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Senior Manager, Systems Engineering | Aerospace & Defense Leadership | Waco, TX

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Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

📍 Waco, Texas (Onsite)
🕒 9/80 Schedule – Every Other Friday Off
💰 $190,000 - $220,000 Base Salary
🚚 Relocation Assistance Available
✈️ Aerospace, Defense & Advanced Mission Systems
👥 Engineering Leadership Opportunity

Lead High-Impact Engineering Teams Supporting Advanced Aerospace & Defense Programs

An industry-leading aerospace and defense organization is seeking a Senior Manager, Systems Engineering to lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams supporting complex aircraft modification, systems integration, mission systems, and advanced technology programs.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced engineering leader who combines strong technical depth with proven people leadership, strategic planning, and program execution capabilities.

You'll oversee teams responsible for the design, integration, and delivery of sophisticated systems supporting both military and commercial customers while playing a key role in shaping departmental strategy, workforce planning, technical excellence, and long-term business growth.

If you're passionate about leading engineers, solving complex technical challenges, influencing organizational strategy, and delivering mission-critical solutions, this role offers outstanding visibility, responsibility, and career progression.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

This is not a traditional engineering management role.

You'll operate at the intersection of engineering leadership, program execution, customer engagement, workforce planning, and strategic business growth.

You'll help define how engineering teams support future programs, influence hiring and staffing strategies, drive technical excellence, and partner directly with senior leadership to ensure successful program execution.

Highlights include:

  • Lead multiple engineering teams supporting complex aerospace and defense programs

  • Direct influence on departmental strategy and workforce growth

  • High visibility with executive leadership and customers

  • Opportunity to shape future engineering capabilities and talent development

  • Significant involvement in proposal development and business growth initiatives

  • Exposure to both military and commercial aviation programs

  • Strong technical and leadership career progression opportunities

What You'll Be Doing

Engineering Leadership & Team Development

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a diverse team of Systems Engineers and technical professionals

  • Create a culture focused on technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

  • Establish training and professional development plans to support long-term organizational goals

  • Support employee growth, performance management, succession planning, and talent development initiatives

  • Foster strong collaboration across engineering, program management, operations, and customer teams

Strategic Workforce Planning

  • Forecast engineering resource requirements based on current and future program demand

  • Develop hiring strategies and workforce plans to support business growth

  • Lead recruiting efforts and participate in candidate selection processes

  • Ensure teams are appropriately staffed to meet program commitments and customer expectations

  • Support long-term capability development across the engineering organization

Program & Technical Leadership

  • Provide leadership and oversight across multiple engineering programs and integration efforts

  • Partner closely with Program Managers and Project Engineers to ensure successful execution

  • Review engineering schedules, budgets, risks, and resource allocations

  • Support engineering teams throughout the full program lifecycle

  • Ensure technical solutions align with customer requirements, budgets, and schedules

Systems Engineering Excellence

  • Lead and review systems engineering activities including:

    • Requirements analysis

    • System architecture development

    • Trade studies

    • System integration planning

    • Verification and validation activities

    • Technical baseline management

  • Ensure customer requirements are translated into clear, verifiable system-level requirements

  • Review engineering trade studies for technical accuracy, completeness, and feasibility

  • Support development of complex integrated system architectures

Customer & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Serve as a key technical leader during customer interactions

  • Build strong relationships with military, government, commercial, and internal stakeholders

  • Present technical information to executive leadership, customers, and engineering teams

  • Represent the organization during technical reviews, program meetings, and customer engagements

  • Facilitate collaboration between engineering, program management, and customers to ensure alignment and success

Business Growth & Proposal Support

  • Support new business capture activities and proposal development efforts

  • Participate in labor estimating, Basis of Estimate (BOE) creation, and technical proposal development

  • Contribute to growth strategies and future program planning

  • Support investment planning and technical roadmap development

Department Operations & Financial Management

  • Manage departmental budgets and overhead spending

  • Ensure engineering teams have the tools, resources, and infrastructure required to succeed

  • Monitor departmental performance against strategic goals and operating plans

  • Drive process improvements and operational efficiencies across the organization

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline

  • Minimum 12 years of relevant engineering experience with a Bachelor's Degree

OR

  • Minimum 10 years of relevant engineering experience with an advanced degree

  • Previous engineering leadership or management experience

  • Strong understanding of Systems Engineering principles and methodologies

  • Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams

  • Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

Highly Preferred Experience

Systems Engineering

  • Requirements management

  • System architecture development

  • Trade study execution and evaluation

  • System integration

  • Verification & validation

  • Technical baseline management

  • Full engineering lifecycle experience

Leadership & Program Management

  • Functional management experience

  • IPT (Integrated Product Team) leadership

  • Workforce planning and hiring

  • Resource forecasting

  • Budget management

  • Engineering operations leadership

  • Strategic planning and execution

Business Development

  • Proposal development

  • Basis of Estimate (BOE) creation

  • Technical volume development

  • Customer engagement and presentations

Aerospace, Defense & Mission Systems

Experience supporting:

  • Aircraft modification programs

  • Avionics integration

  • Mission systems

  • Defense platforms

  • Government programs

  • Complex system integration efforts

Cybersecurity Experience

Experience supporting cybersecurity-focused engineering teams or cybersecurity programs is considered a strong plus.

Leadership Competencies

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

  • Strategic thinking and planning

  • Exceptional problem-solving abilities

  • Strong business acumen

  • Critical thinking and sound decision-making

  • Team leadership and coaching skills

  • Executive-level communication capabilities

  • Accountability and ownership mentality

  • Ability to influence across multiple functions and stakeholder groups

Security & Eligibility Requirements

Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Preferred

  • Active Secret Clearance

Compensation & Benefits

💰 Base Salary: $190,000 - $220,000

Additional benefits include:

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

  • Retirement savings plans

  • Paid time off and company holidays

  • Professional development opportunities

  • Relocation assistance for qualified candidates

  • Interview travel reimbursement

  • Long-term career advancement opportunities

  • 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off

Why Join?

This is an outstanding opportunity to lead talented engineering teams working on complex, high-visibility aerospace and defense programs that have a direct impact on mission success.

You'll help shape engineering strategy, influence future business growth, develop the next generation of engineering talent, and work alongside some of the industry's most respected technical professionals.

If you're an experienced engineering leader looking for a role that combines technical depth, people leadership, business impact, and long-term career growth, we'd love to hear from you.

 

Finance Director – Wealth & Annuity Segment (Remote USA)

Finance Director – Wealth & Annuity Segment (Remote)

📍 Location: Fully Remote (U.S.)
✈️ Travel: Monthly travel to corporate headquarters in Wisconsin
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
🚫 Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Possible for Exceptional Candidates
💰 Bonus Eligible: Yes

Overview

A leading financial services organization is seeking a Finance Director – Wealth & Annuity Segment to serve as the strategic finance partner supporting a multi-billion-dollar Wealth business focused on Annuities, Pension Risk Transfer (PRT), and Retirement Solutions.

This highly visible leadership role will partner directly with senior business executives to drive growth, profitability, capital allocation, forecasting, pricing strategy, and long-term business planning.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Finance Leadership

  • Serve as the primary finance partner to Wealth Segment leadership.

  • Provide financial guidance on strategic planning, growth initiatives, and profitability improvement.

  • Support executive decision-making through financial modeling and business analysis.

  • Lead financial forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and performance management.

Wealth & Annuities Business Support

  • Support the annuity, pension risk transfer (PRT), and retirement product businesses.

  • Evaluate product profitability, pricing strategies, and capital deployment decisions.

  • Partner across actuarial, investment, finance, and business teams to drive results.

Financial & Actuarial Collaboration

Work closely with teams responsible for:

  • Asset Liability Management (ALM)

  • Investment Management

  • Product Pricing & Design

  • Capital Management

  • Reinsurance Strategy

  • Valuation & Financial Reporting

Leadership & Team Development

  • Lead and develop finance talent.

  • Drive cross-functional finance initiatives and enterprise projects.

  • Promote financial discipline and business accountability across the organization.

  • Improve financial literacy among business leaders and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

Education

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Actuarial Science, or related discipline.

  • MBA or advanced business degree preferred.

Experience

  • 12+ years of finance leadership experience within financial services.

  • 4–5 years leading teams or directing finance resources.

  • 3–5 years advising senior executives and influencing business strategy.

  • Strong background in:

    • Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

    • Forecasting & Business Performance Management

    • Product Profitability

    • Strategic Financial Modeling

Professional Credentials (Preferred)

  • CPA

  • CMA

  • FSA / ASA

  • CFA

  • CLU

  • ChFC

Preferred Experience

✔ Deep expertise in Annuities and/or Pension Risk Transfer (PRT)

✔ Strong understanding of:

  • Insurance Balance Sheets

  • Liability-Driven Investing (LDI)

  • Capital Management

  • Insurance Product Economics

✔ Actuarial or highly quantitative background preferred:

  • FSA / ASA

  • CFA

  • Advanced Financial Modeling Experience

✔ Experience partnering with senior leaders in large insurance or retirement services organizations

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a strategic finance leader with deep expertise in the annuity and retirement products space who can bridge finance, actuarial, investments, and business strategy.

They will bring:

  • Significant insurance industry experience

  • Strong understanding of annuity and PRT products

  • Executive-level business partnering skills

  • Advanced financial modeling and analytical capabilities

  • Proven leadership experience managing high-performing finance teams

  • Ability to influence complex strategic decisions across a large organization

Candidate Snapshot

Requirement

Details

Experience

12+ Years Finance Leadership

Industry

Insurance / Financial Services

Seniority

Director Level

Leadership Experience

Required

Education

Bachelor's Degree Required

Remote

Yes

Travel

Monthly to Wisconsin HQ

Bonus Eligible

Yes

Relocation

Possible

Sponsorship

Not Available

Key Screening Questions

  1. Do you have significant experience in the insurance or retirement services industry?

  2. Have you supported annuity and/or pension risk transfer (PRT) products?

  3. Do you have experience partnering with executive leadership teams?

  4. Have you led finance teams and strategic planning functions?

  5. Do you have experience with ALM, pricing, capital management, or actuarial-driven financial analysis?

  6. Do you hold any professional designations such as CPA, CFA, ASA, or FSA?

  7. Are you comfortable with monthly travel to corporate headquarters?

Why Consider This Opportunity?

  • Fully remote leadership position.

  • Strategic partnership with executive business leaders.

  • Influence a multi-billion-dollar Wealth & Retirement business.

  • Exposure to annuities, pension risk transfer, investments, actuarial, and capital management.

  • Strong compensation, bonus potential, and executive-level visibility.

  • Opportunity to shape long-term business strategy and growth initiatives.

 

Senior Manager, Corporate Development (M&A) – Medical Technology | Hybrid NJ

Sr. Manager, Corporate Development

📍 Location: Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, USA
🏢 Work Model: Hybrid
• Monday–Thursday onsite (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
• Friday remote
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
💰 Base Salary: $140,000 – $170,000
🎯 Bonus Eligible: Yes
✈️ Travel: Occasional

About the Role

This is a high-impact Senior Manager, Corporate Development opportunity within a global medical technology leader. The role sits at the center of M&A strategy and execution, partnering closely with senior leadership, business units, and functional teams to drive both short- and long-term growth initiatives.

You will support the full lifecycle of transactions—including acquisitions, divestitures, strategic partnerships, and equity investments—and play a hands-on role in financial modeling, due diligence, deal structuring, and execution.

This position is ideal for someone with a strong investment banking or corporate development background who wants ownership, visibility, and influence at the enterprise level.

What You’ll Do

  • Partner with business unit leadership to develop investment theses and strategic rationales for acquisitions

  • Build and own financial models including DCF, LBO, merger consequences, and return analyses

  • Support and execute all phases of the M&A lifecycle, from target identification through close and integration

  • Lead end-to-end due diligence, including planning, execution, and leadership reviews

  • Identify deal risks and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop mitigation strategies

  • Lead and coordinate deal teams composed of internal stakeholders and external advisors (banks, law firms, consultants, accounting firms)

  • Support industry, market, and competitive research in partnership with strategy and business unit SMEs

  • Build strong working relationships across corporate strategy, finance, legal, and operating teams

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required (Finance or Accounting preferred)

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in:

    • Investment Banking and/or

    • Corporate Finance and/or

    • Corporate Development / M&A

  • Hands-on experience with M&A financial modeling (this role owns the modeling—no analyst support)

Core Skills & Capabilities

  • Strong quantitative, analytical, and strategic thinking skills

  • Proven experience structuring, negotiating, and closing M&A or strategic transactions

  • Ability to interpret and structure complex transaction documents

  • Experience leading cross-functional due diligence efforts

  • Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

  • Exceptional attention to detail and ability to perform under tight deadlines

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Teams

Preferred Qualifications

  • MBA or equivalent advanced degree

  • Prior experience in life sciences, medical devices, or healthcare

Ideal Candidate Profile

  • 5+ years of experience in investment banking and/or corporate development

  • Strong desire to move into or grow within a corporate development function

  • Comfortable owning complex financial models and transaction analysis independently

  • Collaborative, driven, detail-oriented, and business-minded

Why Join

  • Play a direct role in shaping corporate growth strategy

  • High visibility with senior leadership and enterprise decision-makers

  • Hybrid work model with strong in-office collaboration

  • Competitive base salary, bonus eligibility, and full benefits

  • Career path within a leading global medical technology organization

 

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