Job Description

Career Area: Business Technologies, Digital and Data: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 Impact Shapes the World at Caterpillar IncWhen 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 SummaryWe are seeking a skilled Digital Product Owner who will have the opportunity to champion our Caterpillar IT Division. The Digital Product Owner works as a member of a Scrum Team to help maximize the value of the product and the work with scrum development team and product team to identify product opportunities, functional requirements, and business processes. Responsible for acting as Product Owner for medium complex projects with high value to the organization.The preference for this role is to be based out of Chennai - Brigade World Trade Center, IndiaWhat you will do:Job Roles and ResponsibilitiesThe Product Owner works intimately with the Scrum Master and the Development Team with the primary task of creating and managing the Product Backlog and to ensure everyone knows the priorities.

• Responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the development team.
• Responsible for acting as Product Owner for medium complex projects with high value to the organization.
• Responsible for creating, maintaining, and prioritizing the Product Backlog according to business value for the life of the project.
• Communicate Product Backlog priorities to the team.
• Act as the key decision-maker regarding what features the product will have.
• Responsible for the vision of what is to be built and conveying that vision to the team.
• 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, and follow-up on team progress towards sprint goal and help resolving blockers.
• Willing to take scrum master responsibilities to one of the agile development team.
• Lead and participate agile ceremonies like sprint planning, requirements grooming, backlog refinements call, retrospectives, review, and demo meetings.
• Inspect the product progress at the end of every Sprint and accept or reject the work that has been done by the Development Team
• Act as the voice of the agile development teams, communicating status externally.
• 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.
• Responsible for product delivery from inception till release to production, closely working with development teams to stick with committed timeline.
• Work closely with product team to share daily status and release progress. Be transparent about release timeline changes or blockers if any.
• Work closely with QA team to ensure product quality is intact.
• Work closely with support team to monitor incoming support requests and plan releases as needed.

Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time to time.Candidates will have:

• Four-year bachelor\'s degree preferably in computer science, information systems, marketing, communications, engineering or related field.
• 2+ years\' experience working as a BA .
• 3+ years of experience with the Agile methodology
• Demonstrated ability to communicate appropriately to ensure a team\'s success.
• Strong accountability planning/organization, and teamwork.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills to deal with sensitive, emotional, or potentially controversial situations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with an ability to handle both executive-level discussions as well as functional / technical deep dives.
• Ability and willingness to thrive in faced paced environment and influence product, engineering, sales variance, and external teams distributed across world (APD, EAME, ADSM).
• Ability to motivate and inspire your scrum team to do its best work.
• Proven ability to motivate, lead, and collaborate with cross-functional product development teams and manage interactions across product areas.

Top candidates will also have:

• Product Owner certification (CSPO from Scrum Alliance).
• Domain expertise in business applications.
• Experience managing projects using agile software tools such as DevOps, Mingle, VSTS, JIRA, Team Services, Rally.
• Experience working with onshore/offshore team model.
• Demonstrated ability to empower teams.
• Strong accountability, teamwork, and interpersonal skills, and communication skills.
• Intermediate level skill with SQL.
• Good knowledge of Caterpillar policies, standards, procedures, and a broad understanding of Caterpillar\'s organization

Skills desired: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 communication behaviors.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Reviews others\' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

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.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

What you will get:

• Work Life Harmony
• Earned and medical leave.
• Flexible work arrangements
• Relocation assistance

Holistic Development

• Personal and professional development through Caterpillar \'s employee resource groups across the globe
• Career developments opportunities with global prospects

Health and Wellness

• Medical coverage -Medical, life and personal accident coverage
• Employee mental wellness assistance program

Financial Wellness

• Employee investment plan
• Pay for performance -Annual incentive Bonus plan.

Additional Information:Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website atCaterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.Posting Dates: May 24, 2024 - May 30, 2024Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).Not ready to apply? Join our .

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