Platform & Product Leader – Digital Solutions

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Australia seeks a strategic Leader to head the Platform & Product teams responsible for designing, delivering and sustaining digital solutions across MineStar Productivity Solutions, extending capabilities and improving customer outcomes globally.

You will set direction, manage roadmaps, collaborate with engineering, data and user experience teams, and oversee external partners to ensure scalable, secure and high-quality software across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading product, engineering, platform or digital technology teams in a complex enterprise environment.
• Experience leading Product Owners, people leaders, technical specialists and external delivery partners.
• Experience defining product strategy, managing roadmaps and making product lifecycle decisions.
• Broad understanding of modern software, cloud, data, analytics, integration and architecture practices.
• Experience delivering products that integrate with or extend enterprise technology platforms across globally distributed teams.
• Desirable: MineStar or comparable mine-site technology experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Product & Platform team with clear direction, priorities, decision rights and accountability.
• Define and maintain product and platform strategies and roadmaps aligned with customer needs.
• Own the Productivity Solutions portfolio across discovery, investment, delivery, adoption, sustainment and retirement.
• Prioritise investment and delivery by balancing customer value, strategic alignment, capacity, risk and long-term supportability.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across product, engineering, architecture, business analysis and user experience.
• Lead external delivery partners, managing outcomes, quality, cost and risk.
• Empower Product Owners and technical leaders to make timely decisions within defined accountabilities and governance.
• Partner with MineStar product and technology teams to integrate with core capabilities while avoiding duplication.
• Manage cross-product dependencies and remove delivery barriers and risks.
• Ensure solutions meet standards for scalability, security, data integrity and deployment readiness.

Skills

Leadership

Product leadership

Portfolio leadership

Customer focus

Tech leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Decision making

Education

Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Australia seeks a strategic Leader to head the Platform & Product teams responsible for designing, delivering and sustaining digital solutions across MineStar Productivity Solutions, extending capabilities and improving customer outcomes globally.

You will set direction, manage roadmaps, collaborate with engineering, data and user experience teams, and oversee external partners to ensure scalable, secure and high-quality software across the enterprise.