General Manager, Engineering

This position is for a Senior Manager - Engineering within Cat Technology India. In this position, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Support & lead global teams developing on-board technology systems, site simulation, data analytics and validation.
• Managing the engineering staff and activities with an emphasis on organizational goals achievement, professional development, and continuous improvement.
• Supervising, recruiting, mentoring, and developing a staff of over 250+ Caterpillar engineers in India & Australia. This Role has direct reports in India and Australia.
• Monitoring and continuously improving product and process performance, quality and cost-effectiveness for all engineering activities and deliverables.
• Executing day to day management activities aligned with strategy and business plan, including ownership of internal and external partner relationships.

Education Requirement

• Requires a degree in Engineering (Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical, Electronics, Robotics Engineering)

What Will You Have

Planning:

• Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning
• Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
• Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
• Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
• Plans for allocation of resources in line with technical and business objectives.
• Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking:

• Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques.
• Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Skilled in structured decision-making frameworks and data-driven analysis.
• Proven ability to assess alternatives, validate assumptions, and guide teams through complex decisions.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.

Technical Excellence:

• Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
• Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.
• Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
• Mentor others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
• Coach others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
• Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
• Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Communicating for Impact:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams and presenting complex ideas clearly.

Customer Focus:

• Implements improvements to methods for maintaining customer responsiveness.
• Delivers superior customer value consistently and within targets.
• Coach others to improve focus on the customer.

Managing People:

• Proven success in leading diverse, global teams and managing performance.
• Experience with coaching, mentoring, and fostering employee engagement.
• Monitors employee morale and satisfaction; recognizes employee contributions and achievements.
• Regularly reviews employee performance and provides constructive feedback.
• Works collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds; understands their needs and perspectives.

Collaborating Globally:

• Knowledge of effective collaboration techniques and ability to build networks with people from different countries and cultures.
• Evaluates different viewpoints and reconciles conflicting interests to achieve a collective understanding and a group mission.
• Uses internal and external network of leaderships or experts to help achieve organizational and client goals.
• Facilitates group's thinking and brainstorming activities to collectively create and share ideas.
• Oversees a team collaboration to produce positive business results.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Prior experience developing Electronic Systems / Technology Solutions for Construction and Mining Equipment
• Ability to understand both technology and business domains
• Strong customer focus and ability to influence
• Experience with adjacent process and tools in simulation
• Familiarity withAgile methodologiesor formalproject managementpractices.
• Proven ability tolead or collaborate with global teams.
• Direct experience working with or alongsidesoftware vendors or service providers.
• Background inengineering or product developmentroles with NPI exposure.

Additional Information:

This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.