Career Area:
Engineering
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.
Role Summary
This role plays a key part in shaping product direction, clarifying priorities, defining outcomes, and ensuring work is well understood before it moves into delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Product Management
Lead product discovery and continuous refinement activities aligned to business priorities and customer needs.
Shape and refine product opportunities, features, and enhancements based on evidence, feedback, and strategic direction.
Maintain a strong understanding of users, workflows, operational contexts, and constraints relevant to the product domain.
Collaborate with cross-functional partners to break down priorities into clear problem areas, hypotheses, and actionable product work.
Ensure product work is grounded in:
Customer and user needs
Business goals, workflows, and operating realities
Technical, commercial, and compliance considerations
Use Case Definition & Product Framing
Develop high‑quality features with clear product framing, including:
Problem statements and use cases
Intended user and business outcomes
Value hypotheses and assumptions
Success criteria and constraints
Contribute to initiative and feature breakdown by clarifying
scope, intent, boundaries, and expected outcomes
Produce product artefacts suitable for design, engineering, validation, and delivery readiness.
Solution Exploration (Discovery Phase)
Partner with engineering, architecture, and design teams during early solution exploration.
Represent product intent, user needs, and business context throughout discovery and solution development activities.
Ensure scope, assumptions, and success measures remain aligned with product goals and stakeholder expectations.
(This role influences solution direction through product insight but does not own architecture or implementation decisions.)
Proof of Value & Validation
Drive proof‑of‑concept and pilot activities to validate:
Customer and operator value
Feasibility and scalability of proposed capabilities
Key technical, operational, and product constraints
Ensure validation evidence is objective, measurable, and suitable for informed product and investment decisions.
Discovery Outcomes & Production Enablement
Synthesize discovery findings into clear, concise, and decision‑ready outputs
Provide recommendations to stakeholders to:
Progress opportunities forward
Refine scope, sequencing, or approach
De-prioritize or stop work where value is not demonstrated
Support the transition of validated work into backlog readiness, planning, and delivery activities.
What This Role Does Not Own
Product strategy or portfolio direction
Roadmap ownership or prioritization decisions
Final implementation design or technical solution ownership
Delivery scope, timelines, or release commitments
Architecture or technical governance decisions
Key Working Relationships
Engineering and Delivery Teams
– Key partners for feasibility, planning, and execution
Business Stakeholders
– Partners in strategy, priorities, and value realization
Design and Architecture Partners
– Contributors to product experience, solution shaping, and feasibility assessment
Customers, Users, and Domain Experts
– Sources of insight into needs, workflows, and operational realities
Research, Validation, or Pilot Teams
– Partners in evidence gathering, experimentation, and learning
Operational and Delivery Stakeholders
– Recipients and partners for rollout, adoption, and ongoing product evolution
Success Measures
The Product Manager is successful when:
Product inputs and requirements are clear, evidence-based, and actionable
Stakeholders can make timely, confident decisions with reduced ambiguity
Collaboration remains effective, with shared understanding of priorities, outcomes, and ownership boundaries
Posting Dates:
May 12, 2026 - May 25, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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