Senior Performance and Strategy Analyst

• Serve as an ongoing partner to departments. Assess existing performance practices, understand operational needs and capacity, and agree on practical priorities with department leaders and staff.
• Connect goals to operations. Support goal workshops and help departments translate the Executive’s Four Bs and other County priorities into clear outcomes, operational measures, and shared responsibilities. Coordinate with the Four Bs and Beyond Performance Partner when priorities require new measures or data collection.
• Strengthen monthly and quarterly business reviews. Help departments prepare useful analysis, identify issues requiring decisions, and structure discussions around performance drivers, risks, and improvement opportunities. Prepare departmental issues for quarterly reviews with Executive leadership.
• Analyze performance and explain findings. Work with quantitative and qualitative information to understand trends, variation, costs, service disparities, and potential causes of missed expectations. Recognize data limitations and distinguish findings from assumptions.
• Drive follow-through. Help teams establish clear actions, owners, deadlines, and evidence of success. Track commitments, surface stalled actions, and escalate barriers requiring support beyond the department.
• Connect performance to policy and budget decisions. Partner with Policy and Budget staff to explain service needs, costs, capacity constraints, and resource tradeoffs using performance information.
• Coach departmental staff and leaders. Build skills in measurement, visual management, business reviews, and continuous improvement. Help teams move from assembling reports to using information independently.
• Strengthen shared practices. Maintain and improve business review playbook guidance, develop practical tools and training, and contribute to communities of practice for analysts and leaders.

• Improve data and reporting workflows. Identify recurring reporting burdens and data gaps. Partner with the enterprise data and analytics team, departments, and KCIT to prioritize improvements, clarify requirements, and test whether tools meet operational needs.
• Incorporate equity and resident experience. Help departments interpret results across populations and service experiences, identify barriers and disparities, and use resident feedback to inform improvement priorities.
• Support public accountability. Help departments clearly explain results for public progress reporting.
• Connect departments to specialized improvement support. Identify and scope issues that may warrant deeper analysis or corrective action. Incorporate findings and track resulting commitments through business reviews.

Values — ACTIVATE

• Accountable
• Collaborative
• Timely
• Impactful
• Value Employees
• Accessible
• Trusted
• Equitable

Supplemental Information

Why Join Us

The King County Executive Office serves residents with a sense of urgency, delivering on commitments with integrity, transparency, and accountability. We are collaborative problem solvers who work directly with departments and communities and continuously improve how government works.

You will help departments build the habits and capabilities that make government more effective. Your work will give employees clearer direction, help leaders address problems sooner, and connect County priorities to improvements residents can experience.

To Apply

Applications submitted without the following required materials will be deemed incomplete and removed from consideration:

1. King County application

2. Completed supplemental questions

3. Cover letter summarizing your interest and qualifications (maximum two pages)

Résumés will be accepted but are not required.

Selection Process

Application materials will be screened for writing accuracy, clarity, completeness, and responsiveness to the listed qualifications, skills, and abilities. Supplemental question responses will help determine qualifications for further consideration. The most competitive candidates will be invited to move forward in the hiring process.

Work Schedule

This team currently works in a hybrid model that includes three to four days in the office, with remaining work performed remotely. The ratio of remote to onsite work depends on business needs and may change.