Lead Digital Project Manager

Caterpillar Inc.

Lead Digital Project Manager at Caterpillar Inc. overseeing complex digital projects while ensuring high organizational discipline and quality standards.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeChicago • Colorado, Illinois, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $128,470 - $192,710 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Azure

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Oversee the planning, organization and implementation of multiple and complex digital projects.
Manage all aspects of a project to ensure the project is implemented, accepted, and accomplished within a set deadline.
Plan and monitor project development to ensure that quality standards are achieved.
Drive project cadence and delivery, ensuring milestones and dependencies stay on track.
Model exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement, providing clear updates, decisions, and alignment across cross-functional teams.
Drive team accountability, reinforcing commitments, removing blockers, and maintaining focus on outcomes.
Maintain high organizational discipline, managing backlogs, schedules, risks, and documentation in alignment with PMO standards.
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration, building strong relationships across business, technical, and partner teams.
Design, implement, and reinforce delivery processes and standards that improve efficiency, strengthen predictability, and ensure consistent alignment with Application PMO practices across the project.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive program management leadership experience working with software engineering teams in an agile environment (typically 8+ years).
Experience leading and coaching Project Managers (typically 3+ years).
Experience delivering complex cross-functional digital projects in matrixed organizations.
Proven experience with project management concepts including project charters, scheduling and planning projects and successful completion.
Working knowledge of Azure DevOps, Confluence, Power BI, Microsoft Project, or equivalent tools.
Must have strong project management skills, team leadership skills, excellent communication skills, strong analytical and organizational skills.

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

program managementproject managementagile methodologyschedulingplanningproject chartersdelivery processesrisk managementbacklog managementstakeholder engagement

Soft Skills

communicationteam leadershipanalytical skillsorganizational skillscross-functional collaborationaccountabilityrelationship buildingfocus on outcomesremoving blockersdiscipline