Technical Lead Manager

Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

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About the Role

Motive is looking for a Technical Lead Manager (TLM) to lead a team of engineers while driving the execution of complex technical initiatives, shaping technical direction, and maintaining a high bar for engineering quality and delivery. In this role, you will report into TLM and combine strong technical judgment with people leadership, helping engineers grow while partnering across the department to deliver outcomes that support broader team and departmental objectives.

The ideal candidate brings a collaborative, growth-oriented mindset, experience leading cross-functional work, and the ability to balance near-term execution with long-term technical thinking.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, including coaching, mentorship, and performance development.

• Plan and execute projects of diverse scope by translating business needs and technical requirements into clear delivery plans.

• Drive technical design discussions and reviews to ensure strong architecture, code quality, testing, and operational excellence.

• Partner with product, engineering, and adjacent stakeholders to align priorities, manage tradeoffs, and deliver meaningful customer outcomes.