Capability Development Manager Jobs in Portland, OR

Transform the Future of ERP as our Development Manager for Strategic Agentic Integration!
Are you ready to lead a technical team at the absolute forefront of the AI revolution in enterprise software? As the Development Manager, you will be the key driver for leveraging artificial intelligence to modernize and streamline the way we build, maintain, and enhance our multiple ERP systems. This leadership role is intensely focused on technical execution, requiring you to provide strategic guidance and architectural expertise.
About Us:
Trimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it's helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress.
The Trimble AECO segment provides digital construction solutions that increase precision and productivity for Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations.
What Makes This Role Great:
In this role, you will lead the evolution of our established ERP product suite, identifying strategic opportunities to integrate AI and machine learning into our core business logic. You will serve as the primary technical architect for our global ERP systems, ensuring that emerging AI methodologies enhance our existing robust framework while maintaining the high reliability our construction and engineering customers depend on.
Our ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience architecting enterprise solutions, with a deep specialization in ERP business logic and financial workflows. You have a proven track record of deploying agentic AI frameworks that automate complex ERP tasks within production environments. You possess the unique ability to navigate legacy database schemas while implementing cutting-edge RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) patterns and LLM-driven automation. As a seasoned technical leader, you excel at transforming rigid ERP requirements into flexible, AI-enhanced systems while mentoring a multidisciplinary team of engineers.
Key Exciting Responsibilities
Are you ready to lead a technical team at the absolute forefront of the AI revolution in enterprise software? As the Development Manager, you will be the key driver for leveraging artificial intelligence to modernize and streamline the way we build, maintain, and enhance our multiple ERP systems. This leadership role is intensely focused on technical execution, requiring you to provide strategic guidance, architectural expertise, and hands-on mentorship as you guide the integration of AI capabilities, translating customer needs into successful, delighting features.
Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience: Minimum of 7 Years of experience in enterprise software development, with a focus on architecting and managing ERP business logic and financial modules.
• ERP & Finance Systems: Expert knowledge of ERP system architectures, accounting workflows, and large-scale enterprise resource planning implementations.
• Core Tech Stack: Proficient in C# and .NET Framework/Core, with extensive experience building robust, scalable back-end services for business-critical applications.
• Database Mastery: Expert level proficiency in SQL Server, including complex query optimization, stored procedures, and managing legacy database schemas.
• System Integration: Proven experience in API development, ETL processes, and ensuring data integrity across interconnected enterprise platforms.
• Leadership: Proven leadership and team management skills with a focus on delivering high-quality ERP enhancements and maintaining system stability.

Bonus Points For:

• Cloud Infrastructure: Familiarity with the deployment and scaling of AI solutions on cloud platforms, particularly in an Azure environment.
• Enterprise Software: Previous experience with ERP product suites or construction industry accounting or project management software.
• Integration Excellence: Experience collaborating with Integration engineers to ensure seamless deployment and response quality in a user-friendly web application.

Why You'll Love Working With Us
At Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"-we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.
You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.
Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a "hidden gem." You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We're a company of "visionary pragmatists" who think boldly and build things that work.
Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers."
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
$144,600.00-$198,800.00
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: Trimble accepts applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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 https://investor.trimble.com, under "Corporate Governance."
Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together. By actively listening, asking questions, and taking intentional actions, we cultivate a culture that provides equitable opportunities for everyone to contribute and grow.
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