Manager - Product Development ( Java/python)

BMC Software; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,230,000 - 5,170,000; Full time

Job summary

BMC Software in Bengaluru, India seeks an experienced engineering leader to drive high performance and collaborative culture while owning the end-to-end software development lifecycle. You will mentor engineers, lead hiring, and align product delivery with business priorities.

The role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong communication to influence across Product, DevOps, and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in software development.
• 4+ years in managing R&D teams in enterprise software.
• Experience taking products from concept to delivery.
• Strategic hiring, mentoring and talent development.
• Deep technical expertise in software engineering, architecture and design.
• Strong communication and ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, high-performing culture with regular feedback and mentorship.
• Set goals, conduct performance reviews, and manage career progression and retention.
• Lead hiring to scale the engineering team while upholding technical excellence.
• Balance workloads and align projects with business priorities and personal growth.
• Own end-to-end SDLC from scoping to deployment, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.
• Partner with Product Managers, DevOps, and stakeholders to manage dependencies and releases.
• Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies and optimize team velocity and processes.
• Guard production stability, oversee rollbacks, hotfixes, and post-mortems.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, code reviews and design decisions.
• Align efforts with technical debt reduction and scalable infrastructure.
• Champion testing standards and CI/CD, with thorough documentation.
• Unblock engineers and guide complex technical problem solving.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Hiring & talent development

Stakeholder management

Software architecture

Agile / Scrum

CI/CD & testing

Job description

Here is how, through this exciting role, YOU will contribute to BMC's and your own success:

• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture. Provide regular feedback, career coaching, and mentorship to engineers.


• Set clear goals, conduct performance reviews, and actively manage career progression and retention.


• Lead hiring efforts to scale the engineering team, ensuring a high bar for technical excellence and cultural add.


• Balance team workloads, matching engineers with projects that align with both business priorities and their personal growth goals.


• Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC) from scoping to deployment, ensuring projects are delivered on time and with high quality.


• Partner closely with Product Managers, DevOps and stakeholders to manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and define release scopes.


• Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, standups, retrospectives) and continuously optimize team velocity and processes.


• Establish guardrails for production stability, managing release rollbacks, hotfixes, and post-mortem analyses when issues arise.


• Active participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and technical design choices to ensure scalable, maintainable systems.


• Align engineering efforts with technical debt reduction and scaling infrastructure.


• Champion engineering excellence by enforcing high standards for testing (unit, integration, automation), CI/CD pipelines, and documentation.


• Act as a sounding board for engineers to unblock complex technical roadblocks.

To ensure youre set up for success, you will bring the following skillset experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in software development, with at least 4 years in managing RD teams in enterprise software companies.


• Demonstrated expertise in product lifecycle management, from concept to delivery, with a track record of success in bringing innovative products to market.


• Experience in strategic hiring, mentoring, and developing top talent, with a passion for cultivating a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.


• Deep technical expertise in software engineering, architecture, and design, with a strong understanding of modern development methodologies, cloud technologies, and SaaS delivery models.


• Ability to navigate complex technical challenges and business priorities, with a strategic mindset, great analytical skills, and informed decision-making.


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Whilst these are nice to have, our team can help you develop in the following skills:

• Experience with Workflow Orchestration products or related domains, with a deep understanding of customer needs, market trends, and competitive dynamics.


• Experience in successfully driving organizational transformation and change management initiatives to foster innovation, agility, and scalability.


• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and industry influencers.

Our commitment to you!

• BMCs culture is built around its people. We have 6000+ brilliant minds working together across the globe. You wont be known just by your employee number, but for your true authentic self. BMC lets you be YOU!


• BMC is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, age, sex, creed, color, religion, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy, disabled veteran or status as a protected veteran. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, visit the accommodation request page.

BMC Software maintains a strict policy of not requesting any form of payment in exchange for employment opportunities, upholding a fair and ethical hiring process.

At BMC we believe in pay transparency and have set the midpoint of the salary band for this role at 4,700,000 INR. Actual salaries depend on a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training, licensure, and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

The salary listed is just one component of BMC's employee compensation package. Other rewards may include a variable plan and country specific benefits.

We are committed to ensuring that our employees are paid fairly and equitably, and that we are transparent about our compensation practices.