Elevate Strategic Partnerships as Senior Legal Counsel (AECO)

Are you a business-savvy legal leader passionate about enabling innovative software partnership programs at scale? Join Trimble's AECO team to drive growth, solve complex challenges, and power our global Marketplace, Developer, and sales channel ecosystems.

About Us: Trimble is empowering stakeholders through planning, design, construction and the entire asset lifecycle. The company’s innovative and connected ecosystem of solutions improves coordination and collaboration between teams, phases and processes. Automating work and transforming workflows, Trimble is enabling teams to deliver with confidence at every turn. For more information, visit: construction.trimble.com.

What Makes This Role Great: You will act as the lead legal decision-maker and strategic partner for high-growth partnership initiatives across Trimble's AECO segment, directly shaping business deal structures and driving global technology expansion.

Key Exciting Responsibilities:

• Serve as the strategic owner and lead counsel for all AECO partner programs, setting policy and legal direction for marketplace, developer, and sales channels.

• Build and scale global legal infrastructure, including playbooks, self-serve terms, and templates that remove deal friction and support growth.

• Provide proactive, pragmatic advice to business leaders to resolve legal and commercial risks across global channel and partner structures.

• Partner closely with program leadership to accelerate deal velocity and drive seamless cross-functional strategy execution.

• Deliver expert legal support on senior-level general commercial matters as needed.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• 7+ years of experience drafting and negotiating complex technology, channel, reseller, developer, or marketplace agreements.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree with an active state bar membership in good standing.

• A business-first mindset focused on commercial enablement and pragmatic problem-solving.

• Exceptional drafting, negotiation, and communication skills paired with sound executive judgment.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with channel economics, including revenue sharing, referral fees, and MDF structures.

• Familiarity with antitrust and competition compliance requirements.

• Hands-on experience using AI tools to enhance legal efficiency and speed.

Logistics:

Location: Lake Oswego, OR or Westminster, CO (Hybrid, 4 days per week in-office)

Travel Requirement: Less than 10%

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."

Senior Legal Counsel, Legal Counsel, AECO, Software Partnerships, Commercial Contracts, Marketplace Agreements, Technology Licensing, Channel Partner Law, Legal Strategy, Intellectual Property

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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