In this case, being the last author should matter more. As in, you have a number of first-author publications to prove you can do research yourself, then start

In this case, being the last author should matter more. As in, you have a number of first-author publications to prove you can do research yourself, then start publishing as the last author with different first authors, to show you're into management now and can train new first authors. As an old Russian saying goes, 'a great engineer would never be promoted'.