Technical Project Manager

Overview

Job Title : Technical Project Manager

Job Location : Westminster, CO or Christchurch, NZ

Department : Field Systems

Trimble is an exciting, entrepreneurial company, with a history of exceptional growth coupled with a disciplined and strategic focus on being the best.

While GPS is at our core, we have grown beyond this technology to embrace other sophisticated positioning technologies and, in doing so; we are changing the way the world works.

About The Role

We are seeking a candidate to fill a full-time technical project manager position in our Civil Construction Field Solutions division in our Christchurch, New Zealand location.

This position will focus on managing engineering projects that are in the productization phase (NPI) and research phase (NTI).

Candidates will work with cross-disciplinary engineer teams (HW, SW, FW, ME), product teams, and operations teams to move hardware and software projects through the Trimble process from idea to implementation to first customer shipment.

Candidates should be highly process and people-oriented with an ability to influence others to get the job done.

An agile mindset of continuous improvement is a must.

What You Will Do

Facilitate the Trimble internal process, T5, used for New Product Introduction (NPI) projects involving hardware, firmware, mechanical, and / or kitting

Facilitate the Trimble Learning Cycles process used for new technology introduction (NTI) projects

Act as SCRUM Master for new Agile development teams, acting as a resource to quickly move teams from storming to performing by building trust, commitment, and accountability

Facilitate project gate review meetings to seek stakeholder approval

Provide regular project updates in an executive summary format that drives decisions and actions

Work with teams to develop and maintain schedules, budgets, and resource estimates that drive on-time and on-budget projects

Develop strong working relationships with key contributions

Use influence, persuasion, and teamwork to drive results against clear objectives

What Skills & Experience You Should Have

5+ years of experience working on engineering teams developing embedded systems using GNSS, IMU's, Lasers, or other technology used in positioning and control

Very strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to clearly articulate status, risks, and recommendations to keep projects on time and within budget

Mastery of the Google Suite, SmartSheet (or similar Gantt chart) tool, and Jira

A proven record of using influence, persuasion, and teamwork to drive results against clear objectives

Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban

Ability to quickly come up to speed on new products, projects, and technology

Able to maintain and prioritize work effectively within and across multiple projects and priorities

Measures Of Success

Projects are delivered on time and to budget

Increase the velocity at which engineering can move projects from ideas to production-ready solutions

Become the go-to resource for project status, dependencies, and general questions across the portfolio

Create a culture in which engineers embrace, instead of resist, the process

Trimble Navigation Limited is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, or any other protected factor.

EOE / M / F / V / D

Compensation

Compensation : Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and / or offer for this position.

This compensation range is based on a full time schedule.

Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range $105,

• –$142,

Pay Rate Type Salary

Bonus Eligible?

Yes

Commission Eligible?

No

Benefits

Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans.

Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply

Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the 'Apply Now' button located in this posting.

Posting Date 10 / 07 / 2025

Application Deadline Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive.

Guided by our core values—Belong, Innovate, and Grow—we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic.

We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and / or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble.

For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at , under "Corporate Governance."

Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together.

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