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Job Description:

As a Project Manager within Caterpillar’s Hosting Services team, you will lead a range of initiatives supporting our on‑premise infrastructure environment. These projects span large IT infrastructure deployments as well as smaller process‑driven efforts such as vulnerability remediation. You will coordinate resources across technical tower teams—including Data Center Management, Network, Compute, Storage, VMware, Operating Systems, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, and Automation—to ensure projects are delivered accurately, on time, and within budget. Your ability to guide complex workstreams, manage risks, communicate effectively with stakeholders, and maintain operational discipline will be essential to enabling successful project outcomes.

What You Will Do:

• Manage full lifecycle delivery of infrastructure and process improvement projects, from initiation through closure.

• Develop project plans, schedules, budgets, and documentation to support execution and governance.

• Coordinate activities across Hosting Services teams to ensure technical and operational alignment.

• Facilitate regular project meetings to review milestones, risks, issues, and decision needs.

• Provide clear, consistent updates to stakeholders and leadership through reports and status summaries.

• Identify project risks and dependencies and develop mitigation and contingency plans.

• Partner with Procurement, Contract Management, and Infrastructure teams on project-related purchases and vendor activities.

• Track project spend, validate forecasts, and support financial accountability across assigned work.

• Drive continuous improvement by recommending enhancements to processes, tools, and reporting.

• Support annual planning cycles by contributing project forecasts and infrastructure demand inputs.

• Use tools such as Azure DevOps and Microsoft Project to support project activities.

• Participate in initiatives focused on infrastructure modernization, automation, lifecycle upgrades, and resiliency improvements.

What You Will Have:

• 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.

• Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.

• Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.

• Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

• Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.

Considerations for Top Candidates:

• Degree or equivalent experience desired.

• 5+ years of IT-related Project Management experience.

• Strong teamwork, analytical thinking, adaptability, and customer service orientation.

• Experience managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, global environment.

• Familiarity with Caterpillar environments and IT operations is a plus.

• PMP, ACP, CSM, PSM or equivalent are valued.

Additional Info:

• The preferred location for this position is Peoria, IL.

Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

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