Software Development Manager

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
We are looking for enthusiastic and talented Software Development Manager to join our team to lead a global team of software professionals. You will work as part of the Development team with a focus on the following key responsibilities:

• Lead a team of engineers to meet release dates along with committed deliverables on-time and with quality,
• Plan and manage component design, coding and functional testing to drive quality of deliverables
• Balance priorities and work assignments across team members following agile processes to meet delivery schedules
• Interface with product management and offering managers to understand customer requirements and business prioritization
• Work with architects and technical leaders to build development plans
• Drive development activities, monitor progress, collaborate to align dependencies, remove blockers for team members and manage risks
• People management of technical talents executing HR programs for employee acquisition, development, performance management and optimization, retention, and separation

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 10+ years of professional/industrial experience in software development.
• Experience in coaching, mentoring, training staff, setting expectations and balancing
  priorities to achieve desired deliverables
• Good understanding of Open Source domain
• Passion towards driving and delivering automation solutions
• Analytical skills required to quickly understand complex domains and be able to break
  down and plan feature work
• Agile software development practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to lead and drive collaboration within teams and across IBM to achieve desired
  outcomes

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience leading Agile scrum, working with GitHub and other tracking tools.
• Experience in working on a SaaS application with SOC2 certifiation
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline and development cycle process
• Leading organizational transformation, both technically and organizationally