Senior Digital Product Owner – Condition Monitoring

Caterpillar Inc.•Peoria, IL

4d•$112,710 - $183,140•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. The Condition Monitoring (CM) organization is rapidly scaling as we support a strategic shift to serve all Resource Industries customers over the next several years. To enable this growth, we are building the next generation of digital tools, dashboards, and measurement systems that help the business scale efficiently, intelligently, and with impact. This is an innovation‑driven role with leadership visibility and significant freedom to shape what we build and how we build it. If you’re a self‑starter who thrives on creativity, ownership, and turning ideas into real‑world solutions, this role offers a true “sky’s the limit” opportunity. As a Senior Digital Product Owner, you will sit at the center of this transformation—translating business needs into powerful, user‑focused tools. You’ll work at the intersection of technology, data, and design to create internal and external solutions that improve decision‑making, reduce manual work, and clearly demonstrate value. You’ll also have the opportunity to present ideas and solutions to executive leadership and take concepts from early vision all the way into production. If you enjoy creating intuitive user experiences, turning complex data into meaningful insights, and helping a fast‑growing business scale the right way—this role is for you.

Requirements

Business Analysis: Knowledge of business analysis and the set of tasks, techniques and tools required to identify business needs; ability to recommend solutions that deliver value to Condition Monitoring stakeholders.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques, in both Technical and Business arenas; 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 communication behaviors.
Software Engineering: Knowledge of software engineering; ability to deliver new or enhanced software products, especially as it pertains to database, measurement and reporting systems
Software Problem Management: Knowledge of strategies, practices and tools for resolving software problems; ability to manage software problems in installed software products.
Software Product Business Knowledge: Knowledge of and experience with the business aspects and operation of a software product; ability to manage install base, current uses, future plans, and product vision.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Knowledge of UAT activities, tasks, tools and techniques; ability to establish requirements, design, implement and evaluate acceptance tests for end-users, across a spectrum of Business and Technical customers.
Technical Degree or equivalent years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience engaging directly with customers and/or Caterpillar dealers is a plus
Background in cross-functional, project-based teamwork (product development, 6-Sigma, CPI, etc.) including stakeholder level presentation skills.
Experience with PowerBI, Tableau, databases, Macro, programming and associated skills are all desirable.
Experience with Caterpillar and industry data sources.

Responsibilities

Define requirements and lead the development of internal tools and dashboards, with a strong focus on usability, accessibility, and security
Leverage large and diverse data sources to support critical business and operational decision‑making
Create executive‑ready materials and reporting that eliminate manual and repetitive processes
Support internal technical teams with scalable, automated reporting solutions
Continuously innovate to reduce reporting fatigue and improve team efficiency
Partner with deployment and operations teams to develop customer‑ and dealer‑facing tools that improve external business management
Drive efficiency through automation, templates, macros, and integrated data solutions
Enable consistent, compelling value‑creation materials for customer engagements
Support customer‑ and dealer‑centric Condition Monitoring reporting initiatives