Digital Product Owner

Caterpillar Inc.; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Chennai invites a Digital Product Owner to drive cloud-based projects. You will create user stories, manage Agile ceremonies, and coordinate with product owners and leads to prioritize features.

This role requires strong documentation, planning, and stakeholder management to deliver business value. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in product ownership, experience with cloud apps, and proficiency in Azure DevOps and SQL.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product ownership or agile roles.
• Experience in cloud-based web application development.
• Strong documentation and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Gather system requirements with product owners and derive user stories.
• Define acceptance criteria and definition of done.
• Develop project plans and manage resources.
• Monitor deliverables and ensure timely completion.
• Facilitate retrospectives and drive process improvements.
• Serve as liaison between business users and development team.

Skills

Cloud apps

Documentation

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile

Azure DevOps

SQL

Story creation

Requirement gathering

Project planning

Time management

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Description:

Career Area

Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining 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 don't just 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.

Job Description: Digital Product Owner

We are looking for highly competent Product Owner to join our team to help drive the ongoing development of our cloud-based technology projects.

This position requires extensive experience in Story Creation, Agile Methodology & ceremonies, work allocation/tracking and working with product owners and Leads. Candidate should have at least 5+ years of experience.

Key Role/Responsibilities

• Participate in requirements gathering meetings/workshops with product owners to derive the system requirements and uncover areas of improvement
• Performing requirements analysis and create user stories with proper acceptance criteria for development team
• Conducting requirement grooming meetings and to share business needs and system requirements with the development team
• Ensuring solutions meet business needs and requirements
• Serving as a liaison between Business users, Business Analyst and development team users
• Ability to break down large functional requirements into manageable chunks
• Ability to clearly call out the definition of done and acceptance criteria
• Managing projects, developing project plans, and unblocking the resources.
• Managing competing resources, dependencies and priorities.
• Monitoring deliverables and ensuring timely completion of projects
• Gather metrics, conduct retrospective meetings for driving improvements

Required Skills

• Experience in working or managing cloud based web application development
• Excellent documentation skills.
• A track record of following through on commitments.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps (Formerly VSTS Teams)
• Knowledge in SQL queries
• Experience developing applications with Agile team methodologies preferred.
• Familiarity with Estimation models

Desired Skills

• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
• Strong Analytical skills.
• Experience at creating technical project Documentation and task time estimates.

Posting Dates

October 22, 2026 - November 29, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply