Manager, Development

Role Responsibilities

The Product Branch is looking for a Manager of Development. Reporting to the Director, AI Factory and Design, this position is accountable for leading the development practice within DDD - a team of Digital Architects and Full Stack Developers - and for providing both architectural leadership and hands-on software delivery leadership to multidisciplinary product teams.

This position ensures that solutions are strategically designed and reliably built setting the architectural direction and technology standards, while overseeing the day-to-day engineering that turns those designs into secure, scalable, high-quality digital services.

The responsibilities of this role include:

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of Digital Architects and Full Stack Developers, providing direction, coaching, performance management, and professional development in support of AI-first delivery.
• Oversee the end-to-end design, development, testing, and deployment of secure, scalable, API-first, and AI-ready digital solutions that align with government standards and business priorities.
• Drive the adoption of AI-enabled architecture and software development practices, leveraging agentic AI and automation to improve delivery speed, quality, and maintainability.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture frameworks, secure coding practices, quality engineering standards, cybersecurity requirements, and responsible AI principles.
• Partner with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into strategic technology roadmaps, architectural solutions, and predictable delivery plans.
• Lead innovation and modernization initiatives by evaluating emerging technologies, reducing technical debt, and advancing cloud-native, AI-built, and reusable digital solutions.
• Manage operational planning, resource allocation, budgets, and governance activities to support efficient delivery, organizational objectives, and continuous improvement of development practices

The Job Description is provided for Further details on this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• A university degree in a related field (e.g., Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology), supplemented by four (4) years of progressively responsible, related experience.
• A cover letter clearly demonstrating relevant skills and competencies tailored to this position.

Preference will be given to candidate who have experience with:

• Leading, coaching, and developing technical teams in agile, product-oriented environments, ideally across architecture and software development.
• Applying AI across the delivery lifecycle, including AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code), agentic AI, model integration, and data pipelines, while following responsible AI, validation, testing, and secure coding practices.
• Communicating complex technical and AI concepts, including benefits, trade-offs, risks, and limitations, to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Equivalencies:

• A related master’s degree and a minimum of three (3) years of related experience; or
• A related two-year diploma and a minimum of six (6) years of related experience; or
• A related one-year certificate and a minimum of seven (7) years of related experience; or
• A minimum of eight (8) years of related experience in lieu of formal education.

Assets:

• Open-source technologies and ecosystems, including Node.js/NPM, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Angular/React, MySQL, MongoDB, Drupal, Twig, Elasticsearch, and AI service integration.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical and AI concepts, including benefits, trade-offs, risks, and limitations, to technical and non-technical audiences.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

Notes

Term of Employment: Permanent, Full-time position          

Hours of Work: 7.25 hours daily / 36.25 weekly – Monday to Friday

Location: Alberta

Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.

Applicants are required to provide a cover letter summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.

Additional Information:

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time, or full-time. For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Links and information on what we have to offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service
• Management Employee Pension Plan (MEPP)
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information
• Professional learning and development
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.