Manager, Solution Architects AEC

Manager, Solution Architects

The Manager, Solution Architects leads a team of solution architects responsible for designing and delivering scalable, high-quality technical solutions that align with customer requirements and business objectives. This role combines technical leadership, team management, and strategic collaboration across sales, product, engineering, and customer experience teams.

The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise of Trimble Solutions, strong leadership skills, and the ability to translate complex business needs into innovative solution architectures.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Solution Architects.
• Set performance goals, conduct regular reviews, and support professional growth.
• Establish best practices for solution design, documentation, and implementation.
• Foster a collaborative, customer-focused culture within the team.

Solution Design & Technical Leadership

• Oversee architecture and design of complex enterprise solutions.
• Ensure solutions align with product capabilities, security standards, and scalability requirements.
• Provide architectural guidance during pre-sales, implementation, and post-sales phases.
• Review and approve solution designs and technical proposals.

Customer & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with Sales and Customer Experience teams to support strategic accounts.
• Participate in customer meetings, technical workshops, and solution presentations.
• Translate customer business challenges into practical technical solutions.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex architectural issues.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Management and Engineering to communicate internal and customer feedback and influence product roadmap.
• Collaborate with Customer Experience teams to ensure smooth delivery.
• Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and architectural standards.

Process & Strategy

• Define scalable processes for solution architecture engagements.
• Track and report on team metrics, project progress, and customer outcomes.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in solution delivery.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems engineering, or related technical roles.
• 3+ years of experience leading or managing technical teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, and system integration.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel up to 30%

Preferred

• Experience working with enterprise customers in a pre-sales or consulting capacity.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience with SaaS solutions and enterprise software implementations.
• Architecture certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, TOGAF).

Key Competencies

• Technical leadership
• Strategic thinking
• Customer engagement
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Problem solving and decision making
• Communication and presentation skills

Success Metrics

• Customer satisfaction and solution adoption
• Quality and scalability of solution architectures
• Team performance and professional development
• Contribution to revenue and strategic deals
• Alignment between customer needs and product capabilities

Working Conditions

Work takes place in a variety of settings as follows:

• In an office setting that requires the ability to sit and work at a keyboard and computer monitor for extended periods of time, and to communicate with customers and co-workers by phone and computer.
• In various settings related to on-site customer engagements and consultant training. This includes travel to and from site via car, train, and airline, standing and/or sitting for extended periods of time, presentation of training/consulting topics, and overnight hotel stays.
• High stress may occur.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 30 lbs.

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

$122,500.00–$168,400.00

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.

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."

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