Defense Electric Power Program Lead

Caterpillar Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 148,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

PTO (Paid time off)

401(k) savings plan

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Job summary

Caterpillar Defense Electric Power seeks a Program Manager to oversee strategic programs delivering electric power solutions to the U.S. DoD and allied customers.

You will translate customer needs into commercially viable products and coordinate teams across engineering, product, sales, supply chain, and manufacturing. You will drive scope, schedules, budgets, and risk mitigation, with data-driven status updates to leadership and customers, ensuring lifecycle execution from concept to

Qualifications

• Experience leading defense or governmental programs.
• Strong ability to translate customer requirements into executable programs.
• Proven cross-functional leadership across engineering, product, sales, and manufacturing.
• Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, and risk for complex programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple defense Electric Power programs and strategic growth initiatives.
• Serve as primary focal point to define and translate customer requirements into program plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, product, sales, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and contracting.
• Develop, launch, and sustain electric power solutions meeting performance, cost, and delivery targets.
• Provide regular, data-driven status updates to leadership and customers.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

Influencing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field

Job description

Caterpillar Defense Electric Power seeks a Program Manager to oversee strategic programs delivering electric power solutions to the U.S. DoD and allied customers.

You will translate customer needs into commercially viable products and coordinate teams across engineering, product, sales, supply chain, and manufacturing. You will drive scope, schedules, budgets, and risk mitigation, with data-driven status updates to leadership and customers, ensuring lifecycle execution from concept to