**Introduction** Our mission is to expand the new IBM Z development team in Waterford, Ireland. The team is recruited primarily from highly motivated graduates, which are in an early stage of their careers and require guidance and coaching.. We will integrate this new team into the global IBM Z development community. We will connect with regional IBM and RedHat teams. We will closely work with Irish customers, but also with local academia, to provide tailored IBM Z education. By performing Industrial Research, we will deliver crucial and highly innovative products to our enterprise clients and influence IBMs strategy for IBM Z multi-architecture deployments, Linux, and AI. **Your role and responsibilities** Lead new IBM Z development first line organization. Provide strong people management and guidance. Manage hiring, onboarding, education for new hires. Apply project management methods to plan and organise our work and support our strategies. Actively support leadership development: mentor talents, retain critical skills, enable growth (technical and soft skills, share strategy and client insights). Manage liaison with RedHat to enable a strong mutual collaboration. Closely collaborate with program management to define strategy, product plans and priorities. Engage with international development counterparts to synchronize on product stakes and deliveries. Ensure that the new team will become a well recognized and trusted player in IBM’s Development and Research Community Apply agile project management. Manage these unexpected challenges that come along with first-of-a-kind missions. Enable and support our technical team to deliver top class products. Create a productive and efficient work environment, plan and control infrastructure requirements, define and establish processes and organisational structures. ***PLEASE NOTE*** - This position is based in our Waterford location and requires working onsite 3 days per week. **Required technical and professional expertise** Top people management, project management and leadership skills. Strong expertise and demonstrated experience in project management methods and tools. Experience from multiple 1st line positions. Broad technical experience from various development projects. Strong background in technical development and/or software architecture. Strong network with universities and clients. **Preferred technical and professional experience** Passion for IBM Z and Open Source. Experience in building new teams. High interest in technical innovation. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and 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, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.