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JOB PURPOSE:
The Digital Product Owner works as a member of a Scrum Team to help maximize the value of the product and the work of the Scrum Development Team.

Responsible for small projects, with moderate complexity, of less value to the organization.

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include but not limited to:
The Product Owner works intimately with the Scrum Master and the Development Team with the primary task of creating and managing the Product Backlog and to ensure everyone knows the priorities.

• Responsible for conveying the vision and goals at the beginning of every sprint
• Inspect the product progress at the end of every Sprint and accept or reject the work that has been done by the Development Team
• Responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team
• Assists with the elaboration of epics, themes and features into user stories that are small enough, or granular enough, to be achieved in a single sprint
• Responsible for acting as Product Owner for larger, more complex projects with high value to the organization
• Participate in Sprint Planning meetings, Reveals and Retrospectives
• Be a champion for the agile community and help to further the community within the organization
• Act as the key decision-maker regarding what features the product will have
• Work closely with key stakeholders throughout the organization
• Responsible for the vision of what is to be built, and conveying that vision to the team
• Participate in Daily Scrum as needed
• Responsible for making decisions on release dates and content
• Communicate Product Backlog priorities to the team
• Represent the customer, interfacing and engaging with the customer
• Act as the voice of the team, communicating status externally
• Be a good role model of Scrum values; understand the framework and the roles of each team member
• Responsible for creating, maintaining and prioritizing the Product Backlog according to business value for the life of the project

Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time to time.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in performing business and data analysis in implementing large scale data platform and system integration
• 3+ Experience Enterprise Performance Management tool functionality
• Strong understanding of SDLC methodology (Waterfall and Agile) and project management skills
• 3+ Experience in using Azure DevOps or JIRA tool
• 3+ Experience in creating UX wireframes/mock ups
• 3+ Experience in building dashboards reports - nice to have Power BI
• 3+ Sql experience in performing data analysis and building data reports
• Experience in creating business process flow and data flow diagrams
• Ability to perform functional testing and coordinate with UAT testers to drive the data platform testing phase
• Knowledge in Finance FP&A and Accounting domain
• 3+ Experience in large scale system integration and transformation project
• Position requires a four year degree from an accredited college or univeristy - computer science, information systems, finance, accounting

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Cloud Platform : AWS
• Master’s in finance, operations and systems
• Certification in CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional), CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner)
• Experience in OneStream Enterprise Performance Management

Addtional Information:

• Domestic relocation is available for those who qualify

• This position would ideally be located in Peoria, IL; however open to considering other Caterpillar facilities within the U.S. (candidates permanent address must be within 50-mile driving distance to a Caterpillar facility)

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