Senior Product Owner - Digital Content

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.

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. 

Cat Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital solutions for our customers and dealers. With over 1.5 million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better, more sustainable world.

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 Summary:

As the Senior Product Owner for Digital Content at Caterpillar, you will take ownership of our Product Information Management (PIM) and Content Publishing Center (CPC) platforms; two essential components of Caterpillar’s digital marketing ecosystem.

We are looking for a strategic leader with strong technical acumen to drive platform enhancements that elevate user experience. You’ll also serve as the data steward across multiple systems, ensuring alignment with our Content Supply Chain strategy to enabling seamless content delivery.

As a member of the Digital Marketing Content Product Management Team, you will lead initiatives and execute projects that streamline marketing operations, improve data consistency across platforms, and enhance the way we deliver content to customers. You will work closely with the engineering and business partners to scope and execute improvement projects, validate enhancements, and communicate the progress to key stakeholders. You will be responsible to track and prioritize all content related initiatives to ensure the most important and time sensitive items are getting prioritized while maintaining previously agreed upon commitments. 

What You Will Do:

• Own the CPC and PIM platform from a business perspective, ensuring alignment with business needs and technical scalability to deliver reliable product content to Cat.com, dealer systems, and other downstream platforms

• Support integration and data flow strategies within the Adobe application stack as part of the Content Supply Chain initiative 

• Understand how data integrates and flows across multiple applications including how systems connect and interact with each other

• Lead discussions and facilitate solutions to complex questions related to business data and technical integrations, ensuring alignment across stakeholders.

• Identify and document business requirements for each feature by conducting research, assessing gaps, and prioritizing needs while ensuring alignment across stakeholders

• Present to developers, stakeholders, and leadership team on all CPC and PIM related initiatives through strong communication skills

• Work closely with Business Analysts to translate business requirements into technical specifications by consulting on scope, layout, and design

• Partner with development teams to track delivery, complete validation, and ensure each release delivers maximum value

• Manage the product backlog by prioritizing enhancements based on changing business needs and desired target dates

• Contribute to change management efforts for CPC initiatives, including training, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.

What You Will Have:

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communi