Product Owner

Position Title: Product Owner 3
Location: Chicago IL (Hybrid)
Additional Location: Peoria IL
Duration: 6 Months (Likely Extension)
Schedule: Monday Friday 1st Shift
Work Model: Hybrid (2 3 days onsite weekly; may transition to full-time onsite)

This is the active req were we need resume. Please focus on below:

• Strong Product Owner experience working with multiple engineering teams and APIs.
• Experience with platform-related data API changes and coordinating information flow.
• Familiarity with larger companies or financial industries where multiple stakeholders are involved.
• IAM experience
• IoT domain experience

Interview Process:

• Round 1: Virtual/Teams Screening
• Round 2: In-Person Team Interview

About the Role

The TPM team is driving multiple high-complexity Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) initiatives under the Ecosystem Simplification Onboarding program. This role will support roadmap planning dependency management engineering coordination and delivery execution across several enterprise onboarding and identity modernization initiatives.

The Product Owner will partner with business leaders engineering teams architects and technical product owners to maximize product value and ensure successful delivery of digital platform services and APIs.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the Product Roadmap and Product Backlog
• Prioritize backlog items based on business value and delivery goals
• Collaborate with business teams architecture teams API/platform engineering teams and TPMs
• Define and communicate product priorities to development teams
• Create and manage acceptance criteria for features and enhancements
• Coordinate cross-functional dependencies and roadmap alignment
• Represent customer and stakeholder needs throughout the SDLC lifecycle
• Support Agile ceremonies and product delivery execution
• Drive planning and execution for enterprise digital onboarding initiatives
• Engage with technical product owners to refine and decompose requirements

Key CIAM / Platform Initiatives

The selected candidate will help support initiatives including:

• Profile Service Centralization
• Account Management Security & Consent Preferences
• Modern Password Policies
• Registration Without Email
  • SMS-based Registration
  • Social Authentication Enablement

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors Degree required
• Masters Degree preferred

Experience

• 5 7 years of Product Management or Product Owner experience
• 5 years working with Platform APIs or Application Products
• 5 years leading technical teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience managing Agile product teams
• Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies and Agile delivery practices

Required Technical Skills

• Product Backlog & Roadmap Management
• Agile Methodology / Scrum
• API Product Management
• Platform Services & Webservices
• Dependency & Stakeholder Management
• SDLC Processes
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Jira / Rally / Azure DevOps / VSTS / Aha
• Postman
• API Development or API Consumption Experience

Preferred Skills

• CIAM (Customer Identity & Access Management)
• Digital Onboarding Platforms
• Security & Authentication Workflows
• IoT or Industrial Systems Domain Experience
• Dealer / Customer Platform Experience
• Cross-functional Enterprise Program Delivery

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Strong planning and organizational abilities
• Ability to manage sensitive and complex discussions
• Strong accountability and ownership mindset

Candidate Value Proposition

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives within Caterpillars ecosystem modernization program. The candidate will gain exposure to large-scale CIAM initiatives enterprise API platforms onboarding modernization and cross-functional digital product strategy while working with highly visible enterprise programs.

Disqualifiers / Red Flags

• Frequent job hopping or unstable work history
• Lack of Product Management ownership experience
• Limited Agile or API platform experience

Top Skills for Success

1. Agile Product Ownership
2. API / Platform Product Management
3. CIAM & Digital Onboarding Experience
4. Stakeholder & Dependency Management
5. Roadmap & Backlog Prioritization

Tools & Technologies

• Jira
• Rally
• Azure DevOps / VSTS
• Aha
• Postman
• API Platforms
• Agile/Scrum Frameworks