Senior Manager Analytics - Artificial Intelligence R&D

• Set and evangelize a bold technical vision for applied AI at Caterpillar anticipating where the technology is heading and where it can create the most value for our products dealers customers and operators.
• Define and shape a portfolio of advanced AI initiatives that turn the vision into a focused set of high-impact opportunities for the pod.
• Lead the design and delivery of production-intent prototypes and reference architectures that are robust well documented and ready for handoff to engineering and platform teams responsible for productionization and MLOps.
• Define technical standards patterns and evaluation criteria that downstream teams can adopt to take AI R&D work to production with high fidelity.
• Partner with the Business POC Pod to advance promising use cases from rapid experimentation to production-intent prototypes and with the Long-Term Research Pod to mature novel methods into applicable techniques.
• Lead a team of senior data scientists and AI engineers: hiring performance management technical coaching career growth and setting modeling and engineering standards for R&D work.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with product management software engineering dealers customers and external partners such as Microsoft and Azure NVIDIA and Airwave.
• Establish R&D evaluation practices for AI prototypes covering offline and online testing benchmarking model and system trade-off analysis and responsible AI considerations.
• Represent the pod to AI R&D leadership and Cat Digital executives translating ambitious AI work into clear business outcomes and a credible path forward.

• Effective Communication: Effective communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical topics for executive audiences. Ability to define and communicate a clear technical vision for applied AI and align teams and stakeholders around it
• Business Statistics: Solid statistical and experimental rigor for evaluating AI systems and guiding decision making
• Innovation: Ability to identify high-value AI opportunities and shape them into focused actionable initiatives
• Organizational Leadership: Experience leading senior technical teams and setting a high technical bar through coaching feedback and standards. Strong partnership skills to work across product engineering and external partners to influence direction and drive alignment. Prior experience replacing or scaling a senior technical leader's scope including stabilizing delivery while raising the technical bar.
• Design Thinking: Strong system-level thinking across data models and integration with the ability to make sound architectural trade-offs
• Emerging Technologies: Deep understanding of how to translate research and experimentation into structured production-intent prototypes and reference architectures
• Machine Learning: Strong expertise in modern AI methods including large language models generative systems and advanced machine learning techniques

• Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering Applied Mathematics Statistics or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant experience leading applied AI or AI R&D teams that deliver production-intent prototypes and reference architectures for downstream engineering teams.
• Strong command of Python-based ML stacks and modern AI frameworks with a clear point of view on modeling standards experimentation practices and prototype quality.
• Solid statistical foundation applied to AI experimentation including A/B testing significance and rigorous measurement of accuracy latency cost and safety in prototype settings.
• Experience partnering with hyperscaler and hardware partners such as AWS Microsoft and Azure NVIDIA or equivalent.
• Familiarity with simulation and synthetic environments used to accelerate AI development for physical real-world systems.
• Track record of defining reference architectures evaluation harnesses and technical playbooks that downstream engineering and platform teams adopt to productionize AI.
• Experience leading or contributing to design thinking and user research for AI experiences serving operators dealers or field users. Background in operator-facing and field-deployed AI experiences.
• Strong focus on responsible AI data classification and PII handling in line with enterprise compliance expectations.
• Exposure to Caterpillar's products dealer network or comparable industrial and equipment ecosystems is a plus.

• Medical dental and vision benefits*
• Paid time off plan (Vacation Holidays Volunteer etc.)*
• 401(k) savings plans*
• Health Savings Account (HSA)*
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
• Health Lifestyle Programs*
• Employee Assistance Program*
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
• Career Development*
• Incentive bonus*
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Adoption benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement

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Why Work With Us

The Cat Digital team is at the forefront of Caterpillar’s evolution. We take pride in solving complex problems by building new systems from the ground up. On our team you’ll leverage data from across our entire enterprise to find solutions that open a new world of possibilities for our customers and dealers. Join us in building a better tomorrow.

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