84.51°
Lead Product Manager - APPLIED AI (P4560)
Cincinnati, OH; Chicago, IL
No sponsorship$125k-$207kDetected 1 day ago
Machine LearningData ScienceProduct ManagementJiraStakeholder ManagementOKRsCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- 84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company.
- This role sits at the intersection of AI capability development and business impact, focused on driving AI adoption and application, from consultation to co-development.
Responsibilities
- Partner with business and product teams to identify, co-develop, and validate high-impact use cases
- Lead Applied AI MVP and prototype delivery in close collaboration with data scientists, engineers, and UX
- Drive adoption of AI Enablement capabilities, GenAI productivity tools, and reusable components across business teams
- Lead Super Agent (orchestration) strategy and implementation for Customer-facing and Supplier-facing experiences
- Serve as AI representative/lead on high-value, end-to-end initiatives, in a 'tiger team' capacity
- Own AI Spoke Lead network (AI advocates named on each business team) through monthly meetings, regular Teams communications, and ongoing check-ins
- enable AI Spoke Leads to lead AI consults on their own teams and surface high-priority opportunities to our team
- Own core product management responsibilities, including OKRs, roadmaps, planning cycles, and day‑to‑day execution in Jira
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor's degree
- 7+ years of experience influencing and driving business strategy, bridging technical and business needs, and driving cross-functional impact
- Technical liaison. ability to effectively translate business requirements into clear technical specifications for DSR and Engineering teams
- Organize the chaos - demonstrated expertise in managing competing priorities across multiple business teams simultaneously, and ability to bring structure and clarity to complex, fast-moving environments
- Executive-level presence - proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate organization dynamics to advance strategic initiatives, and challenge existing processes when needed
- Process-oriented - product management experience or process-oriented mindset for OKR, cycle planning, and roadmap development
- Value-driven decision making - proven track record of tracking business value and making data-driven prioritization decisions
- The ideal candidate will be responsible for bridging the gap between cutting-edge, foundational AI technologies and Kroger, KTD, and 84.51° business strategies.
- Strong understanding of AI/ML and GenAI technologies, and how to apply them to business problems
- Stakeholder management - proven relationship-builder with ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, facilitate workshops, influence and align diverse stakeholder groups to drive change
- Proactive influence - proactively seeks out opportunities, identifies unmet needs, and drives adoption of innovation solutions rather than waiting for inbound requests
- Business acumen - knows the 84.51 business, and has experience navigating KTD and GO initiatives and knows the cross-team ways of working
- Intellectually curious and love learning new skills and capabilities, i.e., agile principles and AI technologies
- 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.
Compensation
- $125,000 - $207,000 USD
Benefits
- Medical: with competitive plan designs and support for self-care, wellness and mental health.
- with in-network and out-of-network benefit.
- Health Savings Account with matching contribution (requires participation in qualifying medical plan).
- 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.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United Stated and with the Kroger Family of Companies (i.e. H1-B visa, F-1
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