Technical Product Manager (Safety & Compliance)

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As the Technical Product Manager for Safety & Regulatory Compliance, you will be responsible for defining and executing the product strategy, roadmap, and governance framework that enables autonomous and software-enabled products to meet safety, regulatory, and certification requirements. This role owns the safety and compliance product portfolio, including safety requirements management, risk mitigation strategies, regulatory adherence, audit readiness, compliance traceability, and certification support.

What You Will Do:

Working with Product Owners, Engineering, Functional Safety, Compliance, Legal, Quality, and Platform Architecture organizations, this position ensures safety and regulatory requirements are translated into actionable product capabilities and integrated throughout the development lifecycle. The Technical Product Manager serves as the single point of accountability for prioritizing safety and compliance initiatives, driving cross-functional alignment, and enabling the organization to deliver products that are safe, compliant, and trusted by customers, regulators, and stakeholders.

Responsible for creating, maintaining and prioritizing the Product Backlog according to business value, safety objectives, risk mitigation priorities, and regulatory requirements for the life of the project.

Act as the key decision-maker regarding safety, compliance, governance, and regulatory features required within the product.

Owns definition of acceptance criteria for product features to ensure adherence to applicable safety standards, regulatory requirements, and internal governance processes.

Responsible for defining and maintaining product strategies that ensure compliance with applicable safety standards, regulatory frameworks, and corporate policies.

Lead initiatives involving safety assessments, hazard identification, risk management, compliance monitoring, audit readiness, and certification activities.

Partner with engineering teams to ensure safety and compliance requirements are integrated throughout the product development lifecycle.

Establish and monitor key performance indicators related to safety performance, regulatory adherence, audit findings, and compliance effectiveness.

Drive traceability between requirements, implementation, validation, and compliance evidence to support regulatory reviews and certification activities.

Responsible for making decisions on release dates and content based on safety readiness, compliance status, risk assessments, and business priorities.

Represent the customer, regulatory stakeholders, and business interests by ensuring products meet applicable safety and compliance expectations.

Communicates releases, compliance status, certification milestones, and regulatory updates to stakeholders and customers.

Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time to time.

Business Analysis: Knowledge of business analysis and the set of tasks, techniques and tools required to identify business, safety, and compliance needs; ability to recommend solutions that deliver value while maintaining adherence to regulatory and safety requirements.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze risks, regulatory obligations, and business priorities to reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and requirements across technical, legal, compliance, operational, and executive stakeholders.

Safety and Regulatory Compliance Knowledge: Knowledge of safety standards, regulatory frameworks, compliance processes, certification requirements, and governance practices; ability to ensure products consistently meet internal and external compliance obligations.

Risk Management: Knowledge of risk assessment methodologies, hazard analysis techniques, mitigation planning, and continuous monitoring practices; ability to identify and manage safety and compliance risks throughout the product lifecycle.

Lead programs from safety and compliance strategy through roadmap development and execution.

At least 8 years of experience in Product Management, Safety Engineering, Compliance Management, Risk Management, Quality Systems, or related technical leadership roles.

Strong understanding of safety standards, regulatory frameworks, certification requirements, and compliance management processes.

Experience leading hazard analyses, risk assessments, safety cases, and risk mitigation programs for complex products or systems.

Experience partnering with Engineering, Safety, Compliance, Legal, Quality, and Operations teams to drive adherence to safety and regulatory requirements.

Experience establishing governance frameworks, compliance metrics, audit readiness processes, and traceability across the product lifecycle.

Experience supporting autonomous systems, connected products, industrial equipment, or other safety-critical environments

This position requires the candidate to work full-time at the Irving, TX office (Dallas)

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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