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Sr. Technical Product Manager - Foundational Engineering

Zoro · Chicago, Illinois, United States · $140k–$233k

The role

Zoro.com is seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to lead product strategy for its Foundational Engineering group, which includes Cloud Platform and Software Delivery Platform teams. The role involves establishing product discipline for internal developer platforms, managing roadmaps, and driving adoption of platform tooling across engineering teams.

Pay
$140k–$233k
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Work mode
Hybrid
Employment
Full time
Level
Senior
Experience
5+ yrs

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About Zoro

Zoro.com is an eCommerce platform offering nearly 12 million tools, parts, and supplies for business customers, launched in 2011 and backed by W.W. Grainger.

What you would do

  • Establish unified product strategy and roadmap for Cloud and Software Delivery Platforms
  • Translate platform capabilities into a self-service SDLC experience
  • Define how platform investment connects to engineering outcomes
  • Run continuous discovery with internal engineering customers
  • Maintain prioritized backlog balancing strategic and near-term needs
  • Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions with engineering leads

Must have

  • 5+ years product management experience
  • At least 2 years on technical or platform products
  • Hands-on technical background building software or infrastructure
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD ecosystems
  • Familiarity with GCP or comparable hyperscaler
  • Knowledge of containerization and infrastructure-as-code
  • Strong product instincts for internal customers
  • Structured prioritization and roadmap management skills
  • Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to have

  • Experience with GCP services like GKE, Cloud Build, Artifact Registry
  • Familiarity with platform engineering concepts like IDPs and golden paths
  • Experience at company with platform/product engineering split
  • Background with developer experience measurement frameworks

What you get

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance from day one
  • Up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents, 4 for non-birth parents
  • Adoption assistance program
  • 6 free therapy sessions yearly and Wellhub membership
  • At least 18 paid time off days and 6 holidays annually
  • 6% 401K company contribution without employee match

Experience and education

  • 5+ years of relevant experience

Key skills

  • gcp
  • ci/cd
  • containerization
  • infrastructure-as-code
  • product management
  • roadmap management
  • discovery
  • prioritization
  • developer experience
  • internal developer platforms
  • gke
  • cloud build
  • artifact registry
  • aws
  • azure

Company Summary Zoro.com is a leading eCommerce platform offering nearly 12 million tools, parts and supplies for our business customers. Launched in 2011, we brought a B2C-like experience to the B2B industry, and continue to be at the forefront of digital innovation at the intersection of technolo…

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