**Career Area:** Sales **Job Description:** **Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.** When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. **Your Work Shapes the World** Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe. When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce, Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customers’ needs. Join us. **Job Summary** As a Portfolio Manager within Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT), you will have a passion for ensuring that grade control customers are supported in all aspects of the product life cycle. You will work with CTCT, Caterpillar and Trimble team members to capture and convey the business problems that need to be solved and the value that will result from their delivery. The Portfolio Manager will lead collaboration between Caterpillar and Trimble stakeholders to identify and document common needs to enable CTCT Product teams and enabling organizations to develop tiered solutions that are radically easy to use and aligned with the CTCT Board approved Multi Generation Product Plan (MGPP). **About Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT)** Our team efficiently and effectively develops machine control products that use site design information combined with positioning technology and deep domain knowledge to semi-automatically control machines. These products are used in a range of applications to enable a machine operator to perform their work safely, accurately, efficiently, sustainably, and effectively using sophisticated yet intuitive user-centric technology. **What you will do (Responsibilities):** + Own the relationship between CTCT and Caterpillar and Trimble and maintain good relationships with key stakeholders. + Interpret and document the product requests from Caterpillar and Trimble stakeholders along with their respective ranking order. + Working with the Caterpillar, Trimble, and CTCT teams, apply your knowledge of the grade control market and its competitive landscape to provide problem statements, objectives, hypotheses, value scores, and expected outcomes to the CTCT Product Teams. + Identify and document the common unmet needs of both the Trimble business areas and the Caterpillar product groups to enable solutions that will be as successful as possible with the growing portfolio of CTCT products over their lifecycle. + Effectively advocate for easy to use, tiered solutions that are built on the platform, upgradeable, interoperable and extensible. + Working with the CTCT Customer Segment team, support market research and competitive evaluations, and share that information widely to seed understanding and insights. + Competently employ Aha! as the source of truth in the representation of the above. + Work in collaboration with Caterpillar and Trimble to support go-to-to-market strategies for the targeted customer segments. + Work with a global team to deliver on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) that help shape the grade control site and connectivity strategy aligned with our MGPP. + Ensure data is available within CTCT to prioritize and deliver the best possible solution for our customers and assist Caterpillar and Trimble with successful product launches, sales, adoption, and usage. + Stay current with industry trends and market insights to inform product strategy. + Employ and maintain highly visible dashboards to track and measure success. + Foster a culture that drives adoption, interoperability and innovation throughout the product lifecycle in partnership with product, engineering, and user experience leaders. **Top Candidates Will Have:** + 5+ years of product development, product management, enterprise account management, or other relevant technology leadership experience + Machine control, electronics, construction, automotive, or related industry experience + Knowledge of software and/or hardware product development processes + Experience with cloud computing and site connectivity infrastructure **Education Requirement:** + Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or other relevant degree/ Industry Experience **What Skills You Will Have:** **Customer Focus:** Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information for customer solutions. Growth minded self-starter with demonstrated passion for achieving business outcomes. **Industry Knowledge** : Knowledge of construction technology trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters. Ability to apply industry knowledge appropriately to diverse situations. **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. **Effective Communications:** Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Ability to communicate the product vision and strategy to stakeholders, both internally and externally. **Negotiating and Influencing:** Knowledge of successful negotiation concepts and techniques; ability to negotiate successfully across organizations in a constructive and collaborative manner. Ability to establish relationships with or influence others regardless of authority. **Relationship Management** : Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with business partners, stakeholders, internal teams, and peers. Experience working in a collaborative global team with cultural differences. **Account Management:** Knowledge of account management; ability to manage day-to-day activities, providing services and support to existing accounts. **Additional Info** : The locations for this position are Westminster CO, Mossville IL, or Dayton OH This position will require up to 15% travel Sponsorship is not available for this position. Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position **Summary Pay Range:** $126,000.00 - $189,000.00 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. **Benefits:** Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits. + Medical, dental, and vision benefits* + Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)* + 401(k) savings plans* + Health Savings Account (HSA)* + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)* + Health Lifestyle Programs* + Employee Assistance Program* + Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts* + Career Development* + Incentive bonus* + Disability benefits + Life Insurance + Parental leave + Adoption benefits + Tuition Reimbursement * These benefits also apply to part-time employees **Posting Dates:** June 30, 2025 - July 18, 2025 Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen. Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .