Product Lead

Your Title: Product Lead, Installation Solutions (GCA)

Location: Dayton, OH

Our Department: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT)

What You Will Do

You will be a key member of an empowered and accountable Product Team that has true ownership of their product; sellable, installable and supportable kits that enable CTCT applications to be applied on various makes and models of machine types so that they are "Trimble Ready" increasing market penetration and system sales revenue

As the Product Lead for the Installation Solutions team and through your accountability for business viability and customer value along with responsibility for managing kits and installation parts through the entire product lifecycle - NPI, Quality, Continuity of Supply, Iteration and Depreciation, you will play an important role in enabling CTCT to deliver the product objective of delivering the best dealer technician installation and commissioning experience in the machine control industry, across the most valuable portfolio of tiered products that delight machine control customers

See: Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell

Responsibilities

Key Outcomes

Build the right thing:

Managing Customer Value and Business Viability Product Risks

• A measurable shift in customer purchasing behavior towards choosing Trimble machine control by delivering sellable, installable and supportable kits that render a wide range of machine types, makes, and models 'Trimble Ready' thereby enhancing market penetration and boosting system sales revenue.
• Decisions about what to do are justified with business case analysis balancing product, usability and engineering feasibility risks in collaboration with Design and Technical Leads
• Skilled with various data sets and tools, the Product Lead is a company acknowledged expert on their product's target users / customers and how their product is used and actually works

Get work done:

Deliver the context to the makers in the Product team

(conversations, market view, priorities, problem statements, roadmaps, epics, user stories, backlogs, personas)

• The product team
  • Understands the why
  • Understands the Product Plan across the four commercial budget categories, revenue drivers, unplanned deal driven, quality, validation
  • Has a prioritized backlog to deliver on the product plan
  • Has the context they require to deliver the product bits to form the product
• Product Waste is minimized
• The Product lead is an available resource for the team to answer questions, clarify goals , enabling and empowering the team to own the details

Get work done:

Accept Product bits

• The Product Lead is an available resource for the team to
  • create and review acceptance criteria
  • Review and provide feedback on regular demos/iterations
  • Provide connection and operational support between the Product manager and the team in support of achieving products outcomes across the now, next and later horizons

Delivering stakeholder needs:

• Approve pricing for installation parts and kits
• Affinitize customer requirements, identify and communicate with stakeholders, coordinate supplier inputs, identify dependencies, and prioritize the deliverables to meet the needs for Installation Solutions of multiple internal and external customer
• Coordinate release dates with Machine Integration Teams so all aspects of an application request (Software, MDF, Installation instructions, documentation, Kits) are delivered
• Lead the development of a strategy for and execution of the roadmap for installation instructions and documentation for Dealer Technicians

Serve the organization:

• Act as a servant leader and effect change through influence and inspiration
• Collaborate with other Product Leads, Product Managers, Project Managers, Verification and Validation, Customer Experience and Technical Leads, to plan and execute work and resolve blockers
• Perform additional tasks as required from time to time.
• Constantly work to improve and develop both Product Leadership and people skills

Health and Safety

• Demonstrates participation in the hazard reporting process
• Demonstrates participation in the accurate reporting of incidents
• Contribute to a positive health and safety culture within the team
• Maintains a safe and clean work environment always
• Reads, understands, and follows all Safe Work Procedures
• Ensures access to and wears the appropriate PPE
• Always work within the guidelines of the Trimble Health and Safety Policy or that of other PCBUs if off-site
• Undertake training as directed to ensure you are competent to safely operate the equipment.

Skills / Competencies

• Attuned to the needs of the internal and external customer
• Ability to think like the end user
• Collaborative working style
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and conflicting priorities
• Decisive
• Strategic mindset
• Influence without authority
• Ability to respond to inspection with positive intent

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

Demonstrated experience and success in

• 3 years+ experience in a Product Management or Ownership role
• Product Management knowledge from Strategy to Execution
• Working closely with design and engineering teams
• Proven experience leading teams shipping physical products
• Experience with a global product and teams
• Experience translating big strategic priorities into roadmap items
• Understanding customer needs and collaborating to find and propose the right solutions to meet those needs
• Providing coaching and training
• Agile design and development practices, techniques and methods for the creation and manufacture of parts
• Experience in or with relevant industries (civil construction, resources, communications, tech)

About Our [Division] Division

The CTCT division (a joint venture between Trimble and Caterpillar) exists to Transform the way heavy equipment customers shape a better world.

Building the right product, for the right customer, for the right segment, at the right price

Transform customer productivity by showcasing the power of the platform engine through radically simple applications

Extend the ability of our parents to innovate with the application and on the platform

Our customers are earthmoving, paving and compaction machine operators and owners in the construction, mining and landfill industries. Technologies such as GNSS, optical total stations, lasers and sonics position the machine on the jobsite in a range of applications where the operator of the machine benefits from having accurate horizontal and vertical guidance, along with site awareness. Rich data collected on the machine and sent back via the internet, enables site management decisions to optimize outcomes across the full site and fleet.

For more information on currently developed products, see and The Making of Trimble Earthwork

Trimble's Inclusiveness Commitment

We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.

We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.

CTCT is committed to providing every employee with the opportunity to learn, grow, and excel in a respectful and collaborative workplace. We value diversity of gender, race, and nationality, knowing it drives our best thinking.

• Demonstrate inclusive behaviors that respect and value others
• Demonstrate collaborative workplace behaviors that value diversity of gender, race, and nationality
• Contribute to fostering an environment that provides opportunities for all to learn grow and excel

Trimble's Privacy Policy

Pay Equity

Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range:

136400

184200

Bonus Eligible?

Yes

Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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candidates' diversity and take affirmative action to employ and advance individuals

without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,

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childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, marital status, genetic

information, and all other legally protected characteristics. We forbid discrimination and

harassment in the workplace based on any protected status or characteristic. A criminal

history is not an automatic bar to employment with the Company, and we consider

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