Manager Digital Program

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 DUTIES:

The Program Manager is accountable for ensuring successful completion of projects, on-time, within budget, and error-free. The principle responsibility of the Program Manager is to manage the planning and execution of project team members. The incumbent will be responsible for managing the project charter, communications, metrics, reporting, and the overall project plan and budget. This person should also have strong leadership and managerial skills.

• Take responsibility for delivery of complex software development programs implemented by many global agile software development teams consisting of employees, contractors, and vendors
• Use knowledge of Software development processes and business acumen to guide cross-functional teams in the execution of large and complex programs across all phases of software development from requirements to incremental production releases
• Define program scope with program success indicators to reap benefits of the program within a defined timeframe.
• Prioritize program requirements working with Product Managers, Product Owners, or other stakeholders.
• Evaluating and assessing the programs’ strengths and weaknesses
• Monitoring projects and overseeing project managers to ensure goals are met
• Meeting with stakeholders to discuss program status and goals
• Lead many various project teams and obtain/provide a variety of information starting at concept stage and continuing through prototype, pilot, implementation, and follow-up stages of various programs
• Manage dependencies withing and across groups and departments
• Develop and produce project management schedules.
• Provide regular project status reports and present to senior management
• Develop and maintain dashboards and BI sites with program information
• Work with multiple teams to ensure the Software defects are monitored, reported, and addressed on timely basis
• Depending on nature of problems, expected to recommend possible solutions and alternatives.
• Use professional project management tools and techniques to manage reporting, tracking charts, checklist, and project scheduling software and to delegate appropriately.
• Manage change and take active leadership in timely decision making.
• Manage schedules that reflect detailed information related to the changes, including effected components and functions, timelines for various stages of project completion, cost, etc.
• Will work with the individual team members from multiple functional disciplines and customers to establish completion dates.
• Monitor progress of projects, discusses problems with affected areas, assures appropriate personnel are informed of problem and steps are in place to meet schedules.

Required Qualifications:

• The position requires an advanced college or university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related disciplines  
• 12+ years of direct technical and/or project management experience, working with software engineering teams in an agile environment
• 3+ years of experience managing a team of project managers.
• Proven experience managing technical/Software projects, may include project charters, scheduling and planning projects and successful completion
• Proven management experience, guiding technical or project management staff
• Excellent interpersonal skills are required to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or influence others inside and outside the department to take specific actions
• Should have strong project management skills, team leadership skills, excellent communication skills, ability to multitask effectively, strong analytical and organizational skills. 
• Previous agile training or extensive experience with sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives

Top Candidates will also have:

• Masters’ degree in computer science, information systems, or closely related disciplines
• Background in Software development is highly desirable
• Certification or knowledge of AWS is highly desirable
• Exposure to data design, data extraction, and big data transformation projects is highly desirable
• Working knowledge of JIRA and Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS), Confluence
• Advance knowledge of Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Project
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Change Management Certification preferred
• Six Sigma Black Belt Certification desirable
• Knowledge of Power BI is highly desirable
• PMP certification preferred
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) preferred

Posting Dates:

March 12, 2024 - March 25, 2024

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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