Senior Business Architect

The Senior Business Architect enables business success through engagement of business stakeholders and partnership with Construction Industries IT Engagement Managers to deliver effective strategic planning and targeted technical innovation. As a steward of Construction Industries capabilities and Caterpillar IT solution definition / delivery, the Senior Business Architect works closely with business leaders to envision, define and align Construction Industries initiatives that deliver the greatest customer value and support Caterpillar IT technology objectives.  This business-minded, technology-skilled architect provides thought leadership and customer / stakeholder engagement supporting system, process, and data layers, and much more. This architect works with leaders to set strategic direction and provide high-level design guidance while supporting high degrees of business autonomy, all the while ensuring robust, objective standards that support the business for years to come.  Join us in this exciting opportunity to shape the future of our business and lead our technology transformation initiatives forward. 

A bridge between Caterpillar Construction Industries and Caterpillar IT  

This savvy leader will be expected to form valuable relationships and enable business value to Construction Industries business unit, while operating as a key member of the Caterpillar IT organization. 

Job Summary    

This exciting role actively operates / leads at the nexus of business value and technology optimization, partnering with Construction Industries IT Engagement Managers (Divisional CIOs) as well as a new Portfolio Leader to cohesively provide value across these key functions: 

• Technology Strategy Leadership:  Drive tangible business value through definition of technology solution strategies that enable business / IT strategy & objectives. 

• Solution Leadership:   Define and deliver cohesive technology solutions, informed architectures, market-leading data strategy and active technology leadership to achieve strategic business objectives. 

• Talent Leadership & Communications:   Provide cross-functional / cross-organizational IT leadership to actively enable the business and proactively solve business challenges. 

• Operations Leadership :  Protect the brand and operational stability / health through active facility / site-level IT leadership. 

What You Will Do:  

As the CI-IT Senior Business Architect, you'll lead the definition, design, and execution oversight of Construction Industries technology roadmap.  You will collaborate closely with CI-IT Engagement Manager, Portfolio Leader and peers across Caterpillar IT to ensure that our systems are architected in alignment with business needs and best-fit technology architectures. Your role will involve active participation in critical business initiatives, providing expert input / recommendations on technology solution / approach / architecture.  You will provide input for Portfolio Leader delivery oversight and alignment with CI-IT and Caterpillar IT security, compliance and governance organizations.  In doing so, you will enable CI-IT to balance short-term needs with long-term technology transformation considerations. The breadth of your responsibilities will include: 

• Cohesive Strategy / Roadmaps :  Develop and implement the IT architecture strategy, roadmap, and standards in alignment with the organization's goals and objectives.  

• Collaborative Engagement :  Collaborate with business leaders, and technical teams to define, design, build and maintain a business-relevant technology roadmap to continually deliver IT solutions that meet evolving business requirements.  

• Applied Innovation :  Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and platforms to identify opportunities for improvement, innovation, and cost optimization.  

• Value Delivery :  Partner with IT Engagement Managers (Divisional CIOs), as well as fellow Caterpillar IT architects, providing strategic leadership and tangible technology guidance to achieve business objectives.  

What You Have:   

• Business Acumen : High degree of comfort engaging business and technology stakeholders in the definition, design and delivery of business concepts, tools, and processes; ability to make sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.  

• Organizational Change Mgmt : Knowledge / application of techniques to successfully effect change in an organization and ability to manage the successful and smooth transition from current to desired culture, practices, structure, and overall organizational environment.  

• Emerging Technologies : High degree of experience in application of emerging technologies; ability to design, apply and evaluate new information technologies for business environments.  

• Enterprise Architecture (EA) : Proven skills of enterprise architecture; ability to develop, communicate and control methods and models for business processes, information systems and infrastructure.

• Technologies: ERPs, especially SAP and S4/HANA; Digital manufacturing systems including SAP ME; Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions including SAP Teamcenter; Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) solutions; Integration technologies; Snowflake; PowerBI   

What You Will Get:  

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers, who build a better world. 

Here, you earn more than just an hourly wage. Because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day-one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus. 

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and holidays (prorated based on the hire date). 

Additional Info : 

• The primary locations for this position is Dallas TX 

• This position may require 10% travel.

• Sponsorship is not approved.

• Travel:  This role provides strategic architectural support of Construction Industries, including corporate and globally-disperse manufacturing sites.  As such, travel to key facilities will be expected to both quickly learn the business and the periodically, especially as strategic / transformation projects become priorities in our multi-year roadmap.  Initial travel may include several global locations and then moderate to 3-6 trips per year.

About Caterpillar -   

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading construction and mining equipment manufacturer of off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed to contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.