Caterpillar Inc. · 3 hours ago
Autonomy Growth Strategy Specialist
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$163K/yr - $264K/yrCaterpillar Inc. is a global company focused on creating sustainable communities. The Autonomy Growth Strategy Specialist will manage the opportunity discovery process and provide financial recommendations to leadership, ensuring strategic alignment across various departments to drive execution of priority opportunities.
ConstructionMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingMechanical Engineering
No H1B
Responsibilities
Build structured financial analyses (NPV/IRR, scenarios, sensitivity ranges) to estimate value creation, strategic option value, and downside risk
Identifying alpha for customers and shareholders, alpha under risk, and opportunities to safeguard customer value across CAT technology informed by prioritized financial lifetime value for the customer and ecosystem
Develop recommendations for leadership: clear investment theses, payoff logic, execution dependencies, and recommended next actions
Drive alignment across strategy, engineering, product, partnerships, and corporate venture to move priority opportunities from 'interesting' to 'executed.'
Coordinate with internal stakeholders to maximize value from partnerships and ensure outcomes are measured and reported
Qualification
Required
Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization
Knowledge of the importance of 'big picture' thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization
Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation
Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience
Experience spanning strategy, product, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, venture diligence, or corporate development with a track record of turning market insight into action
Strong narrative + quantitative blend: comfortable moving between customer/market insight and financially grounded decisioning
This position requires the candidate to work full-time in San Francisco, CA
This position will require up to 25% travel
Preferred
MBA from a top tier university with finance depth preferred
Prior startup operating experience, prior investing experience, strong relationships across the customer ecosystem (mining and construction)
Benefits
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
These benefits also apply to part-time employees
Company
Caterpillar Inc.
For 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world.
Founded in 1925
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.51BKey Investors
US Department of EnergyAdvanced Propulsion Centre UK
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3.5B
2024-10-31Grant· $5.04M
2019-06-23Grant
Leadership Team
George Moubayed
Chief Sustainability and Strategy Officer / Senior Vice President Enterprise Strategy Division
E
Eric Sporre
Vice President & Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Recent News
2026-01-22
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