Director Data Science (P2415)

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84.51°

Cincinnati, OH; Chicago, IL

On-site

Posted March 30, 2026

Job Description

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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DIRECTOR, DATA SCIENCE - SUPPLY CHAIN, OPERATIONS, REPLENISHMENT

Cincinnati, OH

Chicago, IL

SUMMARY:

The Supply Chain, Operations, and Replenishment (SCORe) team is responsible for creating for cutting edge supply chain and operations sciences to meet Kroger’s need now and in the future, ensuring that we deliver value for our Kroger stakeholders and the enterprise. This role will lead the supply chain data scientists and partner heavily with our Product and Engineering community to develop the best solutions for our stakeholders within our supply chain workstreams.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Influence and partner with SCORe team leaders to set the vision and future road map by developing immediate and long-term strategic plans in supply chain and operations
Partner with the other SCORe Tech DSR Leads to develop and oversee innovation/capability roadmaps to support strategic supply chainplans
Bring transformational, innovative thinking to the SCORe team, creating and/or improving ways of working, products, sciences, tools and initiatives
Develop and manage stakeholder relationships within 84.51° and Kroger to drive better decisions across the Supply Chain space
Understand business priorities and project value to make prioritization decisions
Partner with cross-functional leaders to ensure shared goals that enable delivery of science services and insights at scale
Enable & manage a team of data scientists in delivering strategic objectives and work plans while developing their individual technical and business skills

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

7+ years developing analytical solutions using advanced AI, Machine learning, and optimization methods
7+ years querying data from relational databases using SQL/Python to develop analytical solutions
7+ years with data wrangling, data cleaning and prep, problem framing, and analysis
Experience with managing, recruiting, training, developing, coaching, and/or inspiring highly technical associates
Proficient in technology stack (Azure, Databricks, Python, Spark)

Experience applying data science capabilities to supply chain and operations business problems

Experience with developing, coaching, and/or inspiring highly technical associates
Ability to work in a highly collaborative cross functional environment
Comfort with fast pace and multiple moving parts, anticipating and solving for future barriers/ changes
Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills
Strong business acumen
Strong academic background in mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, or similar discipline
Strong analytical, creative problem-solving and decision-making skills
Ability to create computationally efficient solutions
Natural curiosity and passion around data, analysis and insights
Welcomes and embraces change
Ability to work fas