Development Manager, Information Technology

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Job Title:
Development Manager, Information Technology

Employee Group:
Administrator

Employee Type:
Temporary (Fixed Term)

Start Date:
Monday, July 21 2025

End Date (if applicable):
Tuesday, July 28 2026

**Job Description**:
The IT Development Manager (DM) is responsible for the delivery of high-quality information technology solutions that address complex technical and business problems. In collaboration with the Associate Director, the IT-DM executes the department’s vision and strategy, promotes the best practices and standards, and provides leadership, guidance and mentoring to their team members. In this role, the Development Manager establishes and maintains highly effective communications and collaborative relationships with their subordinates, peers, management and all other stakeholders.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Develops plans and procedures for the College’s Information Technology projects:

- Provides recommendations to the Associate Director for the development of the department’s strategic plan and implements development group goals and objectives to support the plan.
- Recommends and implements policies and procedures related to the use and management of data, information and systems.
- Implements development policies, standards and procedures for systems development, programming, database management, quality assurance and compliance.
- Provides recommendations on the processes designed to ensure the confidentiality, security, and stewardship of data, including compliance with freedom of information and protection of privacy legislation.
- Responsible for ensuring that all College and governmental policies, procedures and methods are adhered to including, FOIPOP, W3C, etc.
- Works with the Associate Director to ensure that information systems and practices meet appropriate audit and industry standards.
- Manages development teams to improve and modify the College’s information systems in response to changes in technology, the educational environment and in accordance with the department ‘s Strategic Mission, Vision and Goals.
- Oversees development team(s) in conducting research and maintaining current knowledge and best practices in the Information Technology industry and develops innovative plans to ensure that the College’s information technology systems take advantage of emerging technology.

2. Oversees the development teams in the evaluation, planning, development, implementation, maintenance of information technology systems:
The IT Development Manager carries out the following typical duties and responsibilities in support of all stages of the _software development life-cycle_:

- Manages the implementation of systems that support the College’s development environment including change management procedures, version controls, development standards, and service level agreements.
- In conjunction with the Project Manager, the Associate Directors, and the IT Director, reviews and approves project proposals and ensures project requirements are met and implemented as necessary.
- Anticipates the need for software tools to enhance the efficiency of the College’s information systems.
- Contributes to the high level and functional requirements development, performs reviews and analysis.
- Participates in the IT Systems architecture, design and planning activities.
- Participates in the IT Project Planning, Resource Planning, and work estimation activities.
- Effectively collaborates with all project stakeholders including users, business partners and all team members.
- Creates high level and detail systems designs using department’s best practices and standards.
- Provides leadership and guidance to their team to execute projects in timely manner and with high level of quality.
- Develops high quality, efficient, and secure software using variety of programming languages, tools and techniques.
- Evaluates, tests and troubleshoots software systems to improve its quality, efficiency and security.
- Develops effective technical and non-technical documentation.
- Develops and delivers training to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Maintains appropriate communication boundaries with respect to sensitive or private information.

3. Responsible for the management of human resources:

- Provides effective leadership and direction to development team(s) by establishing goals, objectives and priorities, and fosters effective teamwork among employee