Digital Product Owner

Career Area:

Business Technologies, Digital and Data

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.

JOB PURPOSE: 

The Technical Product owner contributes to requirement analysis & clarification, User story creation, of Caterpillar’s state-of-the-art digital application.  

JOB DUTIES:

• Responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team
• Responsible for creating, maintaining, and prioritizing the Product Backlog according to business value for the life of the product
• Communicate Product Backlog priorities to the team
• Act as the decision-maker regarding what features the product will have
• Assists with the elaboration of epics, themes and features into user stories that are small enough, or granular enough, to be achieved in a single sprint
• Responsible for conveying the vision and goals at the beginning of every sprint
• 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
• Participate in Daily Scrum as needed
• Participate in Sprint Planning meetings, Retrospectives, and other agile ceremonies.
• Inspect the product progress at the end of every Sprint and accept or reject the work that as been done by the Development Team
• Act as the voice of the team, communicating status stakeholder.
• 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

Basic qualifications:

• Position requires a four-year degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university.
• 3+ years of experience in requirement analysis of software applications in eCommerce (B2B)
• 5+ years of Software Industry experience.

Top candidates will also have p roven experience in the following:

• Strong business and technical vision
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities.
• A deep understanding of software development
• Have a strong Business Analysis skills and ability to translate requirements to enterprise software features.
• Have strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
• Should have excellent communication.
• Should be energetic, team player, eager to learn and grow.
• Should be self-driven and passionate professional.
• Have knowledge of Azure DevOps or any other agile tool.
• Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technologies and approaches to solving problems.
• Have skilled in breaking down problems and estimating efforts.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum/Kanban development process.

Posting Dates:

March 14, 2024 - March 27, 2024

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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