Group Product Manager

Career Area:EngineeringJob Description:Your Work Shapes the WorldWhether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.DescriptionCaterpillar is seeking a Group Product Manager for Common Services to join the Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies group. We develop machine control products that use site design information combined with positioning technology to semi-automatically control machines. These products are used in a range of applications where the operator of the machine benefits from having accurate horizontal and vertical guidance, through the use of sophisticated yet user-centric technology.As a Group Product Manager, you will guide and mold the Common Services product vision by utilizing your proven ability to prioritize and execute initiatives to enable product teams to better solve problems for our customers. Reporting to this position are various levels of Product Managers and support personnel in various geographic locations.Job Duties

Discover, organize and translate market opportunities and requirements into product development artifacts for our engineering team, enabling our developers to design and deliver timely solutions for our customers.

Define and prove out a framework that ties together a reference architecture and the subcomponents in a way that allows flexibility in the go to market strategy.

Establish commonality and communities of practice for commissioning, cybersecurity, supportability, simulation, analytics, safety enablement, and regulatory compliance.

Understand the grade control platform, the platform environments, and the cross-functional teams that need to come together to differentiate our solutions in the market.

Lead multiple teams and projects, drive initiatives, and ensure our growing portfolio of products enables the business to be as successful as possible.

Find purpose in solving the most nuanced machine control challenges to unlock greater performance and productivity for our construction industry customers.

Collaborate to identify the user experience requirements for the platform and the developer program.

Develop strong relationships and collaborate effectively with cross-functional core platform teams and development teams.

Guide the adoption of goals alignment and use of a dashboard to track and measure success.

Foster a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation from discovery through delivery in partnership with engineering and user experience leaders.

Mentor junior members of the product team and coach the product team to reach goals and achieve deliverables.

Present product updates and strategies to large groups and stakeholders.

Stay current with industry trends and market insights to inform product strategy.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant degree.

5+ years of software development, platform development, user experience, or product management experience.

Top Candidates will also have

Strong background in construction industry technology and workflows.

Experience leading product teams to build and execute the product vision and strategy, utilizing key data and market insights.

Proficiency in prioritizing and executing commercial activities such as pricing, marketing, and portfolio success monitoring to drive growth.

Ability to communicate the product vision and strategy to stakeholders, both internally and externally.

Additional InformationThe primary location for this position is Westminster, CO with additional locations in Mossville, IL and Dayton, OH.Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.This position will require up to 15% travel.Employee benefit detailsOur goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).Final detailsPlease frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers .For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media#LISummary Pay Range:$136,488.00 - $204,732.00Compensation 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:Annual incentive bonus planMedical, dental, and vision coveragePaid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)401k savings planHealth savings account (HSA)Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)Disability benefitsLife InsuranceParental leaveHealthy Lifestyle ProgramsEmployee Assistance ProgramsVoluntary Benefits and Employee DiscountsTuition ReimbursementCareer DevelopmentSubject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines .EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.