Product Owner (Chicago) Job at Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group, Chicago, IL

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  • Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group
  • Chicago, IL

Job Description

Job Summary

CAT is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Product Owner to lead the vision, strategy, and execution of cloud-native product development initiatives. This role requires strong technical expertise, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to work closely with cross-functional engineering teams, stakeholders, and customers. The PO will drive product backlog priorities, oversee sprint activities, and ensure delivery of high-value digital solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Product Ownership & Delivery

  • Maximize product value and guide the development team throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Act as Product Owner on large, complex, high-value initiatives.
  • Create, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog based on business value.
  • Communicate backlog priorities and product vision clearly to the team.
  • Make key decisions on feature scope, release content, and timelines.
  • Collaborate with Lead Engineers to break down epics/features into actionable user stories.
  • Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, retrospectives, and demos.
  • Inspect and accept/reject sprint deliverables.
  • Manage product defects and prioritization.

Technical & Project Management

  • Represent the application and ensure alignment across multiple projects.
  • Provide expertise on software development, testing, integration, and deployment.
  • Oversee change requests from internal teams, vendors, and customers.
  • Work closely with onshore/offshore teams.
  • Support UAT planning, execution, and validation.
  • Serve as the voice of the customer within the development team.

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Communicate effectively with business partners, customers, and vendors.
  • Act as a liaison between technical and non-technical teams.
  • Represent the team externally and drive alignment with business goals.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree + 10+ years of experience
  • (OR Masters degree + 8+ years of experience)
  • 3+ years as a Technical Product Owner
  • Proven experience in:
  • Java 17+
  • RESTful APIs
  • Databases
  • AWS cloud-native development & architecture
  • Experience managing product backlogs using Agile tools:
  • Azure DevOps, JIRA, Rally, VSTS, Mingle
  • Experience working in a hybrid onshore/offshore development model.
  • Experience using GenAI tools (GitHub Copilot, MS365 Copilot, etc.)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Top Skills

  1. Technical Product Ownership
  2. Cloud-native software development (AWS, Java, APIs)
  3. Agile & Scrum leadership

Work Environment

  • Hybrid: 2 days onsite in Chicago office
  • Note: Potential shift to 100% onsite in the future
  • Team of 13+ engineers and product team members

Why Join CAT?

Whether its groundbreaking products, best-in-class solutions, or long-term career opportunities, you can build what matters at Caterpillar. Join a global organization with 150+ locations worldwide, collaborate with top engineering talent, and help build solutions that impact people around the world.

Job Tags

Part time, Work at office, Worldwide, Shift work,

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