Senior Product Owner, Digital Platform Manufacturing and Supply

Job Description

Career Area: Technology, 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. Build the Digital Backbone of Modern Manufacturing We’re assembling a dynamic team to develop and scale our Manufacturing & Supply Digital Platform—a next-generation software framework that transforms how manufacturing and supply operations connect, collaborate, and optimize. This platform is not an ERP system.

It’s a purpose-built digital layer that integrates data, processes, and resources across the entire manufacturing lifecycle—from design and engineering to production and distribution. This initiative is powered by NVIDIA technologies, including the Omniverse platform and AI computing capabilities, enabling immersive digital twins, accelerated simulation, and intelligent automation.

You’ll be part of a team that’s not just building software—but shaping the future of how manufacturing works through AI-driven, collaborative, and scalable digital solutions. As part of this initiative, you’ll contribute to: System Integration: Seamlessly connecting diverse manufacturing and supply systems, data sources, and workflows into a unified digital ecosystem. Data-Driven Decision Making: Harnessing real-time data collection, analysis, and visualization to deliver actionable insights and operational intelligence.

Automation & Optimization: Driving efficiency through intelligent scheduling, predictive maintenance, and quality control—without replacing core transactional systems. Enhanced Collaboration: Enabling transparent communication and coordination across teams, functions, and geographies. If you’re passionate about digital platforms, industrial innovation, and working with cutting-edge technologies—this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Job Summary: The Senior Digital Product Owner is aligned to one or more Enterprise Capability Owner(s) and is accountable for maximizing value from digital capabilities in manufacturing and supply. This role translates domain needs into clear product outcomes and backlog, orchestrates delivery with engineering, and monitoring in‑field usage/adoption; synthesize insights to drive roadmap decisions and continuous improvement.

Senior Product Owner will facilitate cross‑team dependency management and release readiness across Digital Platform capabilities and services as well as clearly communicate product vision, backlog priorities, and sprint goals; ensure stakeholders understand trade‑offs and timelines. What You Wil Do: Collaborates with enterprise capability owners and business process owners to address and resolve problems, and to expand product usage. Coordinates with data scientists, systems engineers, and application engineers to track and communicate design, development, support, and maintenance issues and solutions.

Identifies, documents, and reports design, reliability, and maintenance problems and bugs; gathers and consolidates feedback from business process owners and internal stakeholders. Answers facility support, IT, and process owner questions; provides guidance and support for product integration and infrastructure issues. What You Wil Do: Business Analysis: Working 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.

Software Change Request Management: Extensive knowledge of software change request management; ability to manage software product change requests from customers, prospective customers, vendors, and internal staff. Software Product Business Knowledge: Extensive 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. Effective Communications: Extensive 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.

Software Engineering: Working knowledge of software engineering; ability to deliver new or enhanced software products. Considerations For Top Candidates: Proven experience delivering digital products in manufacturing or supply chain environments, with hands-on use of Azure DevOps and Agile methodologies. Demonstrated expertise in AI and GenAI application development, including deploying solutions for industrial automation or analytics.

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