Position Title: Manager, Web and Mobile Delivery (Bilingual)
Employment Type: Full-Time Staff | Non-Union
Annual Salary Range: $95,000 - $105,000
Reports To: Director, Web Development
Division: Product and Technology
Location: 2180 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON
TVO Media Education Group (TVO) is devoted to inspiring learning that changes lives and enriches communities. We are an internationally recognized digital learning organization that strives to engage, inform, and educate Ontarians of all ages.
Who we are
We are an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Education and a registered charity that contributes to learning, civic engagement, and public service media across Ontario. We provide free, trusted, and accessible educational content that can support Ontarians of all ages, regardless of background, location, or circumstance. To fulfill our mandate, TVO delivers curriculum-connected resources through TVO Learn and TVOkids, offers Ontario’s largest online high school through TVO ILC, and produces journalism, documentaries, current affairs programming, and podcasts with TVO Today that help Ontarians understand the issues shaping their communities.
What we’re looking for
At TVO, we deliver services that impact the lives of Ontarians through in-depth current affairs journalism, documentaries and learning-focused digital content. The Manager, Web Development, will lead a team of software developers to build, enhance, and support TVO’s web and mobile applications. If you’re an experienced people leader with a strong track record delivering modern web platforms and you’re motivated by public impact, we’d love to hear from you.
We are seeking a bilingual manager to support French-speaking technology stakeholders and strengthen TVO’s bilingual leadership capacity. This role will lead technical discussions, review French-language documentation, and support bilingual program delivery, while bringing expertise in vendor management, solution architecture, security, privacy, and data governance.
How you will make an impact
- Partner with Product, UX/Design, and other stakeholders to align on goals and priorities, communicate trade-offs, and ensure delivery supports TVO’s mandate and strategic direction.
- Own the end-to-end development of TVO’s digital products, from technology stack choices to architectural design to code structure to end-user experience.
- Oversee portfolio execution, balance multiple workstreams, manage budget and resourcing, define and track goals, and proactively manage risks and dependencies.
- Set and uphold engineering standards and best practices (e.g., code reviews, testing, CI/CD, and accessibility), raising the bar for performance, reliability, security, and maintainability.
- Ensure solutions meet security, resilience, and performance requirements.
- Lead agile development practices, partner on planning and prioritization, keep the backlog healthy, remove impediments, manage risks and dependencies, and continuously improve how the team delivers.
- Balance near-term delivery with long-term sustainability by actively managing technical debt.
- Improve SDLC and CI/CD practices to increase developer velocity and reduce operational toil leveraging AI-assisted accelerated development with well-defined guardrails.
- Collaborate across teams (e.g., Cloud Infrastructure, Security, Data/Analytics, Operations) to drive scalable, reliable solutions.
- Develop and support your team through coaching, regular 1:1s, timely feedback, and clear growth plans aligned to individual goals.
- Build and scale a high-performing team through hiring, onboarding, and talent planning.
- Influence decisions across peer teams and leadership to align on priorities and deliver shared outcomes.
- Stay current on technology and digital delivery trends in education and media and apply learnings to improve our platforms and ways of working.
What you will bring to TVO
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience across coding, architecture, and systems design, with a track record delivering complex software.
- 3+ years leading full-stack development teams (10+ developers) in an agile environment, with demonstrated people leadership (coaching, feedback, performance management) and ownership of delivery outcomes.
- Proficiency in both English and French to support effective communication with external partners.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
- Strong computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and system design.
- Solid understanding of software design and architecture principles (e.g., n-tier architectures, microservices).
- Experience building large, public-facing websites and services using modern web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), frameworks such as React or Angular, and APIs (REST and/or GraphQL).
- Strong knowledge of leading content management systems (CMS) and experience platforms (e.g., Contentful, OpenText TeamSite, Adobe AEM, Drupal).
- Working knowledge of SEO, cross-browser compatibility, and web accessibility standards, including AODA compliance.
- Hands-on experience designing and building software in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, C#, C/C++, Ruby, Python, or JavaScript).
- Experience with AWS Cloud and applying AI/ML capabilities.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and release engineering practices.
- Experience building and operating large-scale, distributed systems (high availability, scalability, resilience).
- Operational excellence mindset, including production readiness, incident learning, and continuous improvement.
- Program/project leadership experience, including planning, execution, and stakeholder communication.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics, align stakeholders, and influence decisions.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and adapt to evolving requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through change and adapt ways of working as needs evolve.
- Strong product and business orientation, with comfort using data to guide trade-offs.
- TVO’s values of Excellence & Innovation, Ownership, Collaboration, Trust, and Respect.
What we offer
Working at TVO, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work that impacts millions of Ontarians. You’ll belong to a diverse, tight-knit community of talented colleagues who share a passion for education. With learning at the centre of everything we do, we invest in developing our people and promoting a culture of continuous learning. You might even get to meet Polkaroo!
We hope you’ll consider joining us.
Applications will be accepted until 4:00pm on September 21, 2026.
Not sure you have everything we’re asking for, but know you can make a big impact? We encourage you to apply for consideration.
Please Note:
We are hiring for an existing vacancy on our team and expect to move forward with screening and interviewing candidates shortly after the posting closes.
The posted salary range reflects the target hiring range for the position. Final compensation will be determined based on a number of factors including qualifications, relevant experience, and internal equity.
TVO does not use artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision‑making tools to screen, assess, or select candidates. All applications are reviewed by the hiring team.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process (e.g., including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms). If you are seeking accommodations during the application or interview process, please advise us as soon as possible so that appropriate arrangements can be made by sending your request to accommodations@tvo.org.
