Lead Salesforce Product Owner

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Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar yourejoining 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 dontjust 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.

Cat Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc. leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital solutions for our customers and over 1.5 million connected assets worldwide our teams use data technology advanced analytics telematics and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better more sustainable world.

Job Summary:

The Lead Salesforce Product Owner will work within our large Salesforce ecosystem. You will lead strategies for Sales Cloud and Experience Cloud to optimize revenue and drive towards world-class portals. You will drive new endeavors maintain existing solutions and refactor technical debt. You will also need to stay ahead of the curve evaluating and implementing emerging technologies like Agentforce (AI Agents) Data Cloud and everything else.

What You Will Do:

• Lead strategic initiatives from your past experiences: You will drive change through out of the box solutions and consulting our many business partners on their innovative ideas.
• You will work within our team of Product Owners Engineers and Architects to help validate POCs rolling out new solutions when needed and
• Implement Emerging Technologies: You will be responsible for evaluating and integrating cutting-edge Salesforce innovations including Agentforce (AI Agents) and Data Cloud.
• Drive advanced standardization and utilize advanced automation tools like Flow to ensure the Salesforce ecosystem effectively meets the evolving needs of business partners.
  

What You Will Have:

• Business Analysis: Strategic Roadmap and Vision; Strong ability to translate long-term company goals into a Salesforce Roadmap that balances new features with technical debt and platform upgrades
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge and application of logical framework (like Value vs. Effort ) to prioritize the backlog
• Software Problem Management: Understanding how a lead flows from a website click to a closed-won opportunity. Ability to spot process gaps and design solutions that fix the business problem rather than just adding a new custom field.
• Software Product Business Knowledge: Thorough understanding what the platform can do natively. Knowing the difference between a Flow a Validation Rule and a Custom Object allows you to guide developers and prevent over-engineering.
• Effective Communications: You must be able to explain complex technical limitations to executives in terms of business risk and ROI ensuring everyone is aligned on what can realistically be delivered.

Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market locationjob-related knowledge skills individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility terms and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical dental and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation Holidays Volunteer etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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