Talent.com
Director, Product Engineering
Director, Product EngineeringW. W. Grainger • Chicago, IL, United States
Director, Product Engineering

Director, Product Engineering

W. W. Grainger • Chicago, IL, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Grainger, Inc. is a leading broad line distributor with operations in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. Grainger keeps the world working by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. The Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. Zoro.com offers access to more than 14 million products, and MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products.

Compensation

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $176,300.00 to $293,800.00.

Rewards and Benefits

With benefits starting on day one, Grainger provides programs that offer 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 emotional wellbeing.
  • 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on 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 the link below.

The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation and reflects potential base pay for this role at posting time based on job grade. Individual base pay may vary based on location, experience and skills. The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the final pay may be higher or lower.

Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs at any time, consistent with applicable law.

What You’ll Do

Lead the Search Engineering Domain

  • Lead multiple cross-functional teams responsible for powering search on Grainger.com and other digital touchpoints.
  • Shape the roadmap in close partnership with Product, Architecture, and Data Science.
  • Ensure Grainger’s search stack—from indexing to ranking to retrieval—is modern, resilient, and delivering measurable business impact.
  • Champion a hybrid retrieval strategy that blends traditional techniques (e.g., Solr) with ML and semantic models.
  • Lead and Develop Engineering Teams

  • Manage and mentor a group of Engineering Managers and Senior Managers.
  • Build a strong, inclusive, and high-performing culture grounded in psychological safety, continuous learning, and technical excellence.
  • Drive clear goals, accountability, and autonomy across teams.
  • Support hiring, onboarding, career growth, and succession planning.
  • Improve Systems and Execution

  • Strengthen agile practices, engineering quality, observability, and operational rigor.
  • Use metrics to assess system health, delivery velocity, and customer outcomes.
  • Partner with peers across the organization to remove blockers, align strategy, and prioritize wisely.
  • Champion DevOps, CI / CD, and cloud-native best practices (containers, serverless, IaC, etc.).
  • Operate as a Strategic Leader

  • Ensure strong alignment between engineering, product, data science, and architecture.
  • Facilitate healthy tension, resolve ambiguity, and enable smart tradeoffs.
  • Identify gaps in org design, domain boundaries, or team charters — and advocate for change.
  • Represent the Search organization across engineering leadership and with executive stakeholders.
  • What You Bring

  • 7+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing managers.
  • Proven track record of leading teams that build and scale complex search or information retrieval systems.
  • Deep experience with Agile, CI / CD, cloud platforms (ideally AWS), and modern software engineering practices.
  • Familiarity with ML-powered search or close partnership with data science teams (bonus : semantic search, vector retrieval, personalization).
  • Strong product thinking and a bias for impact.
  • Excellent collaboration, communication, and influence skills — especially across disciplines.
  • A passion for people development and team health.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

    We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout employment. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including use of our website or any part of the application or interview process, please advise us so we can provide appropriate assistance.

    #J-18808-Ljbffr

    Create a job alert for this search

    Director Engineering • Chicago, IL, United States

    Related jobs
    Engineering Director, Professional Services

    Engineering Director, Professional Services

    Presidio Networked Solutions, LLC • Chicago, IL, United States
    Full-time
    Presidio, Where Teamwork and Innovation Shape the Future.AtPresidio, we're at the forefront of a global technology revolution, transforming industries throughcutting-edge digital solutions and next...Show more
    Last updated: 10 days ago • Promoted
    Director, Product

    Director, Product

    AppFolio • Chicago, IL, United States
    Full-time
    AppFolio is more than a company.We’re a community of dreamers, big thinkers, problem solvers, active listeners, and multipliers. At every opportunity, we set the pace while delivering innovation bui...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Director, Digital Product

    Director, Digital Product

    Sono Bello • Chicago, IL, US
    Full-time
    Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.Sono Bello is America's top cosmetic surgery specialist, with 185+ board-certified surgeons who have performed over 300,000 laser lipos...Show more
    Last updated: 8 days ago • Promoted
    Director, Product Management - AI Ecosystem

    Director, Product Management - AI Ecosystem

    Chicago Staffing • Chicago, IL, US
    Full-time
    Director Of Product Management - Ai Ecosystem.Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 1...Show more
    Last updated: 17 days ago • Promoted
    P&C Product Innovation Director (Hybrid)

    P&C Product Innovation Director (Hybrid)

    PURE Insurance • Chicago, IL, United States
    Full-time
    A leading property and casualty insurance company in Chicago is seeking a Director of Product Development.This role involves leading product initiatives, enhancing insurance offerings, and collabor...Show more
    Last updated: 1 day ago • Promoted
    Director of Product

    Director of Product

    Cantor Fitzgerald • Chicago, IL, US
    Full-time
    Nasdaq : NMRK), together with its subsidiaries ("Newmark"), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle.Newmark's comprehensive ...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Director, Product Management - AI Ecosystem

    Director, Product Management - AI Ecosystem

    Lenovo • Chicago, IL, United States
    Full-time
    Director, Product Management - AI Ecosystem.Director, Product Management - AI Ecosystem.Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and se...Show more
    Last updated: 26 days ago • Promoted
    Director of New Product Introduction

    Director of New Product Introduction

    Hadrian Automation, Inc. • Chicago, IL, United States
    Permanent
    Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future.Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x ...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Technology Engineering Director

    Technology Engineering Director

    Advantage Sales and Marketing • Chicago, IL, US
    Full-time
    Technology Engineering Director.The Director of Technology is responsible for providing direction for the Technology department team(s). In this capacity, the Director of Technology oversees various...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    eCommerce Product Director (m / w / d)

    eCommerce Product Director (m / w / d)

    Uline • Fort Sheridan, IL, United States
    Full-time
    Uline Drive, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158.Drive the future of Uline's digital experience.Bring your vision and experience to enhance our eCommerce platforms and shape how customers connect with Uline...Show more
    Last updated: 18 hours ago • Promoted • New!
    Director of Product Portfolio Development

    Director of Product Portfolio Development

    Everspring • Chicago, IL, United States
    Full-time
    Everspring combines technology, marketing expertise, and instructional design into outcome-driven services and solutions. We’re looking for a Director of Product Portfolio Development who can read t...Show more
    Last updated: 10 days ago • Promoted
    Senior Director, Product Management

    Senior Director, Product Management

    Yugabyte • Chicago, IL, US
    Full-time
    Senior Director, Product Management.At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to become the default transactional database for enterprises building cloud-native applications. YugabyteDB is our PostgreSQL-com...Show more
    Last updated: 22 days ago • Promoted
    Director, Product Engineering

    Director, Product Engineering

    Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement • Chicago, IL, United States
    Full-time
    North America, Japan and the United Kingdom.At Grainger, We Keep the World Working by serving more than 4.Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue...Show more
    Last updated: 11 days ago • Promoted
    Director, Product Engineering

    Director, Product Engineering

    Ccgmag • Chicago, IL, United States
    Full-time
    North America, Japan and the United Kingdom.At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.Known for its commitment to service and award‑winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenu...Show more
    Last updated: 8 days ago • Promoted
    Director, Product Engineering

    Director, Product Engineering

    Grainger • Chicago, IL, United States
    Full-time
    North America, Japan and the United Kingdom.At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.Known for its commitment to service and award‑winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenu...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Director of Product Portfolio Development

    Director of Product Portfolio Development

    Everspring Inc • Chicago, IL, United States
    Full-time
    Everspring combines technology, marketing expertise, and instructional design into outcome-driven services and solutions. We’re looking for a Director of Product Portfolio Development who can read t...Show more
    Last updated: 30+ days ago • Promoted
    Director, Software Engineering

    Director, Software Engineering

    Hobbsnews • Chicago, IL, United States
    Full-time
    Director, Software Engineering.As a Capital One Director of Software Engineering, you'll work on everything from customer-facing web and mobile applications using cutting-edge open source framework...Show more
    Last updated: 7 days ago • Promoted
    Director, Product Management, DevX - API Platforms

    Director, Product Management, DevX - API Platforms

    Capital One • Chicago, IL, US
    Full-time +1
    Director, Product Management (PXDP60).Director, Product Management, DevX - API Platforms Capital One is a high-tech company, a scientific laboratory, and a nationally recognized brand all-in-one, r...Show more
    Last updated: 8 days ago • Promoted