Manager Data Analytics & AI

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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.

Manages leaders and employees responsible for data analytics and AI enablement across development initiatives data platforms and application support functions. Provides portfoliolevel leadership to ensure data and analytics capabilities are scalable reusable and aligned to business outcomes.

What You Will Do:

• Oversee enterprisewide data analytics and AI enablement initiatives including data product design integration patterns and AIready data foundations.

• Provide strategic direction to ensure data analytics and AI capabilities meet business needs decision requirements and future scalability.

• Establish and enforce standards for data quality lineage governance and reuse across the portfolio.

• Lead adoption of data fabric patterns to enable federated data access with enterprisewide guardrails.

• Partner with solution integration and data architects to ensure consistent implementation of data and AI patterns.

• Maximize staff and leader contribution through coaching professional growth and capability development.

• Monitor and maintain adherence to quality security and responsible AI standards on an ongoing basis.

• Ensure analytics and AI deliver actionable insights not just reports or models.

What You Have:

Degree Requirement

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience desired.

Business Acumen Level: Working Knowledge

• Understands the organizations business model value drivers and financial goals.

• Communicates key considerations for business and technology decisionmaking.

• Translates business objectives into analytics data and AI priorities.

• Engages stakeholders to balance competing priorities and outcomes.

Information Technology Trends Level: Expert

• Participates in architecting enterprisewide data analytics and AI strategies.

• Champions awareness of emerging trends such as AI platforms data fabric data products and advanced analytics.

• Ensures senior leadership awareness of the enterprise impact of major technology trends.

• Monitors industry best practices and guides responsible adoption of new technologies.

• Provides perspective on the evolution risks and business impact of AIdriven capabilities.

Analytical Thinking Level: Expert

• Designs and orchestrates the use of analytics and AI for strategic decisionmaking.

• Champions advanced analytics predictive insights and prescriptive decision support.

• Enables leaders to use analytics insights effectively not just consume dashboards.

• Implements outcomefocused operating metrics and performance measures.

• Applies quantitative statistical and modeling approaches to complex business problems.

Data Fabric & AIReady Data Foundations Level: Expert

• Defines and operationalizes a data fabric strategy across distributed data platforms.

• Enables federated data ownership with centralized standards for security quality and semantics.

• Leverages metadata lineage and policydriven governance embedded directly in data flows.

• Ensures data assets are reusable discoverable and trusted for analytics and AI use cases.

• Aligns data fabric patterns with AI lifecycle needs including feature reuse explainability and auditability.

Continuous Transformation Level: Working Knowledge

• Leads adoption of new platforms tools and processes as business and technology evolve.

• Adapts operating models to support analyticsdriven and AIenabled ways of working.

• Encourages experimentation learning and continuous improvement.

• Communicates lessons learned from both successes and failures.

Talent Management Level: Extensive Experience

• Builds and sustains a strong pipeline of data analytics and AI leadership talent.

• Coaches leaders and teams to grow strategic not purely technical capabilities.

• Establishes clear role expectations and development paths aligned to future needs.

• Creates an environment that attracts and retains highimpact data and analytics talent.

Leadership Level: Expert

• Inspires teams with a clear vision for analyticsled and AIenabled decision making.

• Coaches leaders in adaptive leadership approaches appropriate to complex matrixed environments.

• Models behaviors that promote accountability trust and collaboration.

• Drives alignment around longterm data and AI strategy.

Matrix Management Level: Working Knowledge

• Communicates effectively across business technology and data domains.

• Balances functional priorities with enterpriselevel outcomes.

• Resolves competing requirements across solutions platforms and stakeholder groups.

• Maintains strong partnerships across geographic and organizational boundaries.

Vendor / Supplier Management Level: Expert

• Manages strategic relationships with data analytics cloud and AI vendors.

• Evaluates vendor roadmaps and alignment to enterprise data and AI strategy.

• Establishes best practices for leveraging external partners while protecting enterprise standards.

• Oversees integration of thirdparty tools into the data and analytics ecosystem.

Additional Info:

• The location for this role is Irving TX or Peoria IL

• This position may require 20% travel.

About Caterpillar

For more than a century Caterpillar has helped build a better more sustainable world. With 2025 sales and revenues of $67.6 billion Caterpillar Inc. is shaping the future as the worlds leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment off-highway diesel and natural gas engines industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Backed by one of the largest independent global dealer networks and financing services through Cat Financial the companys primary business segments: Power & Energy Construction Industries and Resource Industries are solving customers toughest challenges through commercial excellence and advanced technology driven by a highly skilled dedicated global team. Learn more at .

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

Posting Dates:

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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