Lead Product Designer: Industrial IoT & Platform Systems

Caterpillar; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Lead Product Designer in Mossville, IL to shape experiences across a broad portfolio of products and journeys.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Research, and business leaders to define strategy, guide discovery, and deliver cohesive, scalable experiences that connect machines, applications, and ecosystems. This role emphasizes systems thinking, customer-focused decision making, and the ability to lead through influence across multiple domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Significant experience in Product Design, User Experience Design, or Human-Centered Design.
• Proven ability to influence and design across complex ecosystems and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate experience vision across products, platforms, and journeys.
• Drive strategic design initiatives to influence product direction and business goals.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Research and leadership to align priorities around customer outcomes.
• Guide discovery and translate insights into experience strategies and requirements.
• Lead systems thinking across products to ensure cohesive, scalable experiences.
• Shape end-to-end experiences across machines, apps, and ecosystems.
• Provide design leadership across multiple products and teams.
• Facilitate strategy workshops and align stakeholders.

Skills

Creativity

Decision making

System thinking

UX design

UI design

Web design

Human-Centered Design

Leadership

Portfolio

Executive presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Design systems

Figma

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Lead Product Designer in Mossville, IL to shape experiences across a broad portfolio of products and journeys.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Research, and business leaders to define strategy, guide discovery, and deliver cohesive, scalable experiences that connect machines, applications, and ecosystems. This role emphasizes systems thinking, customer-focused decision making, and the ability to lead through influence across multiple domains.