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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # CatDealer.com Product Owner - **Company:** Caterpillar - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Salary:** $128,470.0 - $208,770.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Web Accessibility, Agile Methodology, Regression Testing, Release Management, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Information Technology, Search Engines - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/B6884B0D888740BBA6F6AB57C7221E56/job/ ## About the Role * Business Analysis: Knowledge of business analysis and the set of tasks, techniques and tools required to identify business needs; ability to recommend solutions that deliver value to stakeholders. * 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. * Software Change Request Management: Knowledge of software change request management; ability to manage software product change requests from users and internal staff. * Software Engineering: Knowledge of software engineering; ability to deliver new or enhanced software products. * Software Problem Management: Knowledge of strategies, practices and tools for resolving software problems; ability to manage software problems. * Software Product Business Knowledge: Knowledge of and experience with the business aspects and operation of a software product; current uses, future plans, and product vision. Considerations For Top Candidates: * Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business, information technology, computer science, engineering, marketing, communications, or a related field * Experience in product ownership, product management, or digital platform delivery * Strong understanding of Agile practices and backlog management * Ability to define requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria * Experience working with technical, business, support, and compliance teams * Strong communication, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills * Knowledge of accessibility, compliance, search, and user experience concepts preferred * Dealer and Caterpillar business knowledge preferred ## Description * Product vision and strategy: Defines and maintains the CatDealer.com product vision, strategy, and capability roadmap in alignment with enterprise priorities, dealer network needs, Caterpillar digital standards, and long-term business goals. * Backlog ownership and prioritization: Creates, maintains, and prioritizes the product backlog, including site capabilities, user experience improvements, search configuration needs, accessibility remediation, compliance requirements, monitoring enhancements, documentation, and support improvements. * Requirements definition: Translates product strategy, stakeholder needs, and dealer feedback into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and release-ready scope for engineering and delivery teams. * Dealer and stakeholder representation: Acts as the voice of the dealer and business customer by gathering, consolidating, and communicating feedback from dealers, field teams, support channels, content owners, business leaders, and internal stakeholders. * Sprint and release planning: Leads sprint and release planning with application engineering teams, including prioritization, requirements readiness, design alignment, business sign-off, UAT planning and execution, regression testing, Go/No-Go decisions, deployment coordination, and retrospectives. * Product quality and health: Accountable for product capability, quality, availability, performance, accessibility, legal and regulatory compliance, access control capability, incident response, and overall product health; establishes and monitors service-level expectations and drives corrective actions for sustained compliance. * Content, search, and discoverability: Partners with content owners to support effective content delivery, search engine configuration, site organization, and discoverability of digital solutions, product information, service resources, business guidance, training, and communications. * Cross-functional delivery and support: Coordinates with technical architecture, engineering, platform, maintenance, product support, customer support, legal, compliance, accessibility, and dealer-facing teams to resolve issues, manage dependencies, and deliver stable product enhancements. * Issue, risk, and improvement management: Identifies, documents, and communicates product issues, defects, risks, and improvement opportunities; ensures appropriate follow-through across support, engineering, business, and governance channels. * Governance, communications, and value realization: Maintains product documentation, release communications, stakeholder updates, governance materials, budget and resource planning inputs, and value measures to ensure transparency, adoption, operational readiness, and alignment to customer and business outcomes. ## Related Videos - [The What, Why, Who and How of accessibility on the web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/403-the-what-why-who-and-how-of-accessibility-on-the-web) - [Agile work at CARIAD – Creating a customer web application for controlling the vehicle ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/200-agile-work-at-cariad-creating-a-customer-web-application-for-controlling-the-vehicle) - [Writing a full-text search engine in TypeScript](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/504-writing-a-full-text-search-engine-in-typescript) - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [Decoding web accessibility through audit](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/507-decoding-web-accessibility-through-audit) - [Data Mining Accessibility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/802-data-mining-accessibility) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [How Developers Can Focus on Maintaining Satisfaction With Accessibility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/109-how-developers-can-focus-on-maintaining-satisfaction-with-accessibility) - [7 Important Tips That Every Software Developer Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/101-7-important-tips-that-every-software-developer-should-know) - [What is product discovery and why do developers need it?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/517-what-is-product-discovery-and-why-do-developers-need-it) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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