Caterpillar Inc.

Senior Product Owner

Caterpillar Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: ChicagoIllinoisTexasUnited States

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Salary

💰 $112,710 - $183,140 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • The Technical Product Owner works with the Scrum Team (located in India), System Test Architect, and multiple engineering and business teams.
  • Primary tasks will creating and managing the Product/Test Backlog and to ensure everyone knows the priorities and assisting the scrum team to meet the objectives of each sprint as well as long-term program goals.
  • Lead the sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives and sprint demos.
  • Inspect the product and test execution progress at the end of every Sprint and accept or reject the work that has been done by the test and development team.
  • Act as the voice of the team, communicating status externally.
  • Be a champion for the agile community and help to further the community within the organization.
  • Responsible for working closely with Engineering, Product, and System Test Teams.
  • Responsible for creating, maintaining and prioritizing the Product/Test Backlog according to business value for the life of the project.
  • Represent team in US time-zones and having regular touch points with team in India.
  • Act as the key decision-maker regarding what features will be tested and adjust according to shifting priorities/deliverables within program timeline.
  • Collaborate with System Test Architect and System Lead Engineers on decomposition of features into user stories and test execution plans that are small enough, or granular enough, to be completed in a single sprint.
  • Negotiate business requirements, changes to those, and their release dates with Product and development teams.
  • Responsible for defect management prioritization.
  • Work closely with key stakeholders throughout the organization.

Requirements

  • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics or other ERP systems
  • Previous experience as a System Test Engineer with ability lead and take ownership of programs
  • Demonstrated experience integrating and/or migrating ERP systems
  • Experience as a technical product owner
  • Experience and flexibility working with onshore/offshore team models.
  • Previous experience working with or leading technical cross-functional teams while simultaneously working on multiple projects.
  • Technical Project/Program Management experience is a plus
  • Scrum Master certification is a plus
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Hard Skills & Tools
Product Backlog ManagementTest Backlog ManagementAgile MethodologiesUser Story DecompositionDefect ManagementTechnical Project ManagementERP System IntegrationSystem Test EngineeringSprint PlanningBacklog Grooming
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationCollaborationNegotiationDecision-MakingFlexibilityStakeholder ManagementTeam CoordinationProblem-SolvingCommunity Advocacy
Certifications
Scrum Master Certification