**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 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. 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.