Senior Technologist
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Position Summary
About Us
At Partners for Public Good, we believe that when government works, communities thrive. Launched in March 2025, we are a fast-growing nonprofit dedicated to helping state and local governments harness core operational functions – procurement, staffing, digital infrastructure, and budgeting – to drive public impact.
Our journey began in 2011 at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab, where we set out to transform public procurement. Since then, we’ve worked with hundreds of governments across the country to make their procurement systems more efficient, fair, results-driven, and strategic. In 2022, we launched the Procurement Excellence Network, putting our tools and strategies in the hands of over two thousand public servants.
Today, our team of doers, coaches, and advisors partners with governments to create lasting, impactful change. Our vision is simple: every resident has a government they can count on, every day.
Position Overview
PPG seeks a creative and technically fluent leader to drive design, growth, and implementation of our technology and innovation strategy. Over the past decade, we’ve supported governments in improving procurement—and have increasingly encountered challenges around procuring and piloting emerging technologies, managing IT vendors, leveraging AI to optimize workflows, and ensuring robust safeguards while fostering a culture that embraces innovation.
This new leadership role will shape and execute PPG’s national strategy to help governments overcome these systemic challenges and seize opportunities for smarter, more effective public service delivery. From agile procurement and prototyping to AI adoption and vendor management, this leader will design and grow a cutting-edge portfolio of technical assistance, policy design and implementation, and collaborative partnerships.
As a member of PPG’s leadership team, this role will also guide PPG’s organizational growth—identifying new service offerings, publications, and partnerships that harness our deep operational expertise to close the gap between public sector procurement and the thoughtful, transformative use of technology.
Compensation & Benefits: The salary for this role is $150,000 plus benefits. This role is funded through February 2027, with the possibility of extension.