Product Lead, Hardware Solutions

Job Title: Product Lead, Hardware Solutions

Job Location: Dayton, OH

Our Department: CTCT (Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies)

Job Summary

You will be a key member of an empowered and accountable Product Team that has true

ownership of their product; sellable, installable and supportable hardware solutions that increase market penetration and system sales revenue.

As a Hardware Solutions Product Lead, you will be responsible for translating CTCT strategy to product team strategy, distilling product needs from customer needs and requests, and establishing priorities within the Product Team.  You will work directly with internal and external customers, stakeholders and multi-discipline engineering teams to develop, maintain and support compelling, high quality hardware products throughout the complete lifecycle.  

Product responsibilities for this position will include sensors, electronic modules, specialty and supporting hardware used in the heavy and compact construction, paving, and mining industries.  This product team specializes in product development with external partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of all processes in the product lifecycle—cradle-to-grave

• Set priorities within the product team and drive cost, time and quality trade-offs to achieve product objectives

• Identify and champion hardware opportunities within CTCT and parent organizations to constantly improve the financial position of CTCT, Caterpillar and Trimble

• Work closely with customers, stakeholders, and multi-discipline teams to capture product needs and requests

• Ensure that our products meet customer needs

• Develop the Product Team Strategy, Multi-Generation Product Plan (MGPP), and Roadmap based on deep understanding of customer, partner, and market needs and inputs

• Drive market research and competitive analysis to inform product development

• Build buy-in for the product vision with internal and external stakeholders

• Deliver the Market Requirements Document (MRD) and the Product Requirements Document (PRD)

• Act as leader with respect to issues, changes, decisions, and communications affecting your product team and products

Characteristics, Skills & Experience for Success

• Highly self-motivated, curious, proactive

• Excellent written, verbal, visual and interpersonal communication skills

• Influence without authority to achieve product outcomes

• Attuned to the needs of the internal and external customer

• Ability to think like the end user and translate customer needs into product requirements that are aligned to product strategy 

• Demonstrated ability make effective, timely product decisions

• Experience working in a global team

• BS in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent experience

• 3-5+ years of experience working in product management, engineering or a closely related role

• Experience with grade control, construction business, construction machine operation and workflows, and/or automotive component development is highly desirable

• Experience with the full hardware product development cycle is desirable

About CTCT

Our division develops machine control products that use site design information combined with positioning technology to semi-automatically control machines. These products are used in a range of applications to enable a machine operator to perform their work safely, accurately, efficiently, sustainably and effectively through the use of sophisticated yet intuitive user-centric technology.

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