Caterpillar Inc.

Associate Product Owner – Electrification Applications

Caterpillar Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $89,210 - $133,810 per year

About the role

  • Translates business needs into concept designs and provides documentation on screen functionality, naming conventions, calculations, and definitions of values.
  • Responsible for the capture and documentation of performance and persona-based requirements in the form of Epics, Features, and Acceptance Criteria.
  • Partners with UX teams to ensure interface Figma design meets customer needs and fits within existing product design frameworks.
  • Manages the creation, maintenance, and prioritization of the Product Backlogs according to business and strategic value.
  • Coordinates with Engineering and other Product Management teams to develop and deploy new features and new releases on schedule.

Requirements

  • Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Ability to accurately analyze situations, propose alternatives, and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment and input from various stakeholders.
  • Effective Communications: Ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, requirements, and processes in a manner appropriate for the intended audience.
  • Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and prioritize features, enhancements, and integrations based on customer feedback, market research, and industry trends.
  • Application Design and Development: Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new software application from concept through to production.
  • Feature Documentation: Knowledge of technical writing; ability to write detailed product requirements for data structures to support new application or analytic features/functionality.
  • Domain Knowledge: Understanding of equipment management, energy management, charge operations, battery performance, construction site operations, or other domains relevant to electrification of construction sites.
  • Software Product Management: Knowledge of software product management; ability to operate and manage software product development projects at all stages of the product development lifecycle.
  • Speed to Output: Thrive in an agile working environment of quick turns and frequent iteration.
  • User Ethnographic Studies & Interface Design: Deep user focus to define user problems to address and design approaches to visualize and information needed to make necessary decisions.
  • Product Roadmap Development: Ability to group and phase a range of deliverables from MVP to follows on releases, in a way that progressively adds capability and builds trust with users.
  • Stakeholder management: Ability to balance needs across multiple stakeholder groups to deliver results.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
  • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
  • 401(k) savings plans*
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)*
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
  • Health Lifestyle Programs*
  • Employee Assistance Program*
  • Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
  • Career Development*
  • Incentive bonus*
  • Disability benefits
  • Life Insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption benefits
  • Tuition Reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
FigmaProduct Backlog ManagementTechnical WritingApplication DesignSoftware Product ManagementAgile MethodologyFeature DocumentationUser Interface DesignRequirements AnalysisProduct Development Lifecycle
Soft Skills
Decision MakingCritical ThinkingEffective CommunicationCollaborationStakeholder ManagementUser FocusProblem SolvingPrioritizationAdaptabilityAnalytical Skills