Principal Digital Program Manager

Caterpillar Inc.

Providing enterprise-level program and delivery orchestration for complex digital initiatives at Caterpillar. Focused on execution planning and portfolio health for scalable delivery outcomes.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeIrving • Illinois, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $147,760 - $221,640 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provides enterprise‑level program and delivery orchestration across multiple, complex digital initiatives.
Owns integration of execution planning, dependency management, delivery cadence, and portfolio health to ensure predictable, scalable delivery outcomes.
Institutionalizes delivery discipline for organizational scale through structure, reuse, and delivery flow.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive Experience Integrates tactical execution plans with multi‑year portfolio sequencing.
Plans capacity, dependencies, and delivery flow across multiple initiatives.
Aligns execution plans with enterprise priorities and funding decisions.
Designs delivery plans that scale without increasing senior‑leader dependency.
Governs execution across multiple projects and workstreams.
Consolidates milestones, RAID, and delivery signals into a single execution view.
Establishes consistent communication and escalation rhythms.
Ensures execution discipline is applied consistently across the portfolio.
Evaluates cross‑initiative tradeoffs involving schedule, capacity, and risk.
Anticipates second‑order impacts of execution decisions.
Advises leaders on sequencing, resourcing, and dependency resolution.
Defines execution health metrics and leading delivery indicators.
Consolidates project‑level data into portfolio‑level insights.
Enables fact‑based leadership decisions with minimal reporting noise.
Ensures accuracy, consistency, and actionability of delivery reporting.
Coordinates cross‑initiative readiness for major releases and deployments.
Ensures implementation activities are sequenced to protect operational stability.
Resolves execution conflicts impacting release quality or timing.
Controls and monitors execution across multiple IT projects as a program.
Applies appropriate levels of rigor based on risk, complexity, and maturity.
Consolidates delivery performance into a trusted leadership view.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

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Hard Skills & Tools

execution planningdependency managementdelivery cadenceportfolio healthmilestonesRAIDdelivery signalsexecution health metricsdelivery indicatorsproject-level data consolidation

Soft Skills

communicationescalation managementleadership advisingrisk assessmentconflict resolutionfact-based decision makingorganizational disciplineanticipation of impactscross-initiative coordinationscalability planning