Description

Career Area:
Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Help Build the Future of Caterpillar

At Caterpillar, technology always has a purpose, which is to solve our customers' toughest challenges. Through Cat Technology, we are solving problems by building the intelligence layer that connects machines, data, and people to make jobsites safer, more productive, and more sustainable. By combining deep domain expertise in physical systems with software, connectivity, autonomy, and AI, we deliver solutions that work in the real world-on real jobsites, at global scale.

You'll build and deploy against one of the most unique data foundations-over 1.6 million connected assets generating real-world data daily. These data and platform capabilities are enabling the development of AI models, edge computing architectures, and software systems that scale across fleets, products, and industries. The result will be a new generation of machines that continuously learn, improve, and deliver performance at scale.

What You Will Do:

This individual will be responsible for both project management and product ownership. As a Project Manager you will be accountable for ensuring successful completion of projects, on-time, within budget, and error-free. The principal responsibility of the Project Manager is to manage the planning and execution of project team members. As the Product Owner you will work intimately with the Scrum Team with the primary task of creating and managing the Product Backlog and to ensure everyone knows the priorities and assisting the scrum team to meet the objectives of each sprint.

• Incumbent will support various project teams and obtain/provide a variety of information starting at concept stage and continuing through prototype, pilot, implementation and follow-up stages of various projects
• Develop and produce project management schedules.
• Use professional project management tools and techniques to manage reporting, tracking charts, checklist, and project scheduling software and to delegate appropriately.
• Manage change and take active leadership in timely decision making.
• Responsible for creating, maintaining and prioritizing the Product Backlog according to business value for the life of the project.
• Communicate Product Backlog priorities to the team.
• Act as the key decision-maker regarding what features the product will have.
• Responsible for the vision of what is to be built, and conveying that vision to the team.

What You Will Have:

• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Organizational Leadership: Knowledge of leadership concepts and ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing and achieving objectives.
• Program Management: Knowledge of the policies and techniques to manage a set of related projects within a program; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control the set of projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve program objectives.
• Change Control: Knowledge of the processes and procedures by which a change is identified, evaluated, approved, monitored and documented; Ability to manage changes in the production environment and processes effectively

• Problem Management: Knowledge of the processes involved in problem control, error control and the production of management information or computer hardware; ability to identify the root cause of problems in a timely and accurate manner and bring them to a successful resolution.

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Typical candidates will have 5+ years of direct project management experience working with software engineering teams in an agile environment
• Experience managing product backlogs using Agile software tools such as Azure DevOps, Mingle, Team Services, Rally.
• Extensive experience using Azure DevOps (ADO)
• PMP certification (Nice to Have)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) desired
• Knowledge of Confluence desired
• Knowledge of Power BI is desired

Additional Details:

• This position requires the candidate to be based in Dallas, TX
• Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.
• Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

Summary Pay Range:

$128,470.00 - $192,710.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
  
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
  
• 401(k) savings plans*
  
• Health Savings Account (HSA)*
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
  
• Health Lifestyle Programs*
  
• Employee Assistance Program*
  
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
  
• Career Development*
  
• Incentive bonus*
  
• Disability benefits
  
• Life Insurance
  
• Parental leave
  
• Adoption benefits
  
• Tuition Reimbursement
  

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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