Technology Team Leader

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Technology Team Leader at Caterpillar

This role works with the global BCP team to improve the efficiency of our PLM tools and processes (Teamcenter) and develop analytics solutions to enhance data‑driven business decisions. It offers opportunities to impact engineering, supply chain, purchasing, manufacturing, and other groups, and includes stretch opportunities to learn advanced data analytics tools and contribute to AI initiatives.

• Act as BCP single point of contact for PLM
• Anticipate and plan for future needs of the business unit, especially PLM changes requiring additional funding, training, testing, or integration with other systems
• Work with the corporate PLM team and attend PLM meetings
• Set quality metrics for Teamcenter and work with the corporate PLM team to achieve those metrics
• Prioritize and highlight the top PLM issues for our business unit and communicate them to leadership; work directly with end users to solve problems and address concerns
• Maintain standard work for PLM as required
• Lead projects to prioritize and address the most important concerns from product development teams and drive efficiency wherever possible
• Collaborate with the larger analytics team to collect and report telematics data
• Publish and author dashboards to enable BCP teams to more effectively develop our products or address customer concerns
• Study how Teamcenter data analytics can help drive better decisions for NPI and CPI programs
• Assist with validation of new versions of PLM software and act as voice of the business when evaluating new software versions

• Products and Services Knowledge:
  Working knowledge of how products, services, and supporting systems are developed, released, and supported within an engineering organization, including understanding linkages across functions and value chains.
• Technical Excellence:
  Ability to apply sound technical judgment to solve technical and system‑related challenges, engage appropriate subject matter experts, and develop solutions that balance business and technical considerations.
• Team Collaboration and Facilitation:
  Ability to work effectively with cross‑functional and global teams, facilitate discussions on goals and responsibilities, and support teams through successful completion of projects and initiatives.
• Requirements Analysis:
  Working knowledge of gathering, documenting, and managing business and system requirements, ensuring alignment between user needs, system capabilities, and business objectives.
• Troubleshooting and Problem Solving:
  Ability to anticipate, identify, and resolve technical and process issues by analyzing data, evaluating impacts, and applying structured problem‑solving techniques.
• Data Analysis and Decision Support:
  Experience using data and analytics to support informed decision‑making, including organizing relevant information, assessing alternatives, and clearly communicating findings.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related fields.
• Experience with Teamcenter or another product lifecycle management (PLM) software.
• Understanding of Teamcenter’s engineering drawing release process.
• Awareness of the roles of engineering and other teams in Teamcenter (design, configurator, CPPD collaborators, checking, releasing, change control).
• Ability to work with many different disciplines such as engineering, purchasing, supply chain, and manufacturing.

• Experience with Creo and electronic data systems (EDS).
• Basic knowledge of data science and how it is used at Caterpillar.
• Knowledge of Structure Manager and bill of material (BOM) tools.
• Familiarity with Snowflake or other web‑based data warehouses.
• Experience creating dashboards with PowerBI or Tableau.
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