Software Development Manager

Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customers' challenges into solutions. 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

You will be responsible for managing a software development organization of 100+ highly talented and experienced developers, developing IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW) and related technology.

• Own the product development end to end.
  • Deliver the high quality product on-time.
  • Incorporate customer feedback and industry trend in forming a successful product development roadmap.
  • Breathe in the bleeding edge innovation into the product.
  • Negotiate with stakeholders, both internal and external, boosting confidence in the organization, while securing the required investment.
  • Own the development support mission, helping customers needing the development engagement.
  • Continuously reshape the development practices to improve productivity forever.
• Own the financial success of the IBM BAW business.
  • Participate in forming the sales and marketing strategy to increase the revenue.
  • Enable the sales team to become effective advocates of BAW.
  • Create a healthy user community, growing the reputation of the product and IBM.
• Own the cultural transformation to form a very high performing development team.
  • Form and present a vision to the team that fuels their passion.
  • Challenge team members to become effective and motivated leaders.
  • Encourage them to build their own dream.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Software development management experience 3 years or more.
• Strong passion to grow the business.
• Willing to learn new process, new culture, new product.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Preferred past job experience

• Software development management experience 5 years or more.
• Product management experience.
• Direct customer facing role experience. e.g. support, sales, consulting.

Preferred management experience

• Experienced in strict evaluation and enforcing high performing culture via both positive and negative motivation.
• Experienced in managing a global team, located around the world with different cultures, processes, and labour laws.

Preferred technical expertise

• Experienced in using and/or developing Business Automation technology.
• Experienced in developing for AI adoption.
• Experienced in development productivity enhancement via automation.

Note that preferred expertises are exactly that. Preferred. They are not required. The most important requirement is a strong passion to grow the business. Such person tends to acquire any missing skill quickly.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

Client-provided location(s): Markham, Canada

Job ID: IBM-57139

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-23T18:47:55