Lead Product Owner

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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.

Your Impact 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.

 Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Lead Product Owner to join our Digital Product Management - AIMS Data -Global Financial services Division

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

You will support a global Finance transformation 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.

The preference for this role is to be based out of Bangalore, Whitefield Office

 What you will do

• Product Vision and Roadmap: Define and communicate the product vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and user needs.
• Backlog Management: Prioritize and manage the product backlog, ensuring that the most valuable features are developed first.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a bridge between stakeholders and the development team, gathering and interpreting requirements.
• Requirement Gathering: Elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements
• Business Data Analysis: Collect, identify, analyze and interpret Finance and Accounting data using various kinds of techniques to meet business needs and requirements
• User-Centered Design: Implement user-centered design methodologies to enhance user satisfaction and product usability.
• Performance Tracking: Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and use analytics to inform product decisions and improvements.
• Agile Practices: Work within agile frameworks, facilitating smooth and efficient development cycles.
• Project Planning: Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in alignment with business objectives.
• 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 will have 

• Business Analysis: Knowledge of Finance and Accounting domain to perform business analysis and the set of tasks, techniques and tools required to identify business needs; ability to recommend solutions that deliver value to stakeholders.
• Data Analysis and Interpretation: Extensive hands-on experience in SQL to analyze and interpret complex data sets to provide actionable insights that support business decisions.
• 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 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 Change Request Management: Knowledge of software change request management; ability to manage software 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
• This position requires candidate to work a 5-day -a -week schedule in the office

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in information systems, STEM, Finance or similar related discipline
• Progressive Project Management experience, including ability to strategize, implement and maintain project initiative
• Knowledge of product lifecycle, tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis
• Collaboration experience with Data Product, Architecture, Data Science, and Engineering teams in both USA and Offshore environment
• Intermediate understanding of SQL concepts and professional experience with database management (SQL Server and Snowflake) and data reporting tools (PowerBI, Tableau etc.)
• Proven experience on business processes, systems and data across key financial domains including Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Invoice-to-Cash, Order-to-Cash, and Financial Planning & Analysis
• Experience in Blackline tool implementation is a plus

Skills desired:

Business Analysis: Knowledge 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.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Analyzes the value of a business and its functions through the value estimation of assets.
• Applies the prerequisites to a project before starting the business analysis process.
• Collaborates with stakeholders, development teams, testing teams, etc., to deliver business solutions.
• Documents the business case to justify the requirements of time and resources of a project.
• Utilizes diverse analysis tools and methodologies to group different business activities based on shared characteristics or similarities.

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.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

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.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

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.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Describes methods for estimating costs for request fulfillment.
• Defines responses for non-standard or unsupported change requests.
• Contributes to the design and development of request process flow and templates.
• Clarifies description, components affected, need, cost estimate, risk, resources, status.
• Manages all aspects of the change request process.
• Researches new tools and techniques for monitoring product efficacy.

Software Engineering: Knowledge of software engineering; ability to deliver new or enhanced fee-based software products.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Identifies considerations for product integration with multiple platforms and systems.
• Works with development or delivery of a software package or component.
• Describes phases, activities, deliverables and processes for a specific methodology.
• Works with structured documents for developing features, functions, plans and schedules.
• Describes software design practices, technologies, and considerations.

Software Problem Management: Knowledge of strategies, practices and tools for resolving software problems; ability to manage software problems in installed software products.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Documents resolution progress and provides feedback to customers.
• Describes issues and consideration for resolving problems involving other products or vendors.
• Works with tracking and resolving common types of problems for a product or product group.
• Describes actions, tools, and procedures for problem reporting, solving, and resolution.
• Cites examples of unusual problems; follows proper notifications and escalation procedures.

Software Product Business Knowledge: Knowledge of and experience with the business aspects and operation of a software product; ability to manage install base, current uses, future plans, and product vision.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Participates in enhancing the sales process and expanding sales opportunities.
• Collects, documents, and maintains product functional requirements; makes recommendations.
• Supports and participates in major installations and customizations.
• Maintains and disseminates information on customer use and experiences.
• Has knowledge of all advanced business features and functions of the product.
• Relates experiences with unusual or non-traditional uses; assesses opportunities and challenges.

User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Knowledge of UAT activities, tasks, tools and techniques; ability to design, implement and evaluate acceptance tests for end-users.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Compares and contrasts features and benefits of major acceptance testing frameworks.
• Critiques user acceptance plans for appropriateness and completeness.
• Develops approaches for acceptance testing following legal or contractual agreements.
• Monitors end-users in defining the testing environment and acceptance criteria; explains the importance of being actively involved in test designs and other testing phases.
• Applies user acceptance testing in typical software development scenarios.
• Consults on test strategies, components, processes, plans and approaches during the user acceptance testing process.

What you will get:

• Work Life Harmony
• Earned and medical leave.
• Relocation assistance

Holistic Development

• Personal and professional development through Caterpillar ‘s employee resource groups across the globe
• Career developments opportunities with global prospects

Health and Wellness

• Medical coverage -Medical, life and personal accident coverage
• Employee mental wellness assistance program

 Financial Wellness

• Employee investment plan
• Pay for performance -Annual incentive Bonus plan.

 Additional Information:

Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, 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

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)

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

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