Senior Engineering Manager — PIM & ML Platforms (Hybrid)

Grainger; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

6% 401(k) Company match

18 PTO days + 6 holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts and financial tools

Job summary

W.W. Grainger, Inc. seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead two pivotal PIM teams—Supplier Gather and Core—driving scalable product information and high-quality visual assets for Grainger.com.

You’ll oversee distributed engineers (up to ~20) across engineering, product, architecture, and ML, fostering a people-first culture and driving measurable business impact. You’ll report to the Director of Engineering, Product Information Management, and work on a hybrid schedule in downtown Chicago (8

Qualifications

• 7+ years of work experience in a technical capacity.
• 3+ years of people management or team leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related study; Master's preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple cross-functional teams supporting supplier gather systems and syndication.
• Shape the roadmap in close partnership with Product, Architecture, and Machine Learning.
• Strengthen agile practices, engineering quality, observability, and operational rigor.

Skills

People management

Cross-functional leadership

Software engineering

AI/ML collaboration

Cloud/DevOps

CI/CD

Performance coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's preferred

Tools

Containers

Serverless

IaC

CI/CD tools

Observability tools

Job description

W.W. Grainger, Inc. seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead two pivotal PIM teams—Supplier Gather and Core—driving scalable product information and high-quality visual assets for Grainger.com.

You’ll oversee distributed engineers (up to ~20) across engineering, product, architecture, and ML, fostering a people-first culture and driving measurable business impact. You’ll report to the Director of Engineering, Product Information Management, and work on a hybrid schedule in downtown Chicago (8