Career Area:

Business Technologies, 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.

We have an exciting role open within Caterpillar’s Global Finance Strategy Division for a Senior Project Manager. In this role, you will be an essential partner to the Leaders of Global Finance Data and Advanced Analytics within Caterpillar’s Corporate Finance.

You will support a global Data and Advanced Analytics team based in the USA and India with responsibilities for Global Finance related to data platform and analytics business solutions. This is a great opportunity to support the extensive growth and impact of our Global Finance digital solutions.

What You Will Do:

• Project Planning: Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in alignment with business objectives. Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, resources, and budgets.
• Execution & Monitoring: Monitor project progress, identifying and resolving issues to ensure smooth execution.
• Stakeholder Management: Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders regularly. Manage stakeholder expectations and foster strong relationships to achieve project objectives.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies. Proactively address challenges to minimize project impacts.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that all project deliverables meet the required SOX IT controls (if applicable), quality standards and are delivered on time
• Reporting & Documentation: Prepare and maintain comprehensive program status. Provide regular updates and reports to senior management
• Team Leadership:  Champion and support a collaborative and high-performance work environment. Resolve conflicts and ensure alignment with project goals.
• Process Improvement: Deliver lean projects to further improve the efficiency of Global Finance program management reporting processes by utilizing digital tools.

What You 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.
• Effective Communications and Collaboration: Understanding of effective communication and collaboration concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Software Program Management: Knowledge of strategic and technical project management of the various processes involved to manage projects effectively; ability to manage project baselines: scope, schedule, and budget
• Software Change Request Management: Knowledge of software change request management; ability to manage software product change requests from customers, prospective customers, vendors, and internal staff..
• Software Engineering: Knowledge of software engineering
• Software Problem Management: Knowledge of strategies, practices and tools for resolving software problems; ability to manage software problems in installed software products.
• Software Development Lifecyle: Knowledge of water fall and Agile methodologies, tools and techniques
• Software Product Business Knowledge: Knowledge of and experience with the business aspects and operation of a software product; understanding install base, current uses, future plans, and product vision.
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Knowledge of UAT activities, tasks, tools and techniques; ability to design, implement and evaluate acceptance tests for end-user

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree or master’s degree in information systems, STEM, Finance or similar related discipline
• Progressive Program Management experience, including ability to strategize, implement and maintain program initiative
• Collaboration experience with Data Product, Architecture, Data Science, and Engineering teams in both USA and Offshore environment
• Previous experience in reporting program status and risk to VP, Senior Directors and other senior leaders

Additional Info:

• The primary location for this position is Peoria, IL or Irving, TX
• Domestic relocation assistance is available for those who qualify
• Sponsorship is not available
• Travel up to 10%

Posting Dates:

September 4, 2024 - September 18, 2024

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

EEO/AA Employer.  All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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