Lead Product Manager - APPLIED AI (P4560)

84.51° • Cincinnati, OH

6d • $125,000 - $207,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a strategic, collaborative, and delivery-minded Applied AI Lead to help bring AI to life across Kroger, KTD and 84.51°. 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. You’ll lead prototyping efforts, drive tangible use case delivery, and serve as a champion for scaling AI Enablement tools and services. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role that requires someone who can connect technical potential with business value — and deliver quickly.

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 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of experience influencing and driving business strategy, bridging technical and business needs, and driving cross-functional impact
• 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
• 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
• Proactive influence - proactively seeks out opportunities, identifies unmet needs, and drives adoption of innovation solutions rather than waiting for inbound requests
• Executive-level presence - proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate organization dynamics to advance strategic initiatives, and challenge existing processes when needed
• Business acumen - knows the 84.51 business, and has experience navigating KTD and GO initiatives and knows the cross-team ways of working
• Process-oriented - product management experience or process-oriented mindset for OKR, cycle planning, and roadmap development
• Intellectually curious and love learning new skills and capabilities, i.e., agile principles and AI technologies
• Value-driven decision making - proven track record of tracking business value and making data-driven prioritization decisions

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
• Champion responsible, explainable, and user-centered AI in all applied solutions
• 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
• Facilitate and scale AI opportunities through AI ideation workshop sessions
• Track ongoing business value of AI use cases
• Own core product management responsibilities, including OKRs, roadmaps, planning cycles, and day‑to‑day execution in Jira
• Co-develop use cases, drive adoption, embed AI where it matters
• Shape scalable services, relay feedback, align tooling with real needs
• Translate opportunity into prototypes and working solutions
• Guide third-party development and delivery with strategic alignment
• Support onboarding, activation, and success metrics tracking

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior