Manager Software Engineering-Data Engineering/Data Analysis

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Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Role Definition
Leads, manages and coordinates all activities for a team developing a product, component or system.

Responsibilities

•    Provides technical support, and direction to teams and team leaders in BI Area that includes Tableau / Power Bi / Thoughtspot. Acquires resources necessary to accomplish work on time.

•    Oversees performance of individual team members and team as a whole. Identifies and addresses staff training and development needs in BI Area that includes Tableau / Power Bi / Thoughtspot

•    Coordinates walkthroughs and reviews; ensures conformance to standards and adherence to design specifications.

•    Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports. Monitors and troubleshoots performance and schedule issues.

Skill Descriptors
Products and Services: Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.
 Level Working Knowledge: 

•    Obtains information about product and service linkages with other products and services elsewhere in organization.

•    Researches the target market and how the product and services are sold and delivered.

•    Explains current status, delivery alternatives and announced updates to products and services.

•    Summarizes key features of major products or services in own unit.

•    Assesses own unit's product alternatives, costs, and pricing.

Organizational Leadership: Knowledge of leadership concepts and ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing and achieving objectives.
 Level Extensive Experience: 

•    Employs various group decision-making methods depending on the situation.

•    Promotes efficacy through monitoring, coaching & motivating subordinates, intervention, etc.

•    Translates vision into specific functional or departmental initiatives.

•    Uses emotional contagion to affect the mood of group members, tone of group and group processes.

•    Uses a normative decision model (with leadership styles and situational variables) to select style.

•    Initiates structure: role clarification, setting standards, holding subordinates accountable, etc.

Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools in BI Area that includes Tableau / Power Bi / Thoughtspot and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements in BI Area that includes Tableau / Power Bi / Thoughtspot
 Level Expert: 

•    Oversees the evaluation and selection of developer's workbench and tool-kits.

•    Contributes to the development of best practices.

•    Monitors industry benchmarks for effectiveness of development; makes recommendations.

•    Introduces new software product development approaches that expedite or simplify delivery.

•    Demonstrates significant experience in building complex software products or systems.

•    Discusses process and criteria for determining best development process and tools.

Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace in BI Area that includes Tableau / Power Bi / Thoughtspot
 Level Extensive Experience: 

•    Explains how to use multiple, vendor-provided or in-house structured methodologies.

•    Describes tasks, tools and practices for converting software product requirements into a design.

•    Demonstrates experience with all phases and deliverables of the product development methodology.

•    Implements the generic functions, features and facilities of modern structured methods.

•    Explores and evaluates major structured methodologies available in the marketplace.

•    Consults on effective application of structured product development methodologies.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job.  At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization.  It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of "essential job functions" as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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