Software Development Manager

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious we are a team dedicated to creating the world’s leading AI-powered cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.

IBM’s product and technology landscape includes Research Software and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM where growth and innovation thrive.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As a Software Development Manager you’ll manage software development enhance product experiences and scale our team’s capabilities. You’ll manage careers streamline hiring collaborate with product and drive innovation. We seek proactive professionals passionate about team growth software architecture coding and process enhancements. Mastery of frameworks deployment tech and cloud APIs is essential as well as adaptability to innovative technologies.

As a key member of our dynamic team you will play a vital role in crafting exceptional software experiences. You will be the personnel manager for a 12-15 member team of engineers and responsible for building a culture of high performance trust inclusively and fun. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do and you’ll be working closely with developers designers and product managers to ensure our software aligns seamlessly with user expectations. The role seeks good levels of personal organisation and the ability to work well within a distributed global team in a fast paced and exciting environment. You will be office based working with senior managers who will help you integrate into the team the department and wider IBM. You will be joining a development squad following Design Thinking and Agile principles where you are expected to collaboratively develop creative solutions. The work can be varied flexibility to learn new technologies and skills is key as we look look to help grow your career within IBM. A positive attitude and a passion to succeed is essential in joining a high performing software development team at IBM.

Leaders are expected to spend time with their teams and clients and therefore are generally expected to be in the workplace a minimum of three days a week subject to business needs.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
You are required to have a minimum of the following experience:

• 8 years experience in software development.
• 5 years of personnel management experience.
• Customer facing experience including verbal and written communication and flexibility to accommodate customer’s needs.
• Agile development methodologies experience.
• At least one programming language: Java Python or JavaScript.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Git
• Jira
• Kubernetes
• Open Shift
• Scrummaster