Product Owner

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Cat® Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital solutions for our customers and dealers. With over one million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better world.

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Job Opportunity:

We are seeking talented individuals to join our team to help us grow our presence, organization, culture, which will drive our digital product development efforts. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with top professionals working on very high impact and visibility products. Don't miss this chance to join and support digital innovation for a global leader in heavy machinery!

What will you do?

As a Product Owner, you will strongly contribute to vision and product development through high end Caterpillar product portfolio and be responsible for the following:

• Support prioritization and refinement of the product backlog, including defects, enhancements, and new features.

• Translate product needs, user feedback, and business priorities into clear features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Maintain accurate and transparent work items in MS Azure DevOps to support delivery planning and execution.

• Collaborate with engineering and other stakeholders to deliver features and releases on schedule.

• Participate in backlog refinement, scoping, solutioning, user acceptance testing, and retrospectives.

• Track delivery progress, risks, dependencies, adoption, and value realization, and provide regular updates to stakeholders.

• Support alignment across related products and teams to ensure a consistent and connected user experience.

• Managing the day-to-day activities of projects, including overseeing project responsibilities and schedules. Developing contingency plans for potential risks.

• Understanding capacity and resources for programs/quarters.

• Estimating proper delivery dates on Epics and Features, incl. management of commitment to business.

• Produce reports, status slides, production process documentation, status updates, etc.

• Acquiring solid understanding of high-level project details and representing the team in variety of cross-functional status and planning meetings with wider organization.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement in backlog management, planning, and delivery execution.

• Ensure that requirements are sufficiently detailed, actionable, and aligned with strategic objectives before development begins.

This position works directly with Slovakia based engineering leadership and Cat Digital IT in the US.

What you have:

• Solid knowledge of agile methodologies and roles such as Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, Scrum Master, Business Analyst, and Product Owner rules and guidance.

• 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: 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.

• Passion for technology and eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment.

• Strong ability to work independently and good time management skills.

Top Candidates will also have:

• Solid knowledge of computer software, such as Microsoft Azure DevOps, Power BI, etc

• Technical background and solid knowledge of technical aspects of data engineering.

• PSM, PSO, PAL-E or SAFe related certification

• PMI or PMP certification preferred.

What we offer:
At Cat Digital, we are committed to fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning, and we believe in investing in the development of our employees. As a member of our team, you will have access to a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as very competitive compensation and benefits packages, like:

• 3 000+ euros / month gross

• Performance related annual cash incentive

• Pension plan

• 5 days of extra vacation above the legislative requirement

• Attractive Life insurance

• 1 Volunteering Day

• Multisport Card

Take the chance to apply now for this position at Cat Digital Slovakia branch!

Contract type:

Full-time

Place of work:

Kosice, Slovakia

Additional Information:

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

Caterpillar is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation. For more information, visit https://www.caterpillar.com/en/careers/why-caterpillar.html

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