Strategic Project Consultant - Structured Finance

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Nashville, TN

This role is a Strategic Project Consultant focused on Structured Finance within Caterpillar Financial Services. The primary responsibilities involve managing high-priority, high-risk projects aligned with strategic initiatives, leading project teams for complex business and integration projects, and driving continuous improvement efforts. The role requires strong project management, analytical thinking, process improvement (including Six Sigma), and influencing skills. While the company is involved in manufacturing and potentially uses AI tools, this specific role is not directly involved in building or researching AI/ML models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Coordinate management of multiple, related high-priority and/or high-risk projects where the project's scope is aligned with key strategic initiatives.
  2. Lead project teams to deliver complex business, integration, implementation projects, and continuous improvement/lean efforts.
  3. Apply program and project management principles to manage scope, timeline, resources, stakeholders, and risk throughout the lifecycle of stategic initiatives.
  4. Lead high-priority projects to achieve measurable business process improvements.
  5. Providing technical training and guidance for continous improvement on the planning, development and implementation of process improvement.

Skills

Required

  • Project Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Six Sigma Methodology
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Influencing
  • Interpersonal Relationships
  • Active Learning

Nice to have

  • Global Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Hands-On Delivery Leadership
  • Change Management and Coaching Capability
  • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

What the JD emphasized

  • high-priority
  • high-risk
  • complex business
  • continuous improvement
  • process improvement
  • Six Sigma