Executive Advisor Strategic Initiatives

About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

• We maintain building and resident safety and health
• We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability
• We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity

The Executive Advisor for Strategic Initiatives serves as a senior leader within HPD, responsible for developing, coordinating, and executing cross-cutting strategic priorities that advance the Department's mission. This role requires a visionary thinker who can translate complex policy challenges into actionable initiatives while building alignment across multiple divisions and external stakeholders.

• The Executive Advisor for Strategic Initiatives will lead the identification and implementation of strategic initiatives that enhance HPD's ability to preserve and create affordable housing, strengthen neighborhoods, and improve outcomes for New York City residents. This includes conducting research and analysis to inform policy development, coordinating with division leaders to ensure initiative alignment with operational priorities, and managing high-priority projects from conception through implementation.
• The position requires building and maintaining relationships with partner agencies, community-based organizations, elected officials, and other stakeholders to advance strategic goals.
• The Executive Advisor will represent HPD in interagency working groups and policy discussions, prepare briefing materials and presentations for senior leadership and external audiences, and track initiative progress while adjusting strategies as needed to ensure success.
• Additionally, this role involves identifying opportunities for innovation in program design and service delivery, analyzing emerging trends in housing policy and urban development, and mentoring staff involved in strategic projects.

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and ten (10) years of satisfactory, full-time, executive-level housing and/or urban planning/policy experience, including professional experience in real estate development, real estate finance, housing policy, and/or community development. Ability to analyze and recommend policies and procedures with strategic foresight. Ability to propose innovative approaches to complex problems. Ability to present the agency’s position in meetings with high level officials and other government and private entities.

Demonstrated supervisory and management experience.

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.