Caterpillar - Morton, IL
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time - Senior
Hybrid - Morton, IL
Machinery Manufacturing
About the position
The Director of Information Technology at Caterpillar is a senior leadership role responsible for providing IT solutions and services to the Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD). This position leads a diverse team of over 175 IT professionals and manages a departmental budget exceeding $40 million. The role emphasizes a people-first culture and is heavily engaged in business process transformation to deliver best-in-class logistics solutions. The Director collaborates with senior business stakeholders to align technology solutions with business objectives, ensuring high availability and efficiency in service delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing IT team.
- Collaborate with senior business stakeholders to understand current and future needs.
- Determine business priorities and develop strategic roadmaps.
- Build proactive relationships to ensure alignment of business objectives with technology solutions.
- Provide technology thought leadership and keep in tune with industry changes.
- Deliver high-availability IT services through best-in-class service level management practices.
- Manage IT vendor relationships and develop the IT budget.
- Drive efficiencies in service delivery through ongoing improvements.
Requirements
- Strong business acumen and knowledge of business concepts and processes.
- Decision-making and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to influence decisions within and outside the organization.
- Knowledge of continuous transformation and adapting to changes in the business environment.
- Organizational leadership skills to enlist others in achieving objectives.
- Talent management skills for hiring and retaining talent across the organization.
- Understanding of matrix management and leveraging external resources.
- Knowledge of IT systems management and ensuring optimal performance.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in strategy development and execution in a complex environment.
- Strong relationship management skills in a matrixed environment.
- Customer-focused mindset with strong business acumen.
- Experience in software development and designing technology solutions.
- Ability to unleash the power of data and information.
Benefits
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
- Relocation assistance
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Employee assistance program
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Employee discount
- Life insurance
