Strategy & Operations Manager
Caterpillar Inc.
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Job summary
Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a senior operations and business planning professional in Irving, TX to lead executive support functions, planning cadence, and cross-functional coordination.
You will translate strategic priorities into coordinated actions, enable leadership visibility, and drive data-driven decision making across Finance, HR, Product Management, Engineering, PMO and business stakeholders. The role emphasizes organizational effectiveness, leadership readiness, and execution at scale
Qualifications
- Experience supporting executive leadership teams and business operations.
- Proven ability to lead planning processes and cross-functional execution.
- Ability to develop executive scorecards and dashboards.
- Strong analytical skills with data-driven mindset.
- Experience with Power BI, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Jira, and Confluence.
Responsibilities
- Support leadership team operating rhythms, including staff meetings and reviews.
- Drive execution of organizational priorities through planning and coordination.
- Track commitments, actions, and decisions for follow-through.
- Monitor performance, risks, dependencies, and opportunities.
- Improve operating processes and governance mechanisms.
- Support annual planning, budgeting, and portfolio planning.
- Develop executive dashboards and reporting frameworks.
- Consolidate data to support leadership decision-making.
- Coordinate planning across Finance, HR, Product, Eng, PMO, and stakeholders.
- Provide visibility into portfolio health and execution status.
- Lead strategic initiatives from concept to implementation.
- Facilitate stakeholder alignment and resolve complex issues.
Skills
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Job description
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.
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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.
Provides leadership operations, business planning, and decision support for the Vice President, Physical AI Platforms & Construction Autonomy and associated leadership teams. The incumbent serves as the operational integrator for the organization—enabling effective leadership execution through business planning, performance management, leadership operating cadence, executive decision support, and cross-functional coordination. This role partners closely with the Chief of Staff to translate strategic priorities into coordinated action while providing leaders with the visibility, structure, and processes needed to execute effectively. The position complements formal Product and Portfolio Management functions by focusing on organizational effectiveness, business operations, executive readiness, and leadership-level execution support rather than direct ownership of program delivery. The incumbent must be capable of operating in a dynamic environment characterized by ambiguity, rapid growth, and cross-functional dependencies while influencing outcomes through collaboration and business leadership.
- Support leadership team operating rhythms, including staff meetings, planning sessions, business reviews, workshops, and offsites.
- Drive execution of organizational priorities through structured planning, coordination, and accountability management.
- Track leadership commitments, action items, and decisions to ensure timely follow-through and closure.
- Monitor organizational performance and execution, identifying risks, dependencies, barriers, and opportunities requiring leadership attention.
- Recommend and implement improvements to operating processes, governance mechanisms, and organizational effectiveness.
- Support annual business planning, workforce planning, budget coordination, and portfolio planning activities.
- Develop and maintain executive dashboards, scorecards, and reporting frameworks that provide actionable business insights.
- Consolidate operational, financial, portfolio, and resource data to support data-driven leadership decision-making.
- Coordinate planning, reporting, and execution activities across Finance, HR, Product Management, Engineering, PMO, and business stakeholders.
- Partner with Product Management, Program Management, and PMO teams to provide visibility into portfolio health, priorities, and execution status.
- Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives, special projects, and emerging programs from concept through implementation and operationalization.
- Facilitate stakeholder alignment and resolution of complex organizational issues to accelerate execution and achieve desired business outcomes.
- Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
- Project Administration: Knowledge of project administration best practices and ability to use organizational strategies, practices and tools for administering projects.
- Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
- Data Gathering and Reporting: Knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data; ability to practice them in a particular department or division of a company.
- Experience supporting executive leadership teams, business operations, strategy, program management, or organizational transformation initiatives.
- Demonstrated success driving leadership operating rhythms, business reviews, planning processes, and cross-functional execution.
- Experience developing executive scorecards, dashboards, and management reporting.
- Strong analytical skills with experience using Power BI, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Working knowledge of Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, and related execution management tools.
- Experience within technology, software, AI, analytics, autonomy, engineering, or digital product organizations.
- This position requires the candidate to work full-time at the Irving, TX office (Dallas)
- Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.
- Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.
$112,710.00 - $169,060.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- 401(k) savings plans*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Employee Assistance Program*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Career Development*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
- Life Insurance
- Parental leave
- Adoption benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
- These benefits also apply to part‑time employees
This position requires working onsite five days a week.
Relocation is available for this position.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
September 18, 2026 - September 24, 2026
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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