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Caterpillar, Inc.
Senior Digital Product Owner
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What they do
A Product Owner is a member of the product development team who writes user stories and defines the tasks needed for engineers to work using the Agile Development Framework.
$99,360 / year median in Illinois
+18% projected growth
Job 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.
Job Summary:
- Are you passionate about creating solutions that provide a best-in-class customer experience, which in turn grows business opportunity?
What You Will Do:
- + Defining Epics and Features for building capabilities with clear understanding of the business problems to be solve and working with the Cat® Foresight Condition Monitoring Product Manager on prioritizing working among the greater Product Backlog.
What You Will Have:
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Software Product Business Knowledge:
- Extensive knowledge of and experience with the business aspects and operation of a software product; ability to manage install base, current uses, future plans, and product vision. +
Software Change Request Management:
- Extensive experience of software change request management; ability to manage software product change requests from customers, prospective customers, vendors, and internal staff. +
Effective Communications:
- Extensive understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. +
Decision Making and Critical Thinking:
- Extensive experience of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. +
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT):
- Extensive knowledge of UAT activities, tasks, tools and techniques; ability to design, implement and evaluate acceptance tests for end-users.
Considerations For Top Candidates:
- + Extensive professional experience as a Product Owner or related role using Agile methodology (typically 5+ years) + Typically, a Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree in Applied Statistics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering (Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, Industrial, Agricultural, etc.
Additional Information:
- This position will be based out of our Chicago, IL or Peoria, IL offices.
What You Will Get:
- Working with a Fortune 100 leader, you can build your career on a global scale and take advantage of development opportunities with emerging technologies. We've created an inclusive environment for you to explore your passions, make an impact and do the work that really matters. Join Us.
- About Caterpillar
- Caterpillar Inc.
Summary Pay Range:
- $112,710.00 - $183,140.00 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 Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Posting Dates:
- July 31, 2026 - August 5, 2026 Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.