Development Productivity Lead

Description:

Diligent, a global leader in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, is seeking a Development Productivity Lead to join its Vancouver team. This role is pivotal in leading the evaluation, implementation, and adoption of advanced AI-driven tools to boost developer efficiency and engineering team effectiveness across the organization.

The Development Productivity Lead will act as a technical evangelist—bridging innovative technology with organizational needs. The role focuses on driving adoption of AI-powered tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, and AccelQ, enhancing productivity across global teams. You will be responsible for tool research, demonstration, implementation, impact evaluation, training, and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Tool Research & Evaluation:

  • Explore, pilot, and evaluate AI-enhanced development tools to improve code quality, collaboration, and time-to-market.

  • Use data-driven insights to measure ROI and determine future adoption.

• Technical Evangelism:

  • Act as an internal advocate, delivering demos and use cases that promote tools across technical and non-technical teams.

  • Maintain ongoing engagement through webinars, newsletters, and internal forums.

• Stakeholder Engagement:

  • Work closely with engineering, QA, product teams, and vendors.

  • Act as a trusted advisor, aligning tools with real-world team needs.

• Training & Enablement:

  • Create onboarding guides, host workshops, and offer one-on-one coaching for new tools.

  • Document best practices and success stories for global rollout.

• Cross-Functional Leadership:

  • Manage tool rollouts and pilots across Vancouver, Budapest, and Bangalore.

  • Travel occasionally to conduct live sessions and support tool adoption.

• Continuous Improvement:

  • Monitor and assess tool usage and success.

  • Stay updated on emerging AI, DevOps, and software development trends.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• Hands-on experience with software development pipelines, DevOps, or AI/ML-based tooling.

• Proven ability to evaluate and implement QA or development tools.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills; confident in influencing diverse stakeholders.

• Global collaboration experience and openness to travel.

• Strong organizational and time-management skills to handle concurrent projects.

What Diligent Offers:

• Competitive salary between CAD 110,000 – 139,000 annually.

• Flexible hybrid work model (50% on-site expected).

• Comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, time-off, and global service days.

• Career development in a global, inclusive, and innovative environment.

• Offices in New York, Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.