NPI Team Leader

Caterpillar•Irving, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This role will execute the development execution of Caterpillar’s advanced safety and automation feature sets that enables our customers to optimize their machines and jobsites. Starting with close alignment with commercial teams to understand the customer pain points for better managing their business, this role will clarify requirements for key features. This position will then work across the divisions inside Caterpillar to drive the alignment, development, and cadence for delivering these features to the market. Individuals must demonstrate an understanding of customer financial impact, business judgement, ability to align multiple diverse teams, and a sense of urgency to deliver customer value. We have a fabulous team that does some of the most exciting work at Caterpillar and we can’t wait for you to join the team!

Requirements

Tactical, Strategic Planning: Ability to work with commercial team members and customers to understand prioritized feature set and detailed requirements
Develops a product roadmap based on customer priority, technical readiness, and business considerations
Aligns and drives NPI execution across the enterprise to deliver key products to market to deliver business results and solve customer pain points
Has deep product knowledge of Caterpillar’s construction machines and how they are used within the jobsite
Has demonstrated the ability to deliver high quality solutions on time and within project budgets
Ability to think beyond single machine solutions to deliver products that solve customer business problems that extend to the jobsite, workforce, etc
Able to create strong customer and commercial team relationships based on mutual understanding, respect, trust and demonstrated history of delivering customer success.
Ability to communicate product roadmap value in a compelling way with process partners to drive prioritization and alignment
Has demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams in delivering high value projects to market
Bachelors degree in Engineering, Business, Business Management, Construction Management or demonstrate equivalent knowledge through professional expertise.

Nice To Haves

Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Customer/Commercial and Engineering teams to drive successful project delivery.
Product Development, Definition or Management experience
Experience working with customers to partner in building solutions to achieve their business objectives
Technical/Industry knowledge and ability to interface with Product Development teams
Experience or knowledge in Automotive, Industrial, Agriculture, Mining or Construction preferred.

Responsibilities

Understand and prioritize customer pain points related to safety and automation with their machines and job sites.
Work with commercial teams to align on customer value and use cases.
Execute a multi-generational development plan to solve high priority customer business pain building on existing platforms and driving key innovations where necessary
Align across the enterprise to drive leverageable solution sets that meet customer expectations for functionality, quality, and ease of use
Lead development programs and Annual Product Updates to drive the delivery of key safety and automation features at a cadence that meets customer expectations and leads the industry