Technical Project Manager

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

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. 

• 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

• 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

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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.

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Bonus Eligible?

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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.

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