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# Product Owner - Architecture

- **Company:** Caterpillar
- **Location:** Irving, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $128,470.0 - $192,710.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Confluence, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, RAID, Scrum Methodology, Software Product Management, Power BI, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Computer Equipment
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59866156-product-owner-architecture

## About the Role

* 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.
 * A strong understanding and foundation of system, software, and/or data architecture (Required)
 * Organizational Leadership: Knowledge of leadership concepts and ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing and achieving objectives.
 * Project Management: Knowledge of the policies and techniques to manage a set of related projects within a program; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control the set of projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve program objectives.
 * Change Control: Knowledge of the processes and procedures by which a change is identified, evaluated, approved, monitored and documented; Ability to manage changes in the production environment and processes effectively
 * Problem Management: Knowledge of the processes involved in problem control, error control and the production of management information or computer hardware; ability to identify the root cause of problems in a timely and accurate manner and bring them to a successful resolution.

Top Candidates Will Have:

 * Knowledge of AWS Platform, Run:AI, Infrastructure, CI/CD, GitHun Enterprise, ADO Integration, Security and Identity
 * Typical candidates will have 5+ years of direct product ownership experience working with software engineering teams in an agile environment
 * Extensive experience using Azure DevOps is REQUIRED
 * PMP certification (Nice to Have)
 * Certified Scrum Master (CSM) desired
 * Knowledge of Confluence desired
 * Knowledge of Power BI is desired

## Description

As a Product Owner-Architecture you will be accountable for ensuring successful completion of projects, on-time, within budget, and error-free. The principal responsibility of the Product Owner is to manage the planning and execution of project team members. As the Product Owner you will work intimately with the Scrum Team and Technical Product Management team with the primary task of creating and managing the Product Backlog and to ensure everyone knows the priorities and assisting the scrum team to meet the objectives of each sprint.

 * Incumbent will support various project teams and obtain/provide a variety of information starting at concept stage and continuing through prototype, pilot, implementation and follow-up stages of various projects
 * Coordinate data architecture project resources to effectively achieve business goals.
 * Monitor target architectural processes to ensure that they in line with business strategies and objectives.
 * Create and maintain work items in Azure DevOps
 * Develop and produce project management schedules.
 * Use professional project management tools and techniques to manage reporting, tracking charts, checklist, and project scheduling software and to delegate appropriately.
 * Approach complex problems by breaking them down into component parts.
 * Analyze system requirements and translate them into detailed work documents for scrum teams (Features, User Stories, RAID items).
 * Manage change and take active leadership in timely decision making.
 * Responsible for creating, maintaining and prioritizing the Product Backlog according to business value for the life of the project.
 * Communicate Product Backlog priorities to the team.
 * Act as the key decision-maker regarding what features the product will have.
 * Responsible for the vision of what is to be built, and conveying that vision to the team.