Director Product Management- Kroger Precision Marketing AI Platforms (P4107)

Cincinnati, OH; Chicago, IL; New York, NY

84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. We help The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliates create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase.

Powered by cutting‑edge science, we utilize first‑party retail data from more than 62 million U.S. households sourced through the Kroger Plus loyalty card program to fuel a more customer‑centric journey using 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing and our retail media advertising solution, Kroger Precision Marketing.

Join us at 84.51°!

KPM is launching a new AI Platforms domain to accelerate safe, scalable, and value‑creating AI across our commercial business. As Product Director, AI Platforms, you will own the product vision and strategy for internal and external AI platform capabilities—spanning AI standards adoption, partner ecosystem, reusable / scalable pipelines, and advanced data science enablement—and lead a team of Product Managers to execute. You will partner closely with enterprise AI teams to align on tooling and governance, then apply those standards to commercial use cases across Insights, Incentives, and Media.

Key Responsibilities

Define and execute AI platform strategy for KPM, including shared services (e.g., prompt / RAG services, feature / embedding stores, evaluation frameworks) and reusable pipelines.

Partner with enterprise AI teams to adopt standards for governance, compliance, and responsible AI while enabling speed and innovation.

Lead and develop a team of Product Managers, fostering strong product discovery, prioritization, and delivery practices.

Manage vendor and partner relationships on behalf of KPM for AI tooling, MLOps, and cloud platforms; drive build‑vs‑buy decisions.

Establish and track KPIs for platform adoption, reliability, governance compliance, and cost efficiency.

Engage stakeholders across KPM leadership to align priorities and communicate ROI.

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years in product management, with 5+ years leading platform or AI / ML products at enterprise scale.

Proven experience managing Product Managers and driving cross‑functional delivery.

Strong understanding of AI / ML lifecycle : data prep, model development, deployment, monitoring, and governance.

Familiarity with LLMs / GenAI (prompting, RAG, agentic patterns), feature stores, and evaluation frameworks.

Expertise in product discovery, roadmap development, and outcome‑based prioritization.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Azure, Databricks, Kubernetes, and modern MLOps tooling.

Background in retail analytics, retail media, adtech, or data‑driven marketing platforms.

Strong vendor management and strategic partnership skills.

Pay Transparency and Benefits

The stated salary range represents the entire span applicable across all geographic markets from lowest to highest. Actual salary offers will be determined by multiple factors including but not limited to geographic location, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job‑related qualifications, and alignment with market data and cost of labor. In addition to salary, this position is also eligible for variable compensation.

Below is a list of some of the benefits we offer our associates :

Health : Medical : with competitive plan designs and support for self‑care, wellness and mental health. Dental : with in‑network and out‑of‑network benefit. Vision : with in‑network and out‑of‑network benefit.

Wealth : 401(k) with Roth option and matching contribution. Health Savings Account with matching contribution (requires participation in qualifying medical plan). AD&D and supplemental insurance options to help ensure additional protection for you.

Happiness : Hybrid work environment. Paid time off with flexibility to meet your life needs, including 5 weeks of vacation time, 7 health and wellness days, 3 floating holidays, as well as 6 company‑paid holidays per year. Paid leave for maternity, paternity and family care instances.

Pay Range

$157,000 - $273,750 USD

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