work arrangements, deliverables, and security requirements may vary according to the assigned project, statement of work, work authorization, or contract.