Senior Technical Product Manager - Infrastructure Platforms

Grainger Businesses • Rosiclare, IL

4d • $146,200 - $243,600 • Remote

About The Position

Grainger is looking for a Senior TPM to help shape the next stage of security engagement and security automation platform products. This role will establish a clearer strategy for responding to the growing volume of security, compliance, and risk-related requests while making those capabilities easier for engineering teams to understand, adopt, and use. The product scope includes policy management, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, application security risk automation, legal risk visibility, and access management. This person will partner closely with Security, Platform Engineering, Product Engineering, and Infrastructure leaders to turn fragmented demand into a coherent product strategy, roadmap, and operating model. They will also help mentor a Technical Product Manager, helping build strong product habits around customer discovery, prioritization, roadmap management, stakeholder communication, and outcome measurement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science, Math, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 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).
• Experience working in a cross-functional, matrixed organization.
• Experience assessing open-source and vendor solutions, including time to market and total cost of ownership.
• You can define a clear technical product vision, create effective product strategies, and build roadmaps for technical and non-technical audiences.
• You demonstrate entrepreneurial drive and can influence teams and stakeholders.
• You communicate clearly in writing, speaking, and presentations, and build strong working relationships across teams.
• You evaluate Open Source and vendor solutions, considering time to market and total cost of ownership.
• You understand engineering workflows, deployment practices, and facilitate the design of solutions for complex technical problems.
• You seek continuous improvement and innovation, stay up to date with emerging technologies, and encourage creativity and agility.
• You work effectively in cross-functional and matrixed organizations, even in ambiguous situations and under tight deadlines.
• You use strong analytical and quantitative skills to assess relative value and prioritization
• You guide and motivate team members to achieve results, take ownership of the work, and act with urgency.

Responsibilities

• Learn what engineering teams need by engaging with them, observing workflows, and analyzing market trends
• Partner with Grainger teams and external experts to prioritize product features
• Collect, analyze, and leverage data to solve problems for engineers and the organization
• Build strong cross-functional relationships across teams
• Translate engineering customer needs into clear requirements and contribute to product vision, strategy, and roadmap
• Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable software solutions
• Support product adoption and ensure achievement of desired outcomes with engineering teams
• Define and communicate domain-level product vision and strategy, aligning roadmaps with technical and business goals
• Collaborate with Directors and Senior Directors of Engineering to align product strategy with organizational priorities
• Lead product review sessions with engineering leadership to assess progress and refine feature priorities
• Define and communicate a cohesive security engagement and automation product strategy across policy management, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, application security risk automation, legal risk visibility, and access management
• Establish a clear framework for discovery, prioritization, and roadmap planning to manage increasing security requests while balancing risk reduction, developer experience, compliance needs, and team capacity
• Partner with Security, Product Engineering, Infrastructure, Legal, and Compliance stakeholders to translate risk, policy, audit, and legal requirements into actionable platform capabilities and measurable outcomes
• Improve the visibility and usability of security signals for engineering teams by reducing noise, clarifying ownership, prioritizing high-risk issues, and embedding guidance into developer workflows
• Mentor a Technical Product Manager by modeling strong product management practices, including customer discovery, product strategy, roadmap planning, stakeholder alignment, backlog prioritization, and outcome-driven communication

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment
• 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)
• 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
• Free access to financial counseling, education, and tools
• Maternity support programs
• Nursing benefits
• Up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents
• Up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior