THE AGENCY The Department of City Planning (DCP) plans for the future of New York City, working to create thriving and dynamic neighborhoods with access to housing and jobs, resilient infrastructure, and a vibrant public realm. The Department engages communities to develop inclusive plans, expand housing access and economic opportunity, and plans for long-term sustainability. DCP supports the City Planning Commission in its annual review of hundreds of land use applications. The Department also advises on citywide strategic and capital planning, analyzes data, conducts policy analysis, and creates open data and civic engagement tools. The Department of City Planning offers staff meaningful opportunities to help shape the future of New York City and address some of its most pressing challenges. The Department values public service, collaboration, and creativity, and supports professional development. Learn more about DCP at www.nyc.gov/planning. THE DIVISION Information Technology Division’s (ITD) vision is to become a dynamic and vibrant technology delivery organization of the New York City government that leads business transformations and technology innovations to enable citizen-centric smart urban planning, while promoting a culture of collaboration, talent development, and equity. ITD is responsible for developing technology solutions to support agency needs and citywide asks, including City Charter mandates, grant funding requirements, and citywide geospatial services, and maintaining systems infrastructure and endpoint assets, to optimize operational efficiency, promote innovation, and collaborate with other city agencies to enhance service accessibility to citizens. The division provides necessary computing infrastructure and productivity-enhancing technology tools in a hybrid mode (on premise and in the cloud), to support DCP’s interdisciplinary staff across five boroughs, including planners, urban designers, project managers, and executive management. The division is comprised of experienced and talented software engineers, geographic specialists, service engineers, and technology leaders who specialize in managing system infrastructure, cyber security, geospatial data engineering, application services, and portfolio management. THE ROLE ITD is seeking a Director of Geographic Data Research (GDR) unit to provide strategic leadership and oversight of the Division’s Geographic Data Research portfolio and team. This technology leadership role is responsible for the management, modernization, and delivery of critical geographic data research and updates that support the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination geospatial data across the agency and to external stakeholders, and provide objective and high quality data and expertise to keep the data in the Property Address Directory (PAD) and Citywide Street Centerline (CSCL) current and accurate through intensive investigative research. The Director will oversee the platforms, technologies, and services that enable the delivery of authoritative data to internal and external applications, services, decision-support systems, and the City’s Open Data Portal. These capabilities support essential citywide operations including 911, 311, and Geosupport, planning initiatives, policy development, and analytical functions that shape the future of New York City. Reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Director will serve as a key member of the ITD leadership team. The position will be responsible for establishing and advancing strategies to maintain and improve data processing and delivery, coordinating routine and ad-hoc releases of the data and software updates, ensuring that all participating teams are in sync and the data and software are complete, comprehensive, and of the highest quality, supporting DCP’s mission and strategic objectives. Under general direction, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, the responsibilities of the Director of GDR include, but are not limited to, the following: • Lead and mentor a team of geographic researchers with backgrounds in geography, urban planning, environmental science, and GIS, to ensure high-quality research and data updates to geospatial datasets critical for city operations. • Research and verify requests received from other agencies and the public through intensive investigative research using historical imagery, maps, site plans, and other sources, and make edits to authoritative data sources. • Ensure the daily maintenance, accuracy, and integrity of PAD and CSCL datasets. • Publish quarterly updates of CSCL and PAD to support the major releases of Geosupport, as well as the updates of subsidiary products including LION, and political and administrative boundary shapefiles. • Publish UPAD on bi-weekly basis to provide updated PAD data to Geosupport and PAD users. • Coordinate with routine and ad-hoc data and software releases, partnering with DOB and OTI, to ensure agency-wide and citywide systems (911, 311) stay synchronized. • Set research standards and QA/QC protocols for verifying address, street centerline, and political/administrative boundary changes before they are published. • Set strategic priorities for special data-improvement initiatives. • Lead special projects to improve overall data quality. • Lead special projects to meet requests from external agencies to enhance dataset value. • Direct decennial Census address/unit verification work in coordination with the agency’s Population Division. • Serve as the primary liaison to partner agencies (DOB, DOF, Board of Elections, DSNY, OTI, etc.) and Borough President offices on data exchange and dispute resolution. • Represent the unit in interagency governance discussions on shared geospatial data. • Maintain and foster working relationships with partner agencies to keep related datasets in sync. • Participate in and contribute to CSCL Maintenance Management System Modern