Strategy Manager, AI Accelerator

Caterpillar Inc.•Peoria, IL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The AI Accelerator is a key enabler of Caterpillar’s next chapter — designed to enable and scale AI adoption and progress across the enterprise. Its mission is to identify opportunities, run experiments, accelerate adoption, ensure AI value realization, support strategic partner engagement, and help develop the frameworks to scale AI solutions globally. Communications and strategy enablement are critical to this mission. Without clear and enterprise-wide messaging, shared vocabulary, and visible progress, the enterprise risks confusion, slow adoption, and missed opportunities. This role will demystify AI, support stakeholder alignment, and create the momentum needed to embed AI as a core enabler of our strategy.

Requirements

This is a senior, enterprise-facing role reporting directly to the Head of AI Accelerator.
This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Responsibilities

Define Caterpillar’s enterprise-wide AI narrative and vocabulary, articulating AI’s connection to achieving business outcomes and its applications to key functions.
Explain “what we are doing and why” through consistent, clear messaging that resonates across functions, regions, and stakeholders (including employees, dealers, external partners, media).
Develop and deliver compelling narratives, engaging case materials, and presentations to senior business audiences.
Tell success stories early and often to build momentum and showcase value creation.
Partner with enterprise communications on external thought leadership positioning.
Design and execute change communications to support adoption of new AI-enabled ways of working.
Be a thought leader for applying AI within communications and to daily work, e.g. through personalization at scale.
Engage with key stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure their active participation in the transformation process; develop and maintain strong relationships with project stakeholders, corporate communications, and other professionals to ensure alignment of messaging and processes.
Partner with AI Accelerator leader and AI Mission Teams to frame business problems, align priorities, and maintain focus on enterprise outcomes.
Facilitate leadership alignment forums, ensuring decision-making stays timely and informed.
Share best practices and learnings across Mission Teams.
Build toolkits, playbooks, and templates so Mission Teams can share, scale, and support adoption of AI solutions consistently and confidently.
Map and engage key stakeholders across employees, dealers, and partners.
Anticipate concerns, address questions, and build trust in AI-enabled ways of working.
Foster community spaces where employees can learn, experiment, and share wins — creating an “AI-first” culture.