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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Manager - Technology Solutions Partner - **Company:** Caterpillar - **Location:** Peoria, IL, United States - **Salary:** $159,120.0 - $238,680.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, IT Management, Information Technology - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gllcnv ## About the Role + **Business Acumen:** Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations. + **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 in creating customized customer solutions. + **Knowledge of Organization:** Knowledge of the organization's vision, structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles, values, and code of ethics; ability to understand the value of aligning capabilities with business goals to support optimal performance. + **Planning: Tactical, Strategic:** Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan. + **Influencing:** Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization. + **Relationship Management:** Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers. + **Collaborating Globally:** Knowledge of effective collaboration techniques and ability to build networks with people from different countries and cultures, think and work with them to bring positive impact and flourishing business results. Considerations For Top Candidates: + Experience as an IT business relationship manager, technology business partner, product/platform leader, or IT engagement leader + Background supporting sales, marketing, customer experience, dealer, or CRM capabilities + Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills + Ability to lead teams through ambiguity and transformation + Experience working across regions and cultures + Familiarity with enterprise architecture, portfolio governance, vendor management, and digital transformation. ## Description This role will lead a team typically comprised of information technology professionals by closely partnering with business leaders and enterprise IT teams to shape and deliver business-relevant technology solutions, enabling customer-focused capabilities that align strategy, innovation, and execution to drive measurable business outcomes. What You Will Do: + **Strategic Business Partnership** Actively engages with business executives and functional leaders to understand strategic priorities, operational challenges, and growth objectives, translating those needs into aligned IT solutions that adhere to enterprise guiding principles and architectural standards. + **Solution & Process Co-Creation** Leads the definition and co-development of end-to-end business processes and enabling technology solutions to address identified business challenges, ensuring solutions are practical, extensible, and measurable against intended outcomes. + **Automation & AI-First Mindset** Champions an automation-first and AI-enabled approach to solution design, embedding digital, data, and intelligent capabilities to drive efficiency, scalability, and continuous improvement. + **Stakeholder Communication & Transparency** Provides clear, concise, and ongoing communication to business leaders, IT leadership, Enterprise Architects, and global architecture communities on solution direction, tradeoffs, risks, and progress. + **End-to-End Lifecycle Accountability** Acts as the trusted liaison between business and enterprise IT across the full solution lifecycle, including new product introduction, implementation, deployment, transition to support, and ongoing enhancement and optimization. ## Related Videos - [Your Manager Doesn’t Come with a User Manual (But You Can Totally Write One)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1495-your-manager-doesn-t-come-with-a-user-manual-but-you-can-totally-write-one) - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) - [Edit Your Future: Queerverse Radical AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/909-edit-your-future-queerverse-radical-ai) - [AI PowerPlay: Building High-Impact Teams & Transformative Solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1005-ai-powerplay-building-high-impact-teams-transformative-solutions) - [Angstfreude - AI and Corporate Culture - The Thrill and the Threat](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100354-angstfreude-ai-and-corporate-culture-the-thrill-and-the-threat) - [Engineering/Manager Pendulum: Generating compound interest on your career](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100348-engineering-manager-pendulum-generating-compound-interest-on-your-career) ## Related Articles - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [Should Tech Managers Be Developers First? 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