Competitive Product & Tech Intelligence Lead

Caterpillar Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 159,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior Competitive Intelligence professional to translate industry and technology signals into strategic guidance for product management, engineering, and commercial teams.

You will monitor competitors, evaluate technologies, and provide actionable, fact-based responses to leadership. This role requires up to 25% travel and may include relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Customer focus: align customer needs with solutions.
• Data gathering and analysis: collect/synthesize data from multiple sources.
• Decision making: analyze situations and make informed judgments.
• Effective communication: convey ideas clearly and concisely.
• Relationship management: build and maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Strategic thinking: apply big-picture thinking to focus on key factors.

Responsibilities

• Transforms competitive news, technology trends, customer feedback into prioritized intelligence for leaders and teams.
• Assesses competitors' products/solutions, including performance, capabilities, data, and business models.
• Evaluates how technologies are deployed, integrated, and supported at customer sites for alignment with Caterpillar's values.
• Identifies gaps, risks, opportunities, and where to focus investments/differentiation.
• Monitors emerging technologies and adjacent industries for potential disruption and roadmap implications.
• Develops fact-based responses to leadership feedback to keep priority work on track.
• Challenges assumptions about architecture, user experience, and technical strategy.

Skills

Customer focus

Data gathering & analysis

Decision making

Communication skills

Relationship management

Strategic thinking

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior Competitive Intelligence professional to translate industry and technology signals into strategic guidance for product management, engineering, and commercial teams.

You will monitor competitors, evaluate technologies, and provide actionable, fact-based responses to leadership. This role requires up to 25% travel and may include relocation assistance.