Digital Program Manager, Cat Foresight

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Chicago, IL +2

This role supports the planning, coordination, and execution of digital product programs within Caterpillar's Cat® Foresight and Cat® Inspect portfolio. It involves partnering with product, engineering, and cross-functional stakeholders to manage program plans, identify and mitigate risks, and ensure timely delivery of strategic initiatives. The role requires strong IT project management skills, experience with planning techniques, and the ability to gather and report data. Familiarity with Agile environments and collaboration tools like Aha! and Azure DevOps is preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Builds and maintains program schedules, ensuring alignment across product, engineering, and dependent teams
  2. Coordinates day-to-day execution across multiple workstreams to drive delivery of portfolio priorities
  3. Identifies, tracks, and escalates risks, dependencies, and blockers to ensure timely resolution
  4. Develops and maintains mitigation plans for program risks and supports execution of contingency actions
  5. Monitors program performance against milestones, deliverables, and timelines; highlights deviations and supports corrective actions

Skills

Required

  • Planning: Tactical, Strategic
  • Project Administration
  • Decision Making and Critical Thinking
  • Data Gathering and Reporting
  • IT Project Management

Nice to have

  • Strong working knowledge of Aha! and Azure DevOps
  • Experience leveraging Microsoft Loop or similar collaboration tools
  • Experience managing or supporting delivery of digital product programs in agile or hybrid environments
  • Familiarity with cross-functional delivery models
  • Experience working in environments with multiple dependencies, integration points, and competing priorities
  • Demonstrated ability to track execution, manage risk, and drive alignment across teams

What the JD emphasized

  • extensive knowledge of effective planning techniques
  • extensive knowledge of project administration best practices
  • extensive knowledge of the decision-making process
  • extensive knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data
  • extensive knowledge of project management