Product Support Manager - Cloud Services and Tool Development

Career Area: Product Support 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. Do you want to be part of a great team that manages exciting new technologies and promotes growth in cloud services like Amazon Web Service (AWS) and Microsoft Azure? Caterpillar’s Advanced Mining Technologies division is currently seeking a Product Support Manager to support and improve MineStar Cloud applications. This role will be accountable for strong collaboration with our process partners, third-party vendors, go-to-market teams, dealers, and customers to drive a sense of urgency to address application or performance issues to deliver target uptime and customer satisfaction. You will develop and administer a worldwide application support strategy, manage financials and forecasts, and provide global technical support to maximize the performance of cloud services enabling MineStar Solutions. Provides in-depth technical support and leads problem solving and quality implementation efforts for all supported products and services. What You Will Do: Lead product support operations for enterprise applications across Azure, AWS and other cloud environments that deliver solutions to Caterpillar dealers and customers around the world. Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of support engineers, data scientists and application developers driving operational excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement. Ensure applications adhere to corporate data privacy and cyber security policies and controls. Oversee incident management, root cause analysis, and problem resolution, reducing recurring issues and improving system stability Coordinate and support major system releases and cutovers, ensuring minimal customer impact and smooth transitions Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and knowledge documentation to improve team efficiency and onboarding Partner with third-party vendors and internal IT teams to provide application enhancements to ensure overall application performance and improvements in reliability, maintainability, and customer experience. What you will have: Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions. Service Excellence: Knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques; ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner. Effective Communications: 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. Vendor/Supplier Management: Knowledge of external provider management processes and ability to effectively manage the business relationship with external providers (e.g. vendors, service providers, contractors, consultants and suppliers). IT Service Change Management: Knowledge of IT service change management; ability to reduce the impact of related incidents on IT service to ensure standard processes and procedures are adhered to, and to improve IT service operations. IT Service Improvement: Knowledge of IT service improvement; ability to utilize a variety of technical tools and management skill sets to achieve better performance in IT service. Consideration for top candidates: Experience in application support, application development, and/or cloud technologies. Prior leadership experience. Cloud experience or certifications (AWS, Azure). Familiar with Caterpillar dealer network and large mining companies’ operations. Excellent human relations and communications skills to develop a cooperative work relationship with others inside and outside the department. Additional Details: This position requires the candidate to work full-time at the Tucson, AZ or Peoria, IL office. Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position. Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position. This position will require up to 10% travel #LI Summary Pay Range: $147,760.00 - $221,640.00 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. Benefits: Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of 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 * These benefits also apply to part-time employees Posting Dates: Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen. Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community. There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar. Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.