Senior Kroger Management Jobs (NOW HIRING)

84.51° Overview:

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.

84.51° follows a 5‑day in‑office work schedule to support collaboration, alignment, and team connection.

Join us at 84.51°!

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The Enterprise Data Platform team for 84.51° and Kroger is seeking a Senior Product Manager for our foundational internal products that provide enterprise‑wide frameworks focused on improving how we understand, trust, and act on data. This role owns a defined product domain, drives discovery, shapes roadmaps, and delivers measurable user and business value in partnership with engineering, data, and platform stakeholders. The Senior Product Manager will be responsible for ownership of product execution and short‑to‑mid‑term strategy, while partnering closely with Program Leadership for long‑term vision and portfolio alignment.

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).

• Own, define, and evolve core data platform capabilities tied to:
• Visibility into data quality, freshness, reliability, and operational health across Kroger and 84.51˚.
• Standardization, discovery, and contextual understanding of data dependencies designed to automate execution based on data readiness.
• Shape day‑to‑day product execution within a 12‑month planning horizon, connecting platform capabilities to broader business objectives.
• Maintains a 12‑month delivery roadmap that is informed by user needs and business priorities.
• Translate business goals, user needs, and technical constraints into product requirements and acceptance criteria with clear definitions of done and crisp functional & nonfunctional requirements.
• Partner with the Data Program leadership, as well as engineering and data science leads, to plan quarters/cycles/sprints and ensure efficient, predictable delivery.
• Monitors leading and lagging indicators for product health: adoption/activation/engagement, reliability & operability.
• Tracks user sentiment via industry standard metrics (such as SUS or NPS); using insights to influence product strategy, vision, and priorities.
• Maintain a strong cross functional communication plan ensuring alignment between users, Kroger, 84.51°, vendors, and adjacent product teams.
• Maintain core product artifacts such as vision one‑pager; strategy brief; metrics tree/OKRs, operational readiness checklist (monitoring, alerts, runbooks, support model), etc.
• Drive adoption across internal teams through documentation, enablement, demos, and feedback loops; remove friction points and champion the value your products’ drive across the organization.

• Professional experience working with technical development teams in an agile environment leading product discovery, backlog, and delivery fundamentals.
• Experience with managing end‑to‑end software product development for internal platform or data products preferred.
• Professional experience aligning and influencing cross‑functional teams across organizational boundaries to ensure seamless execution beyond your immediate scrum team.
• Capable of evangelizing product purpose and customer value.
• General technical acumen, able to efficiently converse with software engineers, data engineers, and, data scientists to understand their development processes.
• Skilled in managing technical tradeoffs within the roadmap.
• Skilled in problem solving, analytic thinking, and creativity.
• Skilled in planning, organization, and verbal/written business communication.
• Skilled in maintaining a team focus and priority in ambiguous and changing environments.
• Skilled in quickly flexing between technical and business stakeholder conversations, adapting to a variety of audiences.
• Minimum 2-4 years relevant experience driving software product development
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher or equivalent professional experience.

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• 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: 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.

$98,000 — $169,050 USD