The Divisional CIO leads IT strategy and operations for the Excavation Division, delivering technology solutions aligned with business goals and managing a large team.
Career Area:
Technology, Digital and Data
Job Description:
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Divisional CIO - Construction Industries, Excavation Division
Role Definition:
The Divisional CIO (DCIO) is a strategic IT business partner and advisor serving the Excavation Division (EXD) of the Caterpillar Construction Industries (CI) organization. Construction Industries is a critical enterprise team delivering products, services and technology solutions across physical infrastructure and building construction applications.
The DCIO is accountable to provide technology solutions aligned with the Business strategy and objectives and in doing so, leads a large team of managers, individual contributors, and Caterpillar IT matrixed colleagues to provide business-informed technology solutions and services. The DCIO actively engages and leads development and delivery of business aligned solutions, prioritizing resources, negotiating contracts, and providing guidance across teams and regions. This leader is critically positioned in the organization to drive business-informed IT strategy and enable CI-EXD operational priorities that both create and protect enterprise value.
What You Will Do:
What You Have:
Leadership behaviors/ principles:
Additional Details:
Note: Japan language skills and experience with Japanese business culture are highly valuable / applicable for this position.
What You Will Get -
Posting Dates:
June 30, 2025 - July 4, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Technology, Digital and Data
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.
Divisional CIO - Construction Industries, Excavation Division
Role Definition:
The Divisional CIO (DCIO) is a strategic IT business partner and advisor serving the Excavation Division (EXD) of the Caterpillar Construction Industries (CI) organization. Construction Industries is a critical enterprise team delivering products, services and technology solutions across physical infrastructure and building construction applications.
The DCIO is accountable to provide technology solutions aligned with the Business strategy and objectives and in doing so, leads a large team of managers, individual contributors, and Caterpillar IT matrixed colleagues to provide business-informed technology solutions and services. The DCIO actively engages and leads development and delivery of business aligned solutions, prioritizing resources, negotiating contracts, and providing guidance across teams and regions. This leader is critically positioned in the organization to drive business-informed IT strategy and enable CI-EXD operational priorities that both create and protect enterprise value.
What You Will Do:
- Delivers tangible business value through technology solutions that are aligned to the business strategy and priorities.
- Provides thought leadership to proactively solve business challenges and issues.
- Manages operational stability, health, and availability of technology solutions.
- Protects the business and brands across cyber, risk and compliance requirements.
- Prioritizes resources to achieve strategic business outcomes.
What You Have:
- Strategy development & execution: Experience leading, developing, socializing, and executing IT strategies and roadmaps in an overly complex environment.
- Relationship management: Collaborating and managing partner and peer relationships to achieve business outcomes by leading through influence and direct accountability in a matrixed environment.
- Customer-focused: Strong business and financial acumen with a "customer back" mindset.
- Software engineering & development: Designing and building digital and technology solutions that strengthen the core business and pioneer the future with expanded offerings that grow services.
- Data & information enablement: Unleashing the power of data insights, AI and GenAI to manage the business, improve business results and outcomes.
- Operational support: Supporting global, large scale manufacturing operations and aftermarket business models in a matrixed support structure 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Talent Management: Adept at leading and inspiring global, multi-sourced teams to deliver high quality, transformational capabilities.
- Marketing & Communication: Excellent communication and conflict management skills.
Leadership behaviors/ principles:
- Enterprise mindset: Demonstrate our values and act on behalf of the entire company.
- Customer-focused: Build solutions and solve problems by starting with the customer and working backwards.
- Accountability: Function as an owner of the company with high integrity and transparency.
- Curious: Seek to understand new opportunities and possibilities.
- Strategic: Think big and proactively anticipate capability needs.
- Results-oriented: Have a bias for action and take calculated risks to stay at par with the speed of business.
Additional Details:
- Benefits: This position is eligible for stock or other equity grants pursuant to Caterpillar's long-term incentive plan.
- Candidate will have responsibility for the IT strategy through operations of a globally dispersed set of CI EXD manufacturing facilities, the IT resources assigned to those facilities as well as IT team members supporting EXD from Caterpillar office locations.
- Viable locations for this position include: Dallas, Texas in US, Grenoble in France and Singapore
- This role requires 5 days onsite.
- Relocation is available for noted city upon approval.
Note: Japan language skills and experience with Japanese business culture are highly valuable / applicable for this position.
What You Will Get -
- Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
- Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one along with the potential of an annual bonus.
- All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
Posting Dates:
June 30, 2025 - July 4, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.
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