Team Lead, Systems Engineering

Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. About the Role The Team Lead, Systems Engineering leads a team of professional Systems Engineers responsible for delivering consistent technical execution, strong customer outcomes, and measurable business impact across a defined region or segment. This role balances people leadership, operational execution, and technical oversight. It exists to ensure Systems Engineering efforts stay aligned to business priorities while adapting to a market that continues to change rapidly. Veeam has evolved beyond the legacy as a virtualization backup leader into a data resilience platform company . Customers now expect more than recovery—they expect confidence in their data as it becomes increasingly distributed, regulated, and consumed by analytics and AI initiatives. This role plays a direct part in that shift by developing teams that can guide customers through real change, not just product adoption. What You’ll Do Data underpins modern business. It drives operations, customer trust, compliance, and innovation. At the same time, it has become one of the most exposed parts of the enterprise due to ransomware, system failures, architectural sprawl, and accelerating AI adoption. Data resilience is no longer a technical detail. It is a business requirement—and increasingly a prerequisite for responsible AI use. This role ensures that Veeam’s strategy becomes execution. By building strong teams, improving how work gets done, and aligning technical engagement to real customer needs, the Manager, Systems Engineering directly influences customer success, partner effectiveness, and Veeam’s credibility in a market where resilient, trusted data is foundational to both security and innovation. People Leadership Team Effectiveness Lead, mentor, and develop a team of professional Systems Engineers, ensuring consistent productivity, quality, and results. Manage performance with clarity and fairness, providing coaching that supports growth and accountability. Build a team culture that values preparation, ownership, and customer impact. Improve processes and execution consistency to help the team scale effectively. Business Operational Alignment Align Systems Engineering activities to sales priorities, account strategies, and regional business plans. Operate with sound judgment in day-to-day decisions, consulting leadership when scope or impact requires it. Track progress against goals and adjust priorities as conditions change. Ensure company initiatives are executed consistently and with purpose. Technical Strategic Oversight Guide teams through complex technical and customer challenges, helping them navigate ambiguity and competing priorities. Serve as a technical escalation point, ensuring architectural quality and alignment to Veeam’s data resilience strategy. Ensure teams can clearly position how resilient, secure, and governed data enables cloud, analytics, and AI initiatives , not just recovery. Share field insight that improves positioning, execution, and cross-functional collaboration. Cross-Functional Ecosystem Leadership Partner closely with Sales Leadership to improve planning, prioritization, and execution. Work across internal teams—including product, engineering, and alliances—to support customer and partner success. Build strong working relationships with customers, par ... (truncated, view full listing at source)