Caterpillar, Inc

Senior Digital Product Owner - Data Model

Caterpillar, Inc$112K — $183K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role within data management or analytics.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling and data governance best practices.
  • Experience with AWS services and knowledge of Snowflake is preferred.
  • Familiarity with ETL processes and tools.
  • Proficiency in Azure DevOps for project management and collaboration tasks.
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or similar certification is advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the Helios Rental Data domain, ensuring data quality and availability across rental objects.
  • Identify and bridge gaps between business needs and the Helios Rental Data Model.
  • Translate business requirements into actionable data-related backlog items and features.
  • Assist in planning and coordinating dealer onboarding and data integration activities.
  • Validate dealer rental data for consistency and accuracy.
  • Track and resolve data quality issues and integration gaps.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams and Rental SMEs to ensure timely data delivery across the ecosystem.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Generous paid time off, including vacation and holidays.
  • 401(k) savings plans for retirement savings.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
  • Employee Assistance Program for mental health support.
  • Career development opportunities and tuition reimbursement.
  • Incentive bonuses based on performance.
  • Life Insurance and disability benefits offered.
Full Job Description

Career Area:

Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description:

Job Summary:
As a Senior Product Owner for Rental Digital at Caterpillar, you will own the Helios Rental Data domain as a product, ensuring data availability, quality, and readiness across key rental objects. You will define and maintain data standards, identify and close data gaps, and act as the bridge between business needs and data delivery.

You will translate requirements into data-driven features, support analytics and digital applications, and lead dealer data integration, validation, and deployment efforts. Additionally, you will manage the data backlog and partner with engineering and dealer teams to resolve data quality issues and ensure scalable, consistent rental data across the ecosystem.

What You Will Do:

  • Support the Rental Data team in managing the Helios Rental Data domain by assisting with data availability, structure, quality, and readiness across key rental objects (e.g., fleet, customers, jobsites, contracts, invoices, and rates), contributing to overall data standardization and governance efforts
  • Assist in maintaining rental data attributes and supporting identification of gaps between business needs and the Helios Rental Data Model, helping track and drive actions to address those gaps
  • Support translation of business requirements into data-related backlog items, features, and acceptance criteria, ensuring alignment with downstream analytics, reporting, and digital application needs
  • Assist in dealer integration and deployment activities, including:
    • Supporting deployment planning and dealer onboarding coordination
    • Assisting with kick-off sessions, pre-deployment reviews, and data mapping discussions
    • Helping collect and profile dealer data for integration readiness
  • Support end-to-end validation of dealer rental data ingested into Helios to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency across systems
  • Identify, track, and assist in resolution of:
    • Data quality issues and defects
    • Missing, inconsistent, or misinterpreted attributes
    • Integration gaps across dealer systems
  • Assist in managing and maintaining the data backlog focused on data quality improvements, standardization, and model enhancements
  • Partner with engineering, integration teams, and Rental SMEs to support resolution of data-related issues and ensure consistent data delivery across the rental ecosystem
  • Contribute to enforcing data governance standards, documentation, and best practices to enable scalable, reliable rental data for analytics, reporting, and digital platform consumption


What You Will Have:

  • Software Problem Management: Knowledge of strategies, practices and tools for resolving software problems; ability to manage software problems in installed software products.
  • 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 Product Business Knowledge: Knowledge of and experience with the business aspects and operation of a software product; ability to manage install base, current uses, future plans, and product vision.


Cosiderations For Top Candidates:

  • Experience in data modeling
  • AWS services preferred
  • Working knowledge of Snowflake
  • ETL knowledge
  • Experience working within Azure DevOps
  • CSPO or related certifications preferred

Summary Pay Range:

$112,710.00 - $183,140.00

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

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

June 24, 2026 - July 5, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

About Caterpillar, Inc

Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services worldwide. Since its acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. in 2006, Progress Rail has used the Caterpillar international footprint to gain quick and widespread notice and approval across the globe. Product technology, reliability and durability, along with legendary aftermarket parts and service support, have been their keys to success. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The technology and world reach of Caterpillar, combined with the service standard and historical reliability of Progress Rail, ensures their products and services make a growing impact on the world rail industry. With their acquisition of Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), Progress Rail is the world's largest builder of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications including freight, intercity passenger, commuter, switching, industrial and mining. EMD is also a global provider of diesel power engines for marine propulsion, offshore and land based oil well drilling rigs and stationary power generation. Electro-Motive is the only diesel engine manufacturer of its size to have produced more than 70,000 engines. This success stems from product reliability, serviceability, load acceptance capability, low operating costs and ease of maintenance with standardized components.

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Learn more about Caterpillar, Inc
Size
107,700 employees
Market Cap
$125.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.9 billion
Founded
1925
5 Year Trend
+5.8%
Revenue
$41.7 billion
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