Tech and Data Modernization Portfolio Manager

Initial Posting Date

11/25/2025

Application Deadline

12/15/2025

Agency

Department of Transportation

Salary Range

$7,353 - $10,827

Position Type

Employee

Position Title

Tech and Data Modernization Portfolio Manager

Job Description

Operations & Policy Analyst 4 – Tech and Data Modernization Portfolio Manager

Oregon Department of Transportation

Policy, Data and Analysis Division

Transportation Data Section

Salem

This position is open for recruitment and fully funded following the 2025 Special Legislative Session.

The Role

We are seeking a motivated and experienced individual to serve as the tech and data modernization portfolio manager. In this role, you will act as a senior policy advisor for portfolio of tech and data modernization initiatives within the Transportation Data Section. In this role, you will collaborate with internal and external partners to align our modernization efforts with strategic priorities. A large focus of the work will be supporting tech and data projects related to transportation safety data. Apply today!

We provide a safe and reliable multimodal transportation system that connects people and helps Oregon's communities and economy thrive. We encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to apply for our positions.

Before applying, visit our applicant information website to learn more about our process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, you must apply through your employee Workday profile.

A Day In The Life

• Oversee the State Electronic Data Collection (SEDC) program's development to enhance its services and establish the program.
• Develop partnerships between ODOT, law enforcement community, local agencies and State agencies for needed projects.
• Manage scope, schedule and budget of modernization projects.
• Coordinate with agency staff as needed to review and develop legislative concepts.
• Be a liaison for ODOT Information Systems Branch partners and Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) Enterprise Information System resources on key project management artifacts.
• Guide and direct multidisciplinary workgroups to approve outcomes and coordinate with agency staff as needed to review and develop legislative concepts.
• Write policies and procedures to assist others in operating the program.
• Ensure program funding sources from State Electronic Data Collection (SEDC) grant are established and documented and that adequate controls are established.
• Develop state guidelines which include a range of actions, relationships and standards for newly established State Electronic Data Collection (SEDC) guidelines.
• Work in an office environment with flexible hybrid work options available with two days per week or as the business needs.
• To request a copy of the position description, which includes all duties and working conditions, please email ODOTRecruitment@odot.oregon.gov.
  
  

What’s In It For You

• Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, paid leave and so much more. Learn more about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and the benefits we offer.
• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying.
• The salary range listed is the non-PERS monthly salary range. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6.95%.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity!
  
  

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Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of experience and education equivalent to eight years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skills for the classification.

OR;

A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and five years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work.

What We’d Like To See

If you have these attributes, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose whom to move forward! You do not need to have all these qualities to be eligible for this position. We may also use transferable skills, experience and education to help us decide who will move forward.

• Experience directing multi-disciplinary teams and guiding them through technology and workflow modernization.
• Experience in program/project management experience.
• Experience in grant management and reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills shown through concise, audience-appropriate materials and partnership examples.
• Experience working with law enforcement or the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
• Experience drafting and implementing new policies, legislative concepts, guidelines and inter-agency agreements.
  
  

How To Apply

• Complete the following required steps:
• Fill out the application or attach a resume. Please contact the recruiter under the ‘Need help?’ section if you have any questions about how to fill out the experience fields or to attach a document. Your submitted experience fields or attached resume must include dates (MM/YYYY) for each employer.
• Attach a cover letter. Your cover letter should clearly demonstrate how your experience and training relates to the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section above.
• Your cover letter must be limited to no more than two (2) pages.
• Please address your cover letter to Chris Wright, Transportation Data Section Manager.
• Generic cover letters that do not address the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section may receive lower scores than those that addressed the desired qualities.
• You must upload your cover letter in the ‘Resume/Cover Letter’ section of the application.
• Complete questionnaire. Answer the checkbox-style questions before submitting your application.
• After you submit your application, please respond to the public records request authorization and gender identity questionnaire. This screen will come after you submit and will complete the process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, the tasks will come to your Workday inbox.
• If you are a veteran, you may receive preference. The task to upload your documents will be available after you submit your application. For privacy reasons, please do not attach your military service document(s) to your application or combine it with any other required document attachments.
  

Need help?

• For questions, call 503-779-9733 or email ODOTRecruitmentJB@odot.oregon.gov.
  
  

Additional Information

• We do not offer visa sponsorship. If you are hired, you will be required to fill out the US Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form confirming you are able to work in the US. We are not an E-Verify participating employer, and we are unable to proceed if E-Verify participation is required [e.g., STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Extension].
• The State of Oregon does not request or require your age, date of birth, attendance or graduation dates from an education institution during the application process.
• We may use this recruitment to fill multiple or future vacancies.
• We will conduct name-based criminal background checks on final candidates, including current ODOT employees. All applicants may be subject to additional pre-employment check(s) such as driver license, LEDS (Law Enforcement Data System), and/or education verification as required for the position.
• You will become part of the state's management team.
  
  

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or any other class protected by state or federal laws in admission or access to our programs, services, activities, hiring, and employment practices. Applicants with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. For questions, concerns, or complaints regarding EEO/AA/ADA, contact 1-877-336-6368 (1-877-EEO-ODOT). This information can be made available in an alternative format by contacting ODOT Recruitment at 503-986-3700. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.

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