**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. **Manager, Information Technology** **Your Impact 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. It's More Than a Job, It's a Career (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf0PVJdUOWo) **Role Definition:** Leads a team of 4 project managers, who manage development projects, development teams and application support functions. This person will manage the Microsoft contract financials and updates and collaborate with enterprise consumers for accurate billing and audit compliance. **What You Will Do:** + Manage the Microsoft licenses for M365 products and services, including onboarding new products and services, renewing annual subscriptions, and provisioning additional licenses throughout the cycle. + Coordinate annual subscription orders and true-up for Microsoft licenses, supporting multiple product and service owners across the enterprise to ensure accurate and timely renewals. + Administer the financial budget for Microsoft and the department, delivering regular report-outs to leadership to maintain transparency and fiscal responsibility. + Partner with leadership to develop application roadmaps and provide project and change managementresources to deploy and update capabilities effectively. + Lead and mentor project and change managers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team. **What You Have:** **Business Acumen:** + Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations. + Works to understand the business priorities of internal and external clients. + Describes profitability drivers and considerations. + Describes desired or actual business results in measurable scales or terms. **Information Technology Trends:** + Knowledge of marketplace experience, developments and trends related to the organization's use of Information Technology (IT); ability to apply knowledge of IT appropriately to benefit the organization. + Compares organization's technology practices to other organizations. + Discusses organizational position in relation to technology-related trends. + Cites examples of successful organization initiatives and underlying technologies. + Presents alternative views of key technologies and their implications. + Highlights organizational implications associated with major IT trends. + Advises key lines of business on major advances in technology and implications. **Analytical Thinking:** + Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems. + Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances. + Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation. + Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research. + Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks, and chances for success before recommending a course of action. + Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts. + Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation. **Talent Management:** + Knowledge of the critical competencies required to achieve intended results; ability to generate consistent approaches for hiring, selection, retaining and leveraging talent across the organization. + Recommends improvements to talent management initiatives based on analysis of data on their effectiveness. + Maintains strong relationships with formal and informal mentors. + Implements systems and methods for supporting talent management programs. + Negotiates for key developmental experiences and transitional experiences. + Introduces contacts from personal and professional networks to hiring managers. **Leadership:** + Knowledge of leadership practices and processes; ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing, and achieving objectives while having a long-term perspective of the future state of things and how to get there. + Translates vision into specific functional or departmental initiatives. + Promotes efficacy through monitoring, coaching & motivating subordinates, intervention, etc. + Uses emotional contagion to affect the mood of group members, tone of group and group processes. + Initiates structure role clarification, setting standards, holding subordinates accountable, etc. + Employs various group decision-making methods depending on the situation. **Vendor/Supplier Management:** + Knowledge of external provider management processes and ability to effectively manage the business relationship with external providers (e.g. vendors, service providers, contractors, consultants, and suppliers). + Manages actual and perceived conflict of interest issues. + Monitors and communicates vendor effectiveness, reliability, and performance. + Influences existing and new vendor relationships and the approved vendor list. + Interprets documents detailing service provisions and financial arrangements. + Explains case studies of effective and ineffective partnering relationships and lessons learned. + Advises others on the issues and considerations for working with new vendors, suppliers, or partners. **IT Service Management (ITSM):** + Knowledge of Information Technology (IT) service; ability to manage IT services and oversee service operations. + Oversees the establishment and use of best practices in IT service management. + Leads in the development of information technology and personal technical skills. + Promotes the use of standard procedures in each function of IT services. + Creates criteria to measure professional services; ensures the quality of IT services. + Forecasts technological industry trends and potential risks in IT service management. + Provides insight into system optimization and development of process-focused IT services. **Additional Info** : + The primary location for this position is Nashville, TN, Irving, TX or Peoria, IL + Domestic relocation assistance is NOT available. + Sponsorship is NOT available. **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 a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus. Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays. + All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply. **About Caterpillar -** Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, 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 and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. **Summary Pay Range:** $144,960.00 - $217,320.00 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. **Benefits:** Annual incentive bonus plan* Medical, dental, and vision coverage Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.) 401k savings plan Health savings account (HSA) Flexible spending accounts (FSAs) Disability benefits Life Insurance Parental leave Healthy Lifestyle Programs Employee Assistance Programs Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts Tuition Reimbursement Career Development _*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines_ . **Posting Dates:** February 6, 2025 - February 14, 2025 Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen. EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .