Lead the Future of Enterprise Infrastructure as Our Manager, Systems Engineering!

Are you a proven technology leader who thrives at the intersection of systems engineering, infrastructure excellence, and team development? Liberty Dental Plan is seeking a Manager, Systems Engineering to lead a talented engineering team, drive operational excellence, and ensure the reliability, security, and performance of critical enterprise systems that support our business and members.

About the Role

The Manager, Systems Engineering is responsible for leading systems engineering initiatives from concept through verification, ensuring strong requirements management, quality engineering practices, and lifecycle compliance. This role provides both technical and people leadership, partnering across engineering and business teams to deliver stable, scalable, and well-governed technology solutions.

You will play a key role in shaping engineering processes, managing technical requirements, supporting enterprise infrastructure, and building a high-performing team focused on innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do

Systems Engineering Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of systems engineers.
• Provide technical direction, coaching, and career development opportunities.
• Establish team priorities, resource planning, and workload management strategies.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, succession planning, and talent development initiatives.

Requirements Management & Governance

• Oversee the development, analysis, allocation, and management of system requirements.
• Ensure requirements traceability throughout design, implementation, verification, and validation phases.
• Review and approve requirements documentation and change management activities.
• Identify requirement gaps, conflicts, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Establish metrics and best practices that strengthen requirements management processes.

Architecture & Technical Solutions

• Partner with engineering leadership to define enterprise system architectures and technical solutions.
• Ensure solutions align with business objectives, technical requirements, and compliance standards.
• Participate in architecture reviews and key technical decision-making processes.
• Support system design evaluations and risk assessments throughout the development lifecycle.

Quality, Validation & Operational Excellence

• Lead verification and validation planning and execution efforts.
• Drive engineering practices that enhance system reliability, security, performance, and quality.
• Collaborate with quality and testing teams to maintain compliance and audit readiness.
• Monitor verification activities and resolve technical issues and non-conformances.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives and engineering best practices.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Build strong partnerships across engineering, technology, and business teams.
• Drive results through strategic planning, data-informed decision making, and effective execution.
• Promote an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing team culture.
• Encourage innovation, ownership, and continuous professional growth.
• Model integrity, accountability, and leadership excellence in all interactions.

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in systems engineering, software engineering, computer engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing people, technical teams, or functional groups.
• Demonstrated success leading technical teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and lifecycle methodologies.
• Experience with requirements management, verification and validation, systems integration, and risk management.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Technical Expertise

• Experience managing systems engineering operations in a mid-sized enterprise environment.
• Strong background in enterprise infrastructure architecture, deployment, and support.
• Experience with VMware, Hyper-V, and other virtualization platforms.
• Experience supporting Cisco UCS platforms and related infrastructure architecture.
• Knowledge of patch management, vulnerability management, and threat remediation practices.
• Familiarity with configuration management and change control processes.
• Experience with requirements traceability and management tools.
• Telecommunications and contact center technologies, including flow design, automation, and reporting.
• Proven success implementing process improvements and operational best practices.

Why Join Liberty Dental Plan?

At Liberty Dental Plan, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by leading critical engineering initiatives that support the organization's technology strategy and operational success. You'll collaborate with talented professionals, influence enterprise-wide decisions, and help build the systems, processes, and teams that drive long-term innovation and performance.

If you're passionate about technical leadership, enterprise systems, and developing high-performing teams, we encourage you to apply and become part of our mission-driven organization.

Apply today and help shape the future of systems engineering at Liberty Dental Plan.