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

Overview

84.51° is a retail data science, insights, and media company that partners with Kroger and other consumer packaged goods, agencies, publishers, and affiliates to create personalized and valuable shopper experiences across the purchase journey. Our AI Platforms domain accelerates safe, scalable, and value‑creating AI to enhance commercial business.

As Director of Product Management – Kroger Precision Marketing AI Platforms (P4107), you will own the product vision and strategy for internal and external AI platform capabilities—including AI standards, partner ecosystem, reusable pipelines, and advanced data science enablement—and lead a team of Product Managers to execute.

Key Responsibilities

Define and execute AI platform strategy for KPM, including shared services 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 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 geographic location, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications.

In addition to salary, this position is eligible for variable compensation.

Benefits include health, dental, vision, 401(k) with Roth option and matching contribution, HSA, AD&D, supplemental insurance, hybrid work environment, paid time off (including 5 weeks vacation, 7 health and wellness days, 3 floating holidays, and 6 company‑paid holidays), and paid leave for maternity, paternity, and family care.

Salary

$157,000 – $273,750 USD

Location

Chicago, IL

Employment Type

Full‑time

Seniority Level

Director

Job Function

Marketing and Sales, Product Management

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