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The Technical Product Manager (TPM) demonstrates strong ownership and leadership skills to shape domain-level product vision, strategy, and roadmaps. The TPM works directly with Platform, Product Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security teams to build and launch new product features. They apply creative problem-solving and analytical skills in a cross-functional, matrixed environment. The TPM combines technical knowledge with internal engineering customer focus to deliver products and services that meet user needs. They are responsible for managing critical product features and ensuring successful outcomes for internal technical products., We're hiring a TPM to lead our Platform Foundation product area, building the core capabilities that make it easy for engineering teams to ship safely and quickly. In this role, you'll shape a unified self-service experience across our developer portal, APIs, and CLI, and drive cloud foundations and governance, platform API management, environment automation, and event-driven operations. You'll partner across engineering, infrastructure, and security to deliver secure-by-default guardrails, reusable templates, and reliable automation that reduce manual tickets and improve adoption at scale., * Learn what engineering teams need by talking with them, watching how they work, and checking what others are doing in the market.
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Work with both Grainger teams and outside specialists to decide which product features matter most.
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Find, collect, and study data to solve problems for Grainger and its engineers.
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Build strong working relationships with people from different teams.
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Turn engineering customer needs into clear requirements and help set the product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
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Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable software.
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Partner with engineering teams on product adoption and achieving desired outcomes.
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Define and communicate the domain-level product vision and strategy, ensuring that roadmaps align with both technical objectives and business goals across the organization.
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Collaborate with Directors / Directors of Engineering to align product strategy with organizational goals and technical vision., Customer ServiceOperationsLeadershipAutomationNew Product DevelopmentMarketingGovernanceCloud-Native ComputingFull Stack DevelopmentApplication Programming Interface (API)Problem SolvingAmazon Web ServicesKubernetesProduct ManagementAnalytical SkillsProduct StrategyBusiness ValuationEngineering ManagementCritical Illness InsuranceDiscussion FacilitationCloud ServicesSelf Service TechnologiesCreative Problem SolvingProduct EngineeringBusiness TransformationEvent-Driven ProgrammingCommand-Line InterfaceTotal Cost Of OwnershipProduct Adoption StrategiesAPI Management
Requirements
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7+ years of experience as a Technical Product Manager, Product Manager, Engineer, or Engineering Manager (or equivalent experience in a technical product or platform environment).
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Experience working in a cross-functional, matrixed organization.
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Experience assessing open-source and vendor solutions, including time to market and total cost of ownership.
Candidates can be remote BUT if they're not local there is an expectation of travel- at least once a quarter, at most once a month (not likely though)
Candidates will be successful if they can Facilitate the problem solving in your area, with minimal hand-holding, be able to talk shop with your teams and break down the problems into digestible pieces.
From a cloud foundations perspective, the TPM needs a strong conceptual understanding of modern cloud platforms, particularly within an AWS-first environment. This includes familiarity with core AWS and cloud-native concepts such as Kubernetes (EKS), managed cloud services, and the idea of reusable infrastructure building blocks. They do not need to design or operate these systems, but they must understand how they fit together well enough to guide discussions, prioritize capabilities, and evaluate tradeoffs. The TPM is expected to partner closely with architects and engineers, using their technical understanding to frame problems clearly, ask the right questions, and translate engineering complexity into customer-centric outcomes like faster onboarding, reduced friction, and consistent platform behavior.
Benefits & conditions
- Lead regular product review sessions with Directors / Directors of Engineering to assess progress, gather, and refine feature priorities. Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Lake Forest, IL. Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $70.00 - $85.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type
