Data Application Manager - RIS

The Transportation Planning and Management Division (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City's streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City. The Division’s responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists. The Office of Research, Implementation & Safety (RIS) implements road safety street redesigns, programs and is also responsible for the management of DOT’s crash data, conducts large-scale safety research projects, is lead on many agency action plans and is the key agency group for Vision Zero programs and policy. This is an opportunity to work within RIS, a team dedicated to improving road safety and eliminating fatalities and serious injuries throughout New York City.

NYC DOT seeks to hire a driven Vision Zero Data Scientist to join the Data Operations, Systems, and Analytics unit. The team incorporates data engineering, data management, data analysis, and data solutions into a single group. We are the data specialists that ensure accuracy and efficiency for data analytics, data products, and insights that the agency relies on to accomplish its data driven mission. The successful candidate will develop data management systems, produce data products for operational units, analyze data and help develop research studies to inform policy for the City’s Vision Zero initiative, a multi-agency effort to reduce traffic fatalities and severe injuries in NYC. This role will be part of a dynamic team of data analysts and researchers that are responsible for informing the data driven inputs of Vision Zero and the general work of the Transportation Planning and Management division of NYC DOT.

The Data Application Manager will plan and perform research and analysis studies related to transportation safety efforts that will inform current and future policy, planning, and programs. This role will: provide analysis and data products agency leadership to inform Vision Zero policy, planning, and implementation; conduct data mining and analysis exercises; maintain vital databases; build predictive machine learning models; and contribute to ongoing data analysis efforts for tracking, prioritizing and evaluating agency initiatives. The selected candidate will have significant guidance but will be expected to supervise staff in conducting research and presenting data outputs to technical and non-technical audiences. This position will have the opportunity to develop methods and build on their current technical knowledge base in order to arrive at data-forward conclusions.

The candidate must be proficient in SQL, with PostGIS experience preferable, and have intermediate Python and GIS skills. Possession of advanced statistical analysis abilities and data visualization skills is also preferable. Candidate should have proven experience working with large diverse datasets. Interest in the Vision Zero transportation safety goals as well as technical ability will be sought out and tested.

The NYC DOT’s mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents.

Work Location:
55 Water Street, New York, NY

Hours/Shift:
9- 5 / 35 hrs.

Preferred Skills
The preferred candidate is well-organized and self-directed with excellent analytical and communication skills. The candidate should have: A background or demonstrable interest in planning and policy to advance safer, sustainable urban development. Demonstrated expertise in conducting research/investigations on specific problems by manipulating large datasets with use of SQL, GIS, and Python and/or other languages. Demonstrated experience and interest in advancing technical knowledge base in order to elevate research approach. Experience creating well-crafted analyses and visualizations. Proven track record of conducting quantitative and/or geospatial research.

Additional Information:
Note: Less than 2 yrs. - New Hire Rate: $84,087; 2 or more yrs. City service - Minimum Incumbent Rate: $90,680.
This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and DC37.


To Apply
All resumes are to be submitted electronically using one of the following methods:
Current employees, please log into Employee Self Service at https://hrb.nycaps.nycnet follow the Careers Link. Job ID #: 689682
All other applicants, go to www.nyc.gov/careers and search for Job ID # 689682
No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted.
Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.
Most public libraries have computers available for use.
Note: New hires must reside in NYC for the first two years of employment. Appointments are subject to OMB approval.
For more information about DOT, visit us at: www.nyc.gov/dot.

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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.