Manager, Software Development

Role Responsibilities

The Software Branch is looking for a Manager, Software Development. Reporting to the Director, Software Development, this role is responsible for the operational leadership of software development teams and for translating practice direction into consistent, high‑quality delivery outcomes. The Manager ensures that software engineers and developers are effectively aligned to product teams, delivery priorities, and branch standards while maintaining a strong focus on modern engineering practices.

The responsibilities of this role include:

• Lead and oversee software development teams to deliver secure, user-centric, and AI-enabled digital services that advance ministry and government priorities.
• Provide operational leadership for software delivery, including resource allocation, capacity planning, risk management, and continuous improvement to ensure consistent delivery outcomes.
• Foster a high-performing and inclusive team culture through performance management, coaching, mentoring, talent development, and workforce planning.
• Champion modern engineering practices, including Agile delivery, DevOps, cloud-native development, security-by-design, automation, and responsible adoption of AI technologies.
• Ensure compliance with Government of Alberta policies, standards, governance frameworks, and ethical AI principles while maintaining service reliability, security, and data integrity.
• Collaborate with product teams, architects, ministry partners, and senior leadership to align delivery priorities, resolve complex issues, and support enterprise digital transformation objectives.
• Drive innovation and practice maturity by promoting knowledge sharing, reusable solutions, emerging technologies, and continuous enhancement of software engineering and AI capabilities.

To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:

• Strategic thinking and sound judgment to balance competing priorities, manage risks, and achieve delivery outcomes.
• Strong relationship management skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence across ministries, stakeholders, vendors, and service providers.
• Exceptional planning and coordination skills to lead agile, adaptive, and results-focused delivery.
• Excellent communication skills, tailoring messages and approaches to technical, business, and executive audiences.

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

APS Competencies

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Qualifications

Requirements:

• A university degree in a related field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology), supplemented by four (4) years of progressively responsible, related experience.
• Experience leading digital delivery work, including experience with cloud development approaches and platform or product delivery in enterprise environments.
• Experience leading an assigned team or coordinating multiple workstreams in a matrixed setting.
• Experience leading teams through changes to delivery practices, including adoption of new tools, automation, and AI-enabled ways of working.
• Experience championing AI-driven Agile delivery by leveraging modern AI-enabled tools, automation, and data-informed project management practices to optimize software development lifecycles.
• A cover letter clearly demonstrating relevant skills and competencies tailored to this position.

Equivalencies:

• A related master’s degree and a minimum of two (2) 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:

• Experience applying AI-assisted review and analysis to improve quality, identify root causes, and summarize complex evidence and operational insights to support informed service decisions.
• Experience using operational data, service health indicators, support patterns, exception trends, and performance insights to identify service risks and propose mitigations.

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: Edmonton

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 the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

• Working for the Alberta Public Service 
• Management Employees 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.