Program Manager – Enterprise Payments at Caterpillar in Chicago, IL

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Career Area: Technology, Digital and Data 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. Cat Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital solutions for our customers and dealers. With over 1.5 million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better, more sustainable world. Job Summary: The Enterprise Payments Program Manager is part of a new team, the Enterprise Payments Center of Excellence (CoE) within Cat Digital, responsible for establishing, governing, and scaling Caterpillar’s enterprise payments strategy, standards, and coordination model. This role coordinates execution across Caterpillar’s enterprise payments initiatives, serving as the central point of alignment for business unit program and project managers. While delivery remains within business units and product teams, the role enables consistent execution across the enterprise by aligning initiatives with enterprise strategy, governance decisions, payment standards, priorities, and sequencing. What You Will Do: Manage enterprise payments program execution across initiatives, platforms, and business units. Enable consistent adoption of enterprise payment standards across business units by ensuring delivery teams are aligned to common approaches, sequencing, and priorities. Coordinate across: Product teams Engineering teams Treasury, Tax, Legal, and ERP stakeholders Orchestrate coordination across business unit program/project managers, ensuring enterprise payment priorities, milestones, and governance decisions are consistently aligned and executed across federated delivery teams. Ensure alignment between enterprise governance decisions and BU-level execution, proactively identifying conflicts in prioritization, timelines, sequencing, or resource allocation. Tracks and manages program milestones, risks and dependencies, and cross-functional impacts. Manage enterprise payments intake pipeline and prioritization tracking, ensuring visibility across all initiatives. Provide executive-level reporting and status updates on enterprise payments initiatives. Ensure consistent translation of enterprise strategy and governance into scalable, repeatable delivery patterns across all participating teams. Drive strong execution discipline while maintaining flexibility across diverse business unit requirements. Identify opportunities to standardize and streamline execution across initiatives, reducing duplication and improving delivery efficiency at scale. Establish and maintain a single source of truth for enterprise payments initiative status, priorities, and dependencies. What You Will Have: Planning (Tactical and Strategic) : Experience translating business priorities into operational, tactical, and strategic plans. Develops integrated roadmaps that align scope, resources, milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery commitments; monitors progress and adapts plans as priorities change. Decision Making and Critical Thinking : Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations, organize relevant information, evaluate risks and alternatives, prioritize competing concerns, and make timely, informed decisions in ambiguous environments. Data Gathering and Reporting : Experience overseeing data collection and analysis, validating information for accuracy, evaluating options, and translating complex project data into clear reports, insights, and reco