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About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. is the world''s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Industry: Heavy Equipment & Manufacturing
Caterpillar currently has
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Listed pay typically runs
$128,470–$192,710
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JOB TITLE: Lead Product Designer
The Lead Product Designer joins the Technology, Digital and Data team to shape how people interact with machines, digital products, and connected ecosystems. This role involves defining experience visions across products and platforms, driving strategic design initiatives, and guiding discovery efforts to translate customer insights into product requirements. You will lead systems-level thinking to ensure cohesive, scalable experiences across machine, application, and connected ecosystems. Key responsibilities include mentoring designers, establishing design standards, and facilitating strategic workshops. Required competencies include Human-Centered Design, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, and web software design. You must demonstrate expertise in web trends, computer software industry knowledge, and critical thinking. The role solves complex problems by integrating hardware and software experiences, including IoT platforms, embedded systems, and industrial, manufacturing, or robotics products.
Define and communicate experience vision across products, platforms, and customer journeys.
Drive strategic design initiatives that influence product direction and support long-term business objectives.
Partner with Product, Engineering, and Research leaders to identify opportunities and align teams around customer outcomes.
Translate customer insights, business goals, and technical constraints into experience strategies and product requirements.
Apply systems-level thinking to ensure experiences are cohesive, scalable, and integrated across multiple workflows.
Establish and evolve design standards, frameworks, processes, and best practices across the organization.
Mentor and coach Product Designers through design critiques and professional development activities.
Collaborate with Engineering teams to ensure design intent is successfully implemented in the final product.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (preferred).
Professional experience in Product Design, User Experience Design, Human-Centered Design, or a related field (preferred).
Significant experience owning and shaping experiences from discovery through delivery (preferred).
Experience influencing product strategy and defining experience vision across multiple products, platforms, or domains (preferred).
Strong portfolio demonstrating systems thinking, strategic problem solving, visual design excellence, and end-to-end product design leadership (preferred).
Demonstrated ability to influence and design across complex ecosystems, platforms, customer journeys, or interconnected product experiences (preferred).
Experience designing products that combine hardware and software experiences (preferred).
Familiarity with Human Machine Interface (HMI) design principles (preferred).
Figma
Design Systems
Wireframing
Prototyping
High-fidelity Design
AI-enabled design tools
Generative design
Agile
ADA
WCAG
UX Research
UX Design Process
Figma
Product Design
Design Systems
Prototyping
User-Centered Design
Information Architecture
Usability Research
Accessibility
Visual Hierarchy
Component Management
UX Research