Software Development Manager

Role overview

Engineering delivery

• Own delivery across quality, scope, timelines, budget, business value and operational stability.
• Provide hands-on leadership through solution design, code reviews, troubleshooting and development when required.
• Set standards for secure coding, testing, CI/CD, release management, observability and operational readiness.
• Manage risks, dependencies, technical debt, resource constraints and competing priorities.

Team and AI leadership

• Lead, coach and develop Developers, Quality Assurance professionals and Business Analysts.
• Build capability across web and cloud development, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform, Copilot, integrations and AI solutions.
• Embed AI across the SDLC and govern secure, compliant and scalable AI solutions.
• Drive Copilot, Copilot Studio, conversational AI, intelligent automation and AI-powered self-service adoption.

Architecture and business partnership

• Lead solution design using cloud-native, API-first, microservices and event-driven patterns with AWS scalability, security and observability.
• Modernize platforms using Microsoft Graph, SharePoint Framework, APIs, reusable services and integration frameworks.
• Govern information architecture, taxonomy, metadata, search, permissions and content lifecycles.
• Partner with business leaders on strategy, roadmaps, backlogs, releases, outcomes and sustainable technical solutions.
• Ensure accessibility, privacy, multilingual and regulatory requirements, including WCAG and Quebec’s Bill 96.

Vendors and financial management

• Manage vendors, consultants and delivery partners across selection, contracts, statements of work, service levels, renewals and issue resolution.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, invoices, purchase orders and operating expenditures, and evaluate technology investments.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 6 to 10 years of software development experience, including strong full-stack expertise.
• At least 5 years leading development teams in a complex enterprise environment.
• Experience delivering customer-facing digital products and enterprise digital workplace solutions while coding, architecting and leading.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing vendors, contracts, budgets and technology expenditures.
• Strong stakeholder leadership and technical experience across modern web, cloud, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform, AI, DevOps and CI/CD.
• Proficiency in English for frequent stakeholder communication.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building high-performing Agile teams and scalable customer and employee platforms is preferred.
• Experience with Teams, OneDrive, enterprise intranets, knowledge management and employee experience solutions is preferred.
• Experience implementing Copilot, Copilot Studio, generative AI, enterprise search, metadata and information architecture is preferred.
• Executive communication, negotiation and coaching skills are preferred.

Working conditions

• The posting lists a corporate location and an office environment as the working conditions.