Manager Software Engineering

Career Area

Technology, Digital and Data

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Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

The Service Options team, a part of the Global Service Applications team within Cat Digital, is growing in support of the Speed to Quote strategic initiative to transform how Caterpillar creates, manages, and delivers service option data to be used by Caterpillar and our dealers for quoting rebuilds, maintenance, and repairs for our customers.

This opportunity is for a Software Engineering Manager on the Service Options team. This position is accountable for hiring, managing, and mentoring multiple scrum teams of software engineers in delivering new capabilities. Proven leadership and communication skills to collaborate with Product Owners, stakeholders and the team is required.

• Lead, mentor and grow a team of software engineers into high performing contributors delivering dealer and customer facing applications to a global user base. Support the culture and values of the organization. Ensure high standards and quality of technical work.
• Foster a culture of innovation, excellence, ownership, continuous learning and improvement
• Balance people management with technical oversight to deliver software projects aligned with business goals
• Manage planning, execution, hiring, process improvement, stakeholder communication, while ensuring code quality, security, and best practices.
• Collaborate with peers within Global Service Applications and the Product Owner organizations and other Cat Digital teams to collaborate and prioritize requirements.
• Develop clear presentations for executive audiences to explain complex technical solutions in a simple manner.

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.

Software Engineering: Knowledge of software engineering; ability to deliver new or enhanced software products.

Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.

System and Technology Integration: Knowledge of the features and facilities of systems; ability to integrate and communicate among applications, databases and technology platforms.

Building Relationships and Using Influence: Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with global stakeholders, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent working experience
• Software engineering experience and/or hands-on software development team management role
• Experience leading software development projects and managing cross-functional teams
• Strong technical skills in software development, architecture, and design.
• Excellent communication, leadership and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated leadership on medium to large-scale software engineering projects impacting strategic priorities.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills with ability to drive cross-functional collaboration
• Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints while managing shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively prioritize, delegate responsibilities and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies and tools.
• Knowledge of cloud based…