Product Owner

Location: Irving,TX
Expected Start Date: Aug 20, 2026

Kyla's Notes 7/28:

Reqs #100021 and #100022 are identical, and I'll be working both. These are within the new CAT Technologies vertical that Danielle and I are building out, so we'd love to make a strong impression and get our foot in the door on this project.

I've already put together in my template, created a Boolean search, and screening questions to make things easier. I don't want to take up too much of your time, I just want to make sure we're submitting top-quality candidates. Let me know how I can help!

Hiring Manager Summary

The hiring manager is looking for a Technical Product Owner/IT Program Manager who can bridge the gap between business and IT. They need someone who is strong at gathering business requirements, translating them into technical work for development teams, and driving projects in an Agile environment while communicating effectively with senior leadership.

Top 3 Skill Sets

Technical Product Ownership - Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into epics, features, and user stories.

Agile & Azure DevOps - Hands-on experience working in Agile teams using Azure DevOps and Confluence.

Communication & Leadership - Strong executive presence with the ability to lead meetings, present to senior leadership, and collaborate across business and technical teams.

What Recruiters Should Focus On

• Candidates withTechnical Product Owner experience over traditional Project Managers.
• Hands-on experience withAzure DevOps (not just Jira) andConfluence.
• Experience partnering with business stakeholders, architects, and development teams to deliver enterprise software projects.

Boolean Search

("Technical Product Owner" OR "Product Owner" OR "Technical Program Manager" OR "IT Program Manager")
AND
("Azure DevOps" OR ADO)
AND
Confluence
AND
(Agile OR Scrum OR SAFe)
AND
(requirements OR "requirements gathering" OR "business requirements" OR epics OR features OR "user stories")
NOT
("Scrum Master" OR "Project Coordinator")

Screening Questions

Tell me about your experience as aTechnical Product Owner. What products or projects have you supported?

How do you gather business requirements and translate them intoepics, features, or user stories for development teams?

What experience do you have usingAzure DevOps andConfluence?

Tell me about a project where you worked closely with business stakeholders, architects, and developers to deliver a solution.

Have you presented project updates or roadmaps to senior leadership? What types of information did you present?

Company: Caterpillar

BH Job #: 100021

VMS Req ID: 107639-1 - Project/Program Manager IT 4

Position: Project/Program Manager IT 4 (Technical Product Owner)

Openings: 1

BH Job #: 100022

VMS Req ID: 107639-1 - Project/Program Manager IT 4

Position: Project/Program Manager IT 4 (Technical Product Owner)

Openings: 1

Why Open: Addition to the team

Location: Irving, TX (Williams Square Corporate Headquarters)

Working Model (Remote/Hybrid): 100% Onsite

Shift Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST

Equipment: Caterpillar-provided equipment

Travel: 0-25% (primarily to Peoria, IL)

Duration: 18 months

Bill Rate:

• True:$88.23/hr
• Actual:$90.95/hr

Pay Rate:

• C2C Max Rate:$63.50
• W2 Max Rate: $55.56/hr

Resume Review: TBD

Interview Process:

• 1 round Initial phone screen
• 2nd round Virtual panel interview with Hiring Manager and one additional interviewer

Interview Times:TPL

Target Start Date:August 17, 2026

Job Summary

Seeking a Technical Product Owner / IT Program Manager to partner with business stakeholders, architecture, and Agile development teams. This individual will gather business requirements, translate them into epics and features, and help drive delivery while communicating effectively with senior leadership. The ideal candidate is comfortable working in a fast-paced enterprise environment and leading cross-functional initiatives.

Day to Day (percentage breakdown)

40% - Meet with business stakeholders to gather and refine requirements.

30% - Partner with architecture and development teams to convert requirements into epics, features, and work for Scrum teams.

20% - Lead meetings, provide executive updates, and create PowerPoint presentations for leadership.

10% - Project coordination, backlog refinement, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Must Haves (Required Skills)

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field

Years of Experience:

• Minimum8 years of experience
• Advanced degree doesnot substitute for experience

Hard Skills:

• Technical Product Ownership
• Business requirements gathering
• Writing epics, features, and user stories
• Agile & Waterfall methodologies
• Executive-level presentations

Tools & Systems:

• Azure DevOps (Required)
• Confluence (Required)
• Microsoft PowerPoint

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• Self-motivated
• Strong presentation skills
• Comfortable working with senior leadership
• Ability to collaborate across technical and business teams

Plusses / Preferred Skills

• Power BI
• Large enterprise experience
• Experience working with architecture and Scrum teams
• SAFe Agile experience
• Product roadmap or portfolio management experience

Accountabilities

• Gather business requirements from stakeholders.
• Translate requirements into epics and features for architecture and development teams.
• Lead cross-functional meetings.
• Present updates to senior leadership.
• Work closely with Scrum teams throughout project delivery.
• Maintain documentation within Azure DevOps and Confluence.

Team Overview

This role supports Cat Technology within the Physical AI Platforms & Construction Autonomy organization on the Technical Product & Portfolio Management (Atlas & CI Autonomy) team. The individual will work closely with business leaders, architects, and Agile development teams but will not have direct reports.

Success Metrics

• Successfully translate business requirements into actionable technical work.
• Deliver high-quality epics and features that enable Scrum teams to execute efficiently.
• Build strong relationships with business and technical stakeholders.
• Effectively communicate project status and updates to senior leadership.
• Drive projects forward in a fast-paced Agile environment while maintaining clear documentation and organization.

#100022
Title: Senior Technical Product Owner
Location: Irving, TX - 100% onsite (preference first goes to local candidates, open to non-local candidates who can 100% relocate 2 weeks from offer and be onsite day 1 at their own cost)
Type: Contract
Hours: 8-4 M-F, 40 hour work days
Pay: range $ 55-55.77 /hour on w2
Length: 18 months- possibility to extend
Screenings: no tech, full panel drug and background once hired
+optional benefits, long term contract with ability to extend

? Must haves:

• Years of experience: minimum of 8 years experience. An advanced degree DOES NOT reduce this requirement
• Min Degree requirement: BS in related field
• Good communication
• Self-motivated
• Studied Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Has to understand Confluence and Azure DevOps (not Jira)
• Powerpoint skills to build out program slides and updates

(Desired)

• PowerBI skills

Soft Skills- (Required)

• Well-spoken and easy to understand, lots of meetings will be virtual so being able to speak clearly and being able to be understood is mandatory

Job Overview:
Product Owner working with Business gathering requirements, then working with Architecture team to decipher what Business requirements are into Epics/Features to be passed to Scrum teams.

Position's Contributions to Work Group :

• Product Owner working with Business gathering requirements, then working with Architecture team to decipher what Business requirements are into Epics/Features to be passed to Scrum teams.

Why this Role?

• This role will have interaction with Senior Leadership across client. Great exposure for someone who is comfortable presenting and speaking in front of leaders and groups. Many opportunities for high paced challenges and expectations are high.

Typical task breakdown:

• Leading AVT's (business to architecture team decomposition to scrum teams.

Interaction with team :

• Will be interacting with SR roles within client

Team Structure

• No direct reports

Work environment :

• In person at facility

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