About this role
Caterpillar is hiring a Lead Product Owner to translate business and developer needs into EPICs and Features that teams can estimate, build, operate, and support. The role drives cross-team alignment and establishes consistent platform product practices with measurable NFR/SLA outcomes and reusable integration capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Create delivery-ready backlog of EPICs and Features
- Define reusable integration capabilities (APIs, events, schemas, connectors, templates)
- Improve delivery predictability via scope and dependency management
- Set and measure NFR targets using dashboards and SLO/SLI
- Drive platform modernization, standardization, automation, cost optimization, and developer experience
Technical Overview
This position owns platform capability backlogs for integration and data platforms, defining solutionable EPICs/Features with acceptance criteria and NFRs/SLAs. It covers reliability and operability targets (availability, latency, throughput, resiliency, security/compliance, observability, disaster recovery) and familiarity with ETL/ELT pipelines and microservices-based platforms.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a Lead Product Owner with 12+ years overall experience and 7+ years as a Product Owner/Product Manager managing platform programs, particularly data and integration platforms. They are strong in Agile/Scrum/SAFe with PI planning and DevOps delivery, and they can define EPICs, Features, and User Stories with clear acceptance criteria, NFRs/SLAs, and measurable adoption outcomes.
Must-Have Skills
7+ years as a Product Owner/Product Manager (including platform products)Agile/Scrum/SAFe practicesPI planningDevOps deliverycreation of EPICsFeaturesand User Stories with acceptance criteriaNFRs/SLAsenterprise systems and dealer integrationsERPsmicroservices-based platformsETL/ELT data pipelinesintegration-heavy multi-team environments with complex dependencies
Tools & Platforms
APIseventsschemasconnectorstemplatesdashboards
Required Skills
Product OwnerProduct ManagerEPICsFeaturesUser Storiesacceptance criterianon-functional requirementsNFRs/SLAsSLO/SLIavailabilitylatencythroughputresiliencysecurity/complianceobservabilitydisaster recoveryAgileScrumSAFePI planningrefinementsprint executionDevOps deliverymicroservices-based platformsETL/ELT data pipelinesdata ingestiontransformationorchestration/schedulingdata qualitydata lineageoperational monitoringreusable integration capabilities (APIseventsschemasconnectorstemplates)dependency management
Hard Skills
EPICsFeaturesUser Storiesacceptance criteriascope boundariesdependency managementnon-functional requirementsNFR targetsSLAsSLO/SLI-based measurementavailabilitylatencythroughputresiliencysecurity/complianceobservabilitydisaster recoveryAgile/Scrum/SAFe practicesPI planningrefinementsprint executionDevOps deliverymicroservices-based platformsETL/ELT data pipelinesdata ingestiondata transformationorchestration/schedulingdata qualitydata lineageoperational monitoringintegration-heavy multi-team environmentsplatform deliveryreusable integration capabilitiesAPIseventsschemasconnectorstemplatesplatform modernizationplatform standardizationplatform automationcost optimizationdeveloper experience
Soft Skills
Cross-team alignmentFacilitating decision-makingEstablishing consistent product practicesTranslating business and developer needsLeadership and influenceCommunicationBacklog prioritizationPlanning and coordination across teams
Keywords for Your Resume
Lead Product OwnerProduct OwnerProduct ManagerEPICsFeaturesUser Storiesacceptance criterianon-functional requirementsNFRsSLAsSLO/SLIavailabilitylatencythroughputresiliencysecurity/complianceobservabilitydisaster recoveryAgileScrumSAFePI planningrefinementsprint executionDevOpsmicroservices-based platformsETLELTdata lineageoperational monitoringintegration-heavydealer integrationsAPIseventsAgile Scrum SAFeETL ELT data pipelines
Deal Breakers
12+ years overall experience, 7+ years as a Product Owner/Product Manager for a data platform, integration platform, or enterprise platform program, Strong experience with Agile/Scrum/SAFe practices (PI planning, refinement, sprint execution) and DevOps delivery
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