Software Development Manager (Core Team)

Overview

At Poka, we’re transforming how frontline teams operate, learn, and solve problems. Our connected worker platform is purpose-built for manufacturing, empowering frontline workers to share knowledge, collaborate in real-time, and drive continuous improvement. Think of it as the missing digital link, bringing the human interface into the stack of the Smart Factory, generating the right data and insights that drive entirely new scales of process improvements. We’re proud to support global leaders like Nestlé, Bosch, Mars, and Danone in their digital transformation journeys and as part of the IFS family, our reach and impact continue to grow globally. As Software Development Manager, you are responsible for the performance, health, and delivery predictability of one or more enabling and specialized engineering teams that own the foundations of the software platform. Rather than focusing on feature delivery for a single product area, your role is to create the conditions for product teams to move faster and safer. You ensure that core systems, platforms, and shared capabilities are reliable, scalable, and easy to adopt across the organization. Occasionally, you’ll also join the development effort or contribute to technical decisions and architecture, partnering with the architects.

What you’ll be responsible for

• People leadership & team health
• Coach, mentor, and support developers through regular 1 : 1s, feedback, and performance reviews
• Support career development, growth plans, and promotion readiness
• Foster a healthy, inclusive, and high-performing team culture
• Recruit, onboard, and retain software development talent
• Driving Innovation
• Actively surface and prioritizes innovation opportunities with high organizational leverage
• Model curiosity and continuous learning as a leader
• Create space for exploration and technical discovery via prototyping, proof of concept and spike efforts
• Ensures research outputs are documented and reusable
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Partner closely with Product teams to align priorities, scope, and trade-offs
• Work with Architects to surface technical risks and constraints early
• Communicate delivery status, risks, and confidence clearly to leadership
• AI enablement & adoption
• Drive the responsible and effective adoption of AI tools and practices within your team to improve productivity, quality, and developer experience
• Encourage experimentation with AI-assisted workflows (e.g. coding, testing, documentation, analysis), in partnership with Tech Leads
• Ensure AI usage aligns with company policies, security, and ethical guidelines
• Track and communicate AI adoption, usage, and impact across teams
• Share learnings, best practices, and successful experiments with other software development managers

What you bring to the table

What we offer

Note : An understanding of English is essential at Poka, as it is the language used during company-wide meetings and many internal communications, ensuring effective collaboration and decision-making. In addition, as Poka operates in an international environment, English is the primary language for communicating with our clients and partners, enabling us to better serve them and represent Poka in a professional manner.

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