Lead Project Manager, Software

Caterpillar•Chicago, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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. Drive software project and program delivery for Caterpillar’s equipment management portfolio, leading foundational platform capabilities that power dealer and customer-facing applications. Partner cross-functionally with engineering, business, and application stakeholders to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that improve fleet visibility, operational efficiency, and overall user experience.

Requirements

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.
Software Program Management: Knowledge of policies and techniques to manage a set of related projects within a program; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control the set of projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve program objectives.
Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace.
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.

Nice To Haves

8+ years of direct project management experience working with software engineering teams in an agile environment
PMP certification desired
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) desired
Working knowledge Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS)
Knowledge of Confluence desired
Knowledge of Power BI is desired

Responsibilities

Ensuring successful completion of projects, on-time, within budget, and error-free.
Manage the planning and execution of project team members.
Managing the project charter, communications, metrics, reporting, and the overall project plan and budget.
Support 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 projects
Develop and produce project management schedules.
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.
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.
Recommend possible solutions and alternatives depending on the nature of problems.