As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we're dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.
Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.
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Compensation
The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $121,500.00 to $202,500.00.
Rewards and Benefits:
With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
- 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
- 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
- Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
- Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.
For additional information and details regarding Grainger's benefits, please click on the link below:
https://experience100.ehr.com/grainger/Home/Tools-Resources/Key-Resources/New-Hire
The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation. The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.
The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.
Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.
We are looking for a Sr Product Manager to help guide and chart a course for Grainger's enterprise systems and application development so that Grainger continues to be the destination for "the ones that get it done". The Senior Product Manager contributes to the Rich Content product strategy, vision, and roadmap of future products, with a high degree of ownership over critical features and the customer experience. You will work with engineering, UX, and operational teams to develop and launch innovative aspects of a product. You are creative and highly analytical, able to work in a matrix organization, can synthesize a variety of technologies and capabilities into products and applications that customers love.
You will report to the Director, Product Management and will work on a hybrid basis out of our Chicago or Lake Forest Illinois offices. Highly-qualified primarily-remote candidates will be considered.
You Will:
- Identify & drive a roadmap of automation & enterprise integration for Grainger's Rich Content visual asset management domain by integrating ML into current platform capabilities & improving the enterprise availability of images, videos, spinsets, & other Rich Content
- Lead cross-functional teams of ML, Engineering, Analytics & Architecture technology partners to align and structure desired outcomes into actionable platform iterations that deliver in-context value with an ownership mentality
- Communicate & drive alignment across all partners for new capability launches & critical issues, balancing customer & operational impact, engineering considerations, & long-term roadmap. Facilitate product review discussions with C-Suite executives, landing the appropriate message for the audience.
- Collaborate with other platform product managers, UX, and operational teams to strategically integrate Rich Content data into other PIM product domains and customer experiences, and extend the impact of new ML initiatives
- Author product requirements in epics & stories, prioritize backlogs, & lead sprint team refinement sessions to translate ideas into iterative tangible platform outcomes that scale over time
You Have:
- 7+ years' experience as a product manager or related technology occupation. Base experience must involve leading agile sprint teams, working with UX, analytics and business stakeholders and include demonstration of delivering and supporting working custom software/capabilities
- Continuous improvement and innovation mindset that results in the understanding of latest technologies, including Machine Learning. Demonstrated experience partnering with Machine Learning teams to drive new customer or process insights or automation
- Demonstrated experience designing solutions to complex problems and delivering results by conceptualizing, building, or substantially modifying enterprise internal tools & external website
- Ability to function with ambiguity within a matrix organization and drive clarity cross-functionally to deliver value quickly through scalable solutions
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions when developing & presenting business cases to executive leadership & stakeholders
- Problem solving & planning capabilities along with creative time management skills, high degree of ownership and helping influence teams to act with urgency
- Bachelor's Degree required; Master's degree preferred.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment. With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.