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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. 

 

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 

 

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
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 

 

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

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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.

 

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ABOUT IBM

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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 50 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.

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