Manager, Systems Engineering

Liberty Dental Plan; Tustin (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Dental coverage

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Wellness programs

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Remote work options

Job summary

Liberty Dental Plan seeks a Manager, Systems Engineering to lead a skilled team responsible for enterprise infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security, and performance across critical systems.

You will shape engineering processes, manage requirements, and collaborate with engineering and business teams to deliver scalable, well-governed technology solutions in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Oversee requirements development, analysis, allocation, and management.
• Partner with leadership to define enterprise architectures and technical solutions.
• Lead verification and validation planning and execution efforts.
• Drive engineering practices to improve reliability, security, performance, and quality.
• Collaborate with quality and testing teams to ensure compliance and audit readiness.
• Monitor verification activities and resolve issues; champion continuous improvement.
• Build partnerships across engineering, technology, and business teams.
• Promote innovation, ownership, and continuous professional growth.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Stakeholder management

Requirements management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems/Software/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Cisco UCS

Patch management

Change control

Job description

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.

Location

Our employees are distributed in office locations in multiple markets across the United States. We are unable to hire or allow employees to work outside of the United States.

What Liberty Offers

Happy, healthy employees enhance our ability to assist our members and contribute more actively to their communities. That’s why Liberty offers competitive and attractive benefit packages for our employees. We strive to care for employees in ways that promote wellness and productivity.

• Competitive pay structure and savings options to help you reach your financial goals.
• Excellent 401(k) retirement benefits, including employer match, Roth IRA options, immediate vesting during the Safe Harbor period, and access to professional financial advice through Financial Engines.
• Affordable medical insurance, with low-cost premiums for employee-only coverage. Liberty subsidizes the cost for eligible dependents enrolled in the plan.
• 100% employer-paid dental coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
• Vision insurance with low-cost premiums for employee-only coverage and dependents.
• Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance, equal to one times your base salary, with options to purchase additional supplemental coverage.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses.
• Voluntary benefit programs, including accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Long-term disability coverage.
• Expansive wellness programs, including company-wide wellness challenges, BurnAlong memberships, and gym discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support mental health and well-being.
• Generous vacation and sick leave policies, with the ability to roll over unused time.
• 10 paid company holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement for eligible educational expenses.
• Remote or hybrid work options available for various positions.

Compensation

In the spirit of pay transparency, the base salary range for this position is $150,000 - $168,000, not including fringe benefits or potential bonuses. At Liberty, your final base salary will be determined by factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and experience. We are committed to pay equity and also consider the internal equity of our current team members when making final compensation decisions.

Please note that the range listed represents the full base salary range for this role. Typically, offers are not made at the top of the range to allow for future salary growth.

Liberty Dental Plan commits to maintaining a work environment that acknowledges all individuals within the workplace and will continue to engage in practices that are inclusive of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We strive to have every person within the organization have a sense of belonging while encouraging individuals to unleash their full potential. Liberty will leverage diverse perspectives in building high performance teams and organizational culture.

Liberty Dental Plan will continue to strengthen and develop external partnerships by providing equitable health care access and improving population health in the communities we serve.

We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment, recruitment, promotions, and transfers, as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

Sponsorship and Relocation Specifications

Liberty Dental Plan is an Equal Opportunity Employer / VETS / Disabled.

No relocation assistance or sponsorship available at this time.