Senior Manager IT Data, Architecture and AI

Career Area:

Technology, 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.

Senior IT Manager- Data, Architecture and AI

Role Definition:

This position will help Caterpillar solve its customers’ toughest challenges while building a better and more sustainable world. This person will lead technological initiatives across the Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine Division (COGMD) and Commercial Process Division (CPD), part of the Power and Energy Group. This business segment focuses on the development and delivery of services, solutions and processes to support the Caterpillar commitment to our customers. The incumbent will collaborate with business partners and enterprise teams in creation of Business relevant IT & Business Architecture, Data Driven Solutions and Artificial Intelligence capabilities for COGMD and the CPD.
 
This role acts as a leader, a subject matter expert and trusted advisor to develop IT solutions leveraging existing & new platforms to realize COGMD & CPD business goals and future state strategy.

What You Will Do:

• Direct Business Engagement to develop evolving solution architecture that aligns with business needs and enterprise guiding principles.

• Be responsible for defining and co-developing business processes, and solutions for the identified business challenge, and needs.

• Establishing alignment to major programs within the Commercial Process Division and COGMD including modernization initiatives and core processes to streamline our business.

• Lead a team accountable for Data Driven Solutions.

• Employ Automation and AI first thinking.

• Be accountable to ensure successful completion of Solution Architecture on time, on-budget and quality working with diverse global business and IT members across enterprise.

• Be accountable to collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Software Architects and Project Managers to develop the project estimate and staff plan to realize the project goals.

• Manage multiple projects & programs concurrently.

• Lead solution architecture development during project planning, execution & closure phases, including ongoing continuous improvements to evolving architecture needs for business scope.

• Provide stakeholder communication and ongoing solution architecture updates to IT and Business Leaders, Enterprise Architects, and other global architects.

• Resolve issues and drop roadblocks to realize project solution architecture to ensure no delay in project implementation.

• Trusted liaison between business & enterprise IT throughout the life of the new product introduction, implementation, deployment, transition to support and ongoing continuous improvements

What You Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science (IT), or related discipline is preferred.

• Progressively complex IT system design and development experience in major enterprise IT systems, and cloud platform integrations

• Experience in IT architecture development in both waterfall and agile project methodology.

• Vendor management.

• Collaborative skills working with Business Partners in developing Business Processes, creating Architecture Design Documents and sharing with senior IT and Business leaders.

• Strong understanding and experience with software development Lifecycle and working with IT development team in realizing project solutions.  

• Strong organization and planning skills

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to adjust plans to evolving business needs.

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Knowledge and experience in project management (Scope, Cost and Time Estimation, Resource Planning etc.)

• Strengths in personal planning, starting actions, delegation, building consensus, decision making, leadership and interpersonal skills areas.

• Innovation mindset 

• Experience in applying lean skills.

• Experience in multiple technologies including SAP (ERP, MES, SCM, BTP, etc.) S4 & ECC is a plus, Salesforce (Revenue Cloud, Manufacturing Clou