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Technical Delivery Manager, Installation & Maintenance

Therma, 1601 Las Plumas Avenue, San Jose, California, United States of America •

Job Description

Posted Friday, August 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM

About Legence
Legence (Nasdaq: LGN) is a leading provider of engineering, consulting, installation, and maintenance services for mission-critical systems in buildings. The company specializes in designing, fabricating, and installing complex HVAC, process piping, and other mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems—enhancing energy efficiency, reliability, and sustainability in new and existing facilities. Legence also delivers long-term performance through strategic upgrades and holistic solutions. Serving some of the world’s most technically demanding sectors, Legence counts over 60% of the Nasdaq-100 Index among its clients.

Technical Delivery Manager, Installation & Maintenance

Location: Any Legence location, with remote option

Employment Type:Full-Time

About the Role

Legence is seeking a Technical Delivery Manager who leads by building. This is a player‑coach role in the fullest sense: you'll spend real time in the codebase — designing solutions, writing code, reviewing pull requests, and shipping — while leading a team of engineers and serving as the trusted technical voice for business stakeholders. You keep delivery on track not by administering process, but by understanding the work deeply enough to make the right calls, grow your team, and jump in yourself when it matters.

The ideal candidate can present a solution approach to executives in the morning and implement a tricky integration in the afternoon. Deep, practical experience with AI-driven software development and enterprise systems is a must.

What You'll Do

• Build and Ship
  • Design and implement solutions hands‑on: services, integrations, automation, and prototypes — you write production code, not just review it
  • Own technical decisions on your initiatives: architecture, build‑vs‑buy, tooling, and integration approach
  • Set the technical bar through code reviews, pairing, and example — engineers should learn from working alongside you
  • Lead AI-driven development in practice: build with AI coding assistants and agentic workflows (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot), integrate LLM APIs into products and internal tools, and show the team how to get real leverage from these tools safely
  • Ensure solutions integrate cleanly with enterprise systems — ERP/CRM, identity, data platforms, cloud infrastructure — and hold up on security, scalability, and maintainability
• Lead the Technical Team
  • Lead a team of engineers day to day: set direction, assign ownership, and keep the team focused on the highest‑value work
  • Grow engineers through hands‑on mentorship — pairing, design discussions, and honest, specific feedback rather than annual‑review platitudes
  • Build a strong engineering culture: high standards for code quality and testing, healthy debate on design, and shared ownership of outcomes
  • Shape the team itself— participate in hiring, onboard new engineers, and develop senior engineers into technical leaders
  • Shield the team from noise and churn; absorb ambiguity from stakeholders and hand engineers clear, well‑framed problems
  • Foster effective adoption of AI development tools across the team, establishing shared practices for where they accelerate work and where human judgment stays in the loop
• Engage Stakeholders
  • Act as the primary technical counterpart for business stakeholders and product owners
  • Translate business goals directly into working solutions — shorten the distance between "what we need" and "here it is" with prototypes and demos rather than documents
  • Communicate progress, risks, and trade‑offs in plain language; earn trust by showing working software early and often
  • Push back constructively when a request doesn't make technical or business sense, and bring better options
• Drive Delivery (Lightweight)
  • Keep initiatives moving end to end — scope, sequence, ship — with just enough structure to stay predictable
  • Remove blockers fast, usually by solving the underlying technical problem rather than escalating it
  • Coordinate dependencies across teams and vendors pragmatically; favor working agreements over heavyweight process
  • Use metrics that matter (cycle time, quality, outcomes delivered) instead of ceremony for its own sake

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years building software, including recent, sustained hands‑on coding — this is a technical role first
• Demonstrated experience with AI‑driven software development: daily use of AI coding assistants, building with LLM APIs, prompt/context engineering, or shipping Al‑augmented features and workflows
• Solid experience with enterprise systems and integration patterns: ERP/CRM platforms, REST/event‑driven APIs and middleware, identity and access management, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), and data pipelines
• Track record of leading delivery of enterprise software initiatives while remaining a hands‑on contributor
• Experience leading and growing an engineering team (or acting as tech lead for one — mentoring, technical direction‑setting, and building team culture, without stepping away from the code
• Excellent communication skills — able to explain technical decisions to executives, negotiate scope with stakeholders, and mentor engineers
• Working fluency with modern engineering practices: CI/CD, DevOps, testing, and iterative delivery

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the built environment, energy, engineering services, or a related industry
• Familiarity with MCP, agentic AI systems, or deploying LLM‑based features to production
• Hands‑on integration work with platforms such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, or similar enterprise ecosystems
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Who You Are

• A builder at heart who happens to be great with people — you'd rather demo a working prototype than present a status deck
• A pragmatic technologist who measures success in shipped outcomes, not tickets closed
• Curious and current on AI capabilities, and disciplined about applying them where they create real value
• Direct, calm under pressure, and comfortable making decisions with incomplete information
• A multiplier — you lead engineers by example, invest in their growth, and make the whole team faster and better

Base salary: $155,000-$180,000 per year. This role may be eligible for participation in discretionary bonus plan based on company and individual performance.
Notes: Actual compensation will be based on skills, experience, and work location, and may vary from the posted range. Hiring bonuses (and any guaranteed year‑end bonuses) are administered under Company policy and are not earned until all stated conditions are met (e.g., active employment on the payment date). This posting reflects compensation at the time of posting and may be updated.

Benefits Overview
401(k) Plan with Company Match: Currently match contributions dollar‑for‑dollar up to 4% of eligible pay; immediate vesting.
Health & Welfare Benefits: Employer provided medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, Employee Assistance Program and accident & illness coverage.
Life and Disability Insurance: Employer provided basic life insurance and AD&D valued at 50K coverage amount with the option for voluntary buy up for additional coverage.
Time Off: Flexible non‑accrual vacation; company holidays per policy. (For California employees, this is separate from California paid sick leave, if applicable.)
Expenses: Business travel and related expenses reimbursed per company policy.

Reasonable Accommodations
If you need assistance or accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact us atta@wearelegence.com or your dedicated recruiter with the job title and requisition number.

Employment Eligibility
Candidates must have current work authorization in the U.S.; visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Pay Disclosure & Considerations
Where pay ranges are indicated, please note that a successful candidate’s exact pay will be determined based relevant job -related factors, including any of the following: candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications,

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Legence and its affiliate companies are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), marital or familial status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, other non‑merit‑based factors, and any other characteristic protected under applicable local, state or federal laws and regulations.
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