Director, Product Management, AI Platform, Kroger Precision Marketing

About 84.51°

84.51° is a retail data science, insights, and media company powered by first-party data from over 62 million U.S. households via the Kroger Plus loyalty program. We help The Kroger Co., CPG companies, agencies, publishers, and affiliates create personalized shopper experiences across the path to purchase through 84.51° Insights, Loyalty Marketing, and Kroger Precision Marketing—our retail media advertising solution.

Note: This role follows a 5-day in-office work schedule to support collaboration and team alignment.

Role Summary

Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM) is launching an AI Platform domain to define how AI is built, scaled, and deployed across internal teams and brand-facing platforms. As Director of Product Management, you will shape KPM's AI strategy, vision, and operating model—translating emerging technology into trusted, production-ready capabilities that drive competitive advantage.

You will lead the AI Platform domain by consulting with teams on shared resources, standards, guardrails, and best practices; accelerating innovation through early capability builds; and operationalizing reusable tools, access layers, and delivery patterns that reduce time-to-market.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the AI vision: Define product vision and strategy for AI across KPM, anchored in customer value, commercial impact, responsible delivery, and platform leverage
• Lead the domain portfolio: Manage multiple product teams, ensuring roadmaps align to shared outcomes with clear sequencing and highest-value prioritization
• Coach product leaders: Develop Product Managers by helping shape team vision, set 18-month roadmaps, clarify outcome metrics, and strengthen prioritization decisions
• Define domain outcomes: Establish measurable outcomes across Product, Engineering, Design, Data Science, Commercial, and Strategy teams to guide planning and execution
• Build the operating model: Create systems, processes, and standards that enable teams to move from idea to production-ready launch efficiently and responsibly

What You'll Bring

• Strategic product leadership experience in emerging technology, platform, or infrastructure domains
• Demonstrated ability to set vision, build roadmaps, and lead cross-functional teams in fast-moving environments
• Strong coaching and people development skills with the ability to mentor senior Product Managers
• Experience translating complex technical capabilities into customer and commercial value
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to iterate quickly on strategy

Salary Disclosure: This is an editorial market estimate ($80K–$130K USD annually) based on role level, location, and industry benchmarks. Actual compensation may vary by experience, qualifications, and location. This figure is not employer-provided.