Development Manager

Introduction

IBM Cognos Analytics is a comprehensive business intelligence platform that transforms raw data into actionable insights through advanced reporting, AI-powered analytics, and interactive visualizations. Designed to cater to organizations of all sizes, it offers high-quality, scalable reporting capabilities, enabling users to create and share customized reports efficiently. The platform's intuitive interface allows for seamless exploration of data, uncovering hidden trends and facilitating informed decision-making without the need for advanced technical skills. With robust governance and security features, IBM Cognos Analytics ensures data integrity and confidentiality, making it a trusted solution for businesses aiming to harness the full potential of their data.

Your Role And Responsibilities

We are seeking a Software Development Manager with a keen sense for managing high performing teams of strong individual contributors and be an active participant in the development life cycle. This team’s mission is to deliver on the web-based, self-service data modeling capabilities which is used to fuse together many sources of data, including relational databases, Hadoop-based technologies, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, text files that can then allow business user to explore/report on this data.

About

Successful candidate will be able to demonstrate initiative and an insatiable drive to learn new things and try them out.  They will also have strong convictions and be passionate about their ideas, but not be afraid to be swayed by others in the face of stronger evidence. The main role will include:

• Develop and launch core product features in Cognos Analytics
• Participate in shaping the overall strategy of IBM business Analytics solutions
• Own and drive the quality of multiple product components 
• Create world class software and business analytics experiences for IBM customers
• Interact with cross-functional engineering teams across the company 
• Participate in design thinking discussions and adapt a design driven development process
• Partner with product management to define requirements and design features according to customers’ exceptions
• Manage product backlog, customer defect reports and customer escalation from the development perspective
• Oversee and lead the agile development process for multiple component teams in IBM Cognos Analytics
• Manage highly skilled team of professional software engineers 
• Ensure delivery schedules and report to release management and senior management
  
  

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Total experience of 10+ years, 3+ years of experience in leading/managing the software development and teams
• 5+ years of experience in Product Eng./Development using Agile development methodologies
• Experience with software design, architecture, development and testing Java/J2EE, applications & microservices
• Experience in front-end development using JavaScript frameworks like React.js, HTML, TypeScript, CSS and knowledge of UI/UX design principles
• Deep understanding of database modelling and database design
• Be involved and take ownership of end-to-end delivery - from requirements understanding, solution design, estimation, development, testing and deployment
• Experience of working with various stakeholders such as product management, design, operations and support teams
• Deep understanding of very large-scale software development process and software product release practices
• Experience with database systems including SQL or NoSQL data stores
• Experience with cloud-based technologies and DevOps practices
• Collaborate closely with other peer teams globally
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with people management. Ability to motivate and inspire team members.
• Uphold quality standards including reliability, efficiency, security, maintainability and usability by applying best practice processes, methodologies and tools
• Ability to multi-task and re-prioritize under pressure
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Knowledge of tools like GitHub/Jira/Monday etc.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Knowledge of IBM Cloud or any other Cloud environment, OpenShift, Dockers and K8S
• Experience in Business Analytics solutions, data warehousing and commercial analytics products