Career Area:
Business Technologies, Digital and DataJob Description:
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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 1.5 million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better, more sustainable world.
Job Summary:
As a Lead Product Owner, you’ll join our Integrated Product Management division and be responsible for creating strategy and roadmap for the GenAI solutions, with a strong focus on an AI Assistant and AI generated translations, educating and raising awareness about the potential of this new technology, as well as creating, maintaining, and prioritizing the product backlog.
You’ll work with business and engineering organizations across Cat Digital to identify opportunities where application of AI/GenAI to business scenarios will improve Cat Digital offering to dealers, Cat customers and Cat employees. You’ll closely collaborate with Digital Product Management product partners, architects, and engineers within our organization to evaluate AI Assistant use cases, their impact to our business and our dealers and customers. You’ll represent the organization in AI related governance bodies and councils, as well as communicate the status to leadership team and stakeholders.
What You Will Do:
- Maximizing the value of the product and the work of the development team
- Acting as Product Manager for our AI Assistant and other integrated AI products
- Planning, and creating road maps and strategy for our AI Assistant
- Creating, maintaining, and prioritizing the product backlog according to business value for the life of the project
- Responsible for adoption, engagement, and tracking business value associated to the product
- Raising awareness among business partners of the potential of this new technology
- Communicate Product Backlog priorities to the team
- Act as a key decision-maker regarding what features the product will have
- Responsible for product vision and conveying that vision to the team
- Owns definition of acceptance criteria for product features
- Work closely with key stakeholders throughout the organization
- Making decisions on release dates and content
- Representing the customer, interfacing and engaging with the customer
- Communicating releases to stakeholders and customers
What You Will Have:
- Software Product Business Knowledge: High level of experience with the business aspects and operation of a software product; ability to manage install base, current uses, future plans, and product vision.
- Effective Communications: Highly effective communication skills with understanding of communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
- Business Analysis: Extensive experience of business analysis and the set of tasks, techniques and tools required to identify business needs; ability to recommend solutions that deliver value to stakeholders.
- 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.
Top Candidates Also Have:
- Typically 7+ years or more of professional experience.
- Experience in software engineering, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence.
- Extensive experience as a Product Manager/Owner with the ability to manage multiple projects and workstreams.
- Proven ability to develop innovative products, streamline complex processes, and manage strategic roadmaps to drive project success.
Additional Information:
- Hybrid work policy: 3 days per week from the office.
- The position is based in Geneva. Relocation is not supported.
- A valid Swiss work permit or Swiss or EU-25/EFTA citizenship is required for this position.
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.
Posting Dates:
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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