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Position Summary
Life Time Property Development plans, designs and builds new clubs and renovates existing ones across the country. You'll work with the Architecture, Construction, Real Estate, Development and Life Time Technology teams. You'll learn how they work, identify where systems can be improved, and deliver the improvements.
The role is hands-on: you'll gather requirements and run testing, and you'll also write SQL, build reports and configure applications.
Core systems: Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), Microsoft Project, Snowflake, DOMO, Service Channel, SharePoint.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Requirements & Process
- Gather and document business requirements, and turn them into user stories, functional specs and process maps.
- Analyze current workflows across the development lifecycle, from site acquisition through opening and handoff to operations. Find ways to automate manual work, improve data quality and remove duplicate effort.
Build, Delivery & Support
- Build proofs of concept to test ideas and confirm requirements before full implementation.
- Support system implementations, configuration, enhancements and integrations, working with IT, developers and vendors.
- Plan and coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT): test plans, execution, issue tracking and sign-off.
- Troubleshoot system and data issues and see them through to resolution with technology teams and vendors.
- Lead change management for new or updated systems: communication, training, documentation and user adoption.
Reporting & Analytics
- Build and maintain reports, dashboards and KPIs that track project budgets, schedules and portfolio performance.
- Make sure data flows accurately between systems so leaders can trust the numbers.
Position Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years as a Business Systems Analyst, Business Analyst, Systems Analyst or similar.
- Strong skills in requirements gathering, process mapping and problem solving.
- Hands-on experience supporting business application implementations, including UAT.
- Strong Excel and data-analysis skills, plus working knowledge of SQL.
- Clear communicator who can turn complex business needs into practical solutions and explain technical topics to people who aren't technical.
- Able to manage several projects and stakeholders at once in a fast-moving environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in property development, construction, real estate or architecture.
- Experience with Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC).
- Experience with construction or project management software (e.g., Procore, Microsoft Project).
- DOMO, Power BI or similar BI tools.
- Experience with Snowflake or another cloud data platform.
- Understanding of project budgeting, forecasting and cost reporting.
- Experience with system integrations and APIs.
- Experience with Python, .NET or JavaScript for scripting, automation or small internal applications.
- Familiarity with SDLC and Agile delivery.
- Experience managing third-party software vendors.
Pay
This is a salaried position starting at $85,000.00(or applicable minimum salary, if higher) and pays up to $117,000.00, based on experience and qualifications.Benefits
All team members receive the following benefits while working for Life Time:
A fully subsidized membership
Discounts on Life Time products and services
401(k) retirement savings plan with company discretionary match (21 years of age and older)
Training and professional development
Paid sick leave where required by law
Full-time Team Members are eligible for additional benefits, including:
Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
Short term and long term disability insurance
Life insurance
Pre-tax flexible spending and dependent care plans
Parental leave and adoption assistance
Paid time off, including 5 to 20 vacation days per calendar year (based on tenure) and paid sick leave
Deferred compensation plan, if the team member meets the required income threshold
Life Time is a place for everyone. As an organization, we are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon69

- Lockheed Martin56

- Amazon Web Services52

- Ford Motor Company8

- Dell Technologies6

Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in systems development manager jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
- Five or more years of software or systems engineering management experience
- Demonstrated experience leading full software development lifecycle delivery
- Proficiency with Agile, Scrum, or SAFe delivery frameworks
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Strong communication skills for executive stakeholder reporting and cross-team alignment
Tips for Your Systems Development Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume to the systems domain
Generic engineering manager resumes get filtered out fast. Lead with the specific systems you've owned, whether distributed infrastructure, embedded systems, or enterprise platforms, and quantify the team size, scope, and delivery outcomes you drove in each role.
Highlight cross-functional delivery experience
Hiring teams want to see that you've coordinated across engineering, product, and operations. Call out specific examples where you aligned stakeholders, resolved competing priorities, or unblocked delivery across multiple teams, not just within your own.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists systems development manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by systems stack and scope
A systems development manager role at a cloud-native company differs sharply from one at a legacy enterprise shop. Read job descriptions for the underlying stack, team structure, and delivery methodology so you apply to roles where your experience actually transfers.
Prepare for the systems design and leadership split
Interviews for this role almost always combine a technical systems design component with behavioral leadership questions. Practice articulating architectural tradeoffs you've made alongside how you handled underperformance, missed deadlines, or org-level conflict.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
When you receive an offer, clarify team headcount, budget authority, and reporting structure before accepting. These factors define whether you can actually deliver in the role, and they're often negotiable at the offer stage without touching base salary.
Systems Development Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most systems development managers?
The companies hiring the most systems development managers right now include Amazon, Lockheed Martin, and Amazon Web Services, with the largest share of openings in California, Washington, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand tends to concentrate in organizations undergoing large-scale platform modernization or cloud migration programs.
How many systems development manager jobs are remote?
About 63% of systems development manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with remote availability highest in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and software architecture roles. On-site requirements are more common in regulated industries such as defense contracting, government, and healthcare systems where compliance and physical presence are built into the role.
How do you become a systems development manager?
Most systems development managers start as individual contributor software or systems engineers, build a record of leading delivery on complex projects, then step into a team lead role before moving into formal management. Developing skills in performance management, roadmap planning, and stakeholder communication accelerates the transition. Certifications in Agile delivery or cloud architecture can reinforce technical credibility at the management level.
Can you get hired as a systems development manager with little experience?
Getting hired directly into a systems development manager role with no management background is rare, but candidates who have led cross-functional projects, served as a tech lead, or managed a small team informally can make a credible case. Targeting smaller companies, startups, or teams building new functions gives you the best path in without a formal management title already on your resume.
What does the systems development manager interview process look like?
The process typically runs three to five rounds, starting with a recruiter screen, followed by a hiring manager conversation focused on your leadership philosophy and delivery history, a technical round covering systems design and architecture decisions, and a behavioral panel with engineering directors or cross-functional peers. Some organizations add a written case study or a presentation on how you would structure or improve a development organization.
Where can I find and apply to systems development manager jobs?
You can find and apply to systems development manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your background and target companies, and apply directly to each listing from the page.
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