NPI Team Leader

Career Area: Engineering 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. Job Description About EPD Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations! Job Summary Join our Electric Power division as an NPI Team Leader, where you’ll drive cross-functional product development initiatives from concept to launch. In this role, you’ll lead high-impact projects that align with business strategy, manage timelines and budgets, and influence innovation across multiple teams. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders, mentor project members, and ensure successful execution of new product introductions. This is a high-visibility opportunity to shape the future of our product portfolio. What You Will Do: Lead large-scale, cross-functional NPI projects to ensure timely delivery, budget adherence, and alignment with business and product strategy. Develop and maintain detailed project management plans, including timelines, resource allocations, and risk mitigation strategies. Collaborate with internal partners—including engineering, marketing, supply chain, and finance—to define project scope and ensure alignment with enterprise priorities. Assemble and present business cases for proposed product initiatives, including ROI analysis and risk assessment. Facilitate the prioritization of NPI initiatives based on strategic impact and resource availability. Build relationships with external partners, such as industry associations and key customers, to ensure voice-of-customer is represented in product development. Identify training needs and support development opportunities for project team members, mentor junior staff as appropriate. Monitor and report on key performance indicators such as customer satisfaction, cost savings, timeliness, and process quality. Drive continuous improvement by identifying bottlenecks, analyzing performance data, and recommending corrective actions across the NPI process. Support internal and external marketing of NPI projects by articulating value propositions, technical differentiators, and customer benefits. Engage stakeholders across multiple sites and functional teams to align resources, address issues, and maintain momentum throughout the product development cycle. Degree Requirement Degree or equivalent experience desired What You Will Have: Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Working knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan. Contributes to short-term operational plans. Anticipates and adapts to plan changes. Monitors progress of work against plan as required to meet objectives. Reports variances and makes agreed-upon corrections. Under guidance, develops tactical plan for own direct responsibility. Products and Services: Working knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations. Obtains information about product and service linkages with other products and services elsewhere in organization. Researches the target market and how the product and services are sold and delivered. Explains current status, delivery alternatives and announced updates to products and services. Summarizes key features of major products or services in own unit. Assesses own unit's product alternatives, costs, and pricing. Effective Communications: Extensive experience and understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching. Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience. Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position. Communicates well downward, upward, and outward. Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement. Maintains focus on the topic at hand. Problem Solving: Working knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations. Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives. Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder. Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information. Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution. Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems. Program Management: Working knowledge of the policies and techniques to manage a set of related projects within a program; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control the set of projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve program objectives. Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements. Participates in planning, estimating, and executing a set of projects. Follows standard criteria to track project progress and status to ensure they are in line with program objectives. Monitors standard project status reports. Coordinates the necessary resources for managing efficient and effective projects within the program. Top Candidates Will Also Have: Black Belt Certification (Lean Six Sigma) or equivalent process improvement credentials. Proven success leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives without direct authority. Professional experience across 2–3 functional areas such as Engineering, Supply Chain, Commercial, or Aftermarket. Industry background in industrial equipment, automotive, or electrical manufacturing environments. Strong cross-collaboration skills with the ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders toward common goals. A strategic mindset with hands-on execution capabilities in fast-paced, matrixed organizations. Additional information: This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office Travel up to ~15% is possible Relocation is available for this position Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position Additional information: This job requires 5days in a week working from office. Posting Dates: November 5, 2026 - November 19, 2026 Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community .