product owner

Company Name: cat
Location: chicago office-2 days onsite to start, could be more in future

Duration:2 years

Title: PO

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Building Location


Chicago Office


Remote Possibility


Remote- Hybrid


Additional Comments (if applicable): In office 2days a week however a full return to office could happen, so candidates need to be okay with going in office 5 days a week
• Position's Contributions to Work Group
• Surrounding team & key projects
• Purpose of this team
• Reason for the request Position's Contributions to Work Group:

- This position should be familiar with project management methodologies as they will participate in multiple projects representing expertise for the application or process.

- Strong ability to communicate across various groups and at all levels of the business that include stakeholders, business partners, customers and vendors.

- Manages software product change requests from customers, vendors, and internal staff.

- Knowledge of software engineering concepts that include development, testing, integrations and deployment of software or applications.

- Experience with managing products using Cloud technologies.

- Experienced with the business aspects and operation of digital products that include developing system software and integration platforms.

- Thorough understanding of UAT activities, tasks, tools and techniques; ability to design, implement and evaluate acceptance tests for end-users

Reason/motivation for request:

- New headcount

Candidate Value Proposition
• Why Caterpillar?
• For this role within your business group - what stands out about this opportunity (ex - exposure, skill development, etc)? Why Caterpillar? "Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Caterpillar. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Caterpillar travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters."

Typical Day or Week in the Role
• Typical task breakdown and rhythm
• Interaction level with team
• Team Structure
• Work environment description Typical task breakdown:

- Responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team.

- Responsible for acting as Product Owner for larger, more complex projects with high value to the organization.

- Responsible for creating, maintaining and prioritizing the Product Backlog according to business value for the life of the project.

- Communicate Product Backlog priorities to the team.

- ct as the key decision-maker regarding what features the product will have.

- Responsible for the vision of what is to be built, and conveying that vision to the team.

- Collaborate with Lead Engineers on decomposition of epics and features into user stories that are small enough, or granular enough, to be achieved in a single sprint.

- Negotiate business requirements and their release dates with Product and development teams.

- Responsible for conveying the vision and goals at the beginning of every sprint.

- Responsible for defect management and prioritization.

- Work closely with key stakeholders throughout the organization.

- Responsible for making decisions on release dates and content.

- Represent the customer, interfacing and engaging with the customer.

- Leading the Daily Scrum.

- Lead the sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives and sprint demos.

- Inspect the product progress at the end of every Sprint and accept or reject the work that has been done by the Development Team.

- ct as the voice of the team, communicating status externally.

- Be a good role model of Scrum values; understand the framework and the roles of each team member.

- Be a champion for the agile community and help to further the community within the organization


Interaction with team:

- 13 folks in addition to the new roles coming out.

Work environment:

- In office 2days a week however a full return to office could happen, so candidates need to be okay with going in office 5 days a week

Candidate Requirements
• Years of experience required
• Degrees or certifications required
• Top 3 Skills
• Disqualifiers/Overqualifications
• Performance indicators Education & Experience Required:

- Degree requirement: Degree is required with 10+ years' experience / Master's degree is required to have 8+ years exp

Required Technical Skills

(Required)

- 3+ years of experience as a technical product owner.

- Previous experience in leading a technical team while simultaneously managing multiple projects.

- Must have a strong understanding and proven experience in software development, including Java 17 or newer, RESTful APIs, databases, and AWS cloud development, with a focus on designing and developing cloud-native software solutions at scale.

- Experience managing product backlogs using Agile software tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, Mingle, VSTS, Team Services, Rally.

- Experience working with onshore/offshore team model.

- Experience using GenAI tools like GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, etc

Soft Skills

(Required)

- Excellent communication skills ( spoken and written)

Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications:

- Choppy tenure/ consistent job hopping