Director, Corporate Affairs - Priority Audiences

Target; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 135,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Target in Minneapolis is seeking a Director, Corporate Affairs - Priority Audiences. You will lead audience-centered strategies, partnering with the Vice President, External Relations to build and operationalize the Priority Audiences capability across portfolios and embed audience priorities into enterprise initiatives.

You will translate insights into recommendations, align cross-functional partners, and drive measurable reputation outcomes through engagement, storytelling, and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 8–12 years in strategy, marketing, consumer insights, communications, public affairs, external relations, merchandising, business strategy, or a related field.
• Experience developing audience, customer, stakeholder, or market strategies that influence business priorities and engagement approaches.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional initiatives and building alignment across matrixed organizations.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to synthesize research and data into actionable recommendations.
• Experience facilitating senior-level discussions and influencing decisions through relationship building and executive communication.
• Proven ability to establish new processes, governance models, or operating routines that improve collaboration and execution.
• Experience leading complex projects with multiple stakeholders, balancing long-term strategy with operational execution.
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and planning for assigned audience portfolios.
• Develop audience strategies, governance, and planning routines that embed audience priorities into enterprise initiatives and business decisions.
• Translate insights into actionable recommendations that inform audience strategies, engagement plans, and enterprise priorities.
• Convene cross-functional partners and align efforts across departments to drive coordinated execution and reputation outcomes.
• Drive measurable results through audience engagement, storytelling, and governance alignment.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Audience strategy

Research & insights

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The pay range is $135,000.00 - $292,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.

• medical
• vision
• dental
• life insurance

Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.

• 401(k)
• employee discount
• short term disability
• long term disability
• paid sick leave
• paid national holidays
• paid vacation

Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

Job Title: Director, Corporate Affairs - Priority Audiences

Classification: Exempt

Date: October 2026

About Us

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

In Corporate Affairs, you’ll have the opportunity to play a critical role in enhancing and protecting Target’s brand and enabling growth across the business. With the broad range of complementary capabilities in Communications, Risk, and Reputation Management, this team helps Target manage the needs and expectations of our team, guests, media, communities, elected officials, and other stakeholders.

Working in External Relations means helping Target build trust with the audiences that matter most. We bring together audience strategy, engagement, and intelligence to strengthen Target's reputation, support enterprise priorities, and create meaningful connections with the people and communities we serve. Through collaboration, innovation, and data-informed decision-making, we enable Corporate Affairs and business leaders to anticipate change, engage with purpose, and deliver greater impact. If you're energized by building new capabilities, solving complex challenges, and influencing outcomes across a dynamic organization, you'll thrive on our team.

The Director, Corporate Affairs - Priority Audiences reports to the Vice President, External Relations and is responsible for building and operationalizing Target's Priority Audiences capability across one or more strategic audience portfolios. This role develops audience-centered strategies that help the organization understand, prioritize, and engage the audiences most critical to Target's reputation and business objectives.

Audience Strategy & Capability Development: Partner with the Vice President, External Relations to build and operationalize the Priority Audiences capability by leading strategy and planning for assigned audience portfolios. Develop audience strategies, engagement approaches, governance, and planning routines that embed audience priorities into enterprise initiatives and business decisions.

Audience Insights & Strategic Recommendations: Leverage research, Enterprise Insights, and performance intelligence to develop a deep understanding of assigned priority audiences, including their needs, expectations, behaviors, and emerging trends. Translate insights into actionable recommendations that inform audience strategies, engagement plans, and enterprise priorities.

Enterprise Alignment & Portfolio Leadership: Serve as the strategic lead for assigned audience portfolios by convening cross-functional partners and aligning efforts across Community & Stakeholder Engagement, Government Affairs, Marketing, Merchandising, the field, and Corporate Affairs. Connect audience strategies with engagement, storytelling, activation, and reputational priorities to drive coordinated execution and measurable reputation outcomes.

About You

You are a strategic, collaborative leader who is passionate about understanding audiences and translating insights into action. You excel at bringing diverse teams together, influencing without direct authority, and developing new ways of working that improve organizational effectiveness and reputation.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8-12 years of experience in strategy, marketing, consumer or guest insights, communications, public affairs, external relations, merchandising, business strategy, or a related field.
• Experience developing audience, customer, stakeholder, or market strategies that influence business priorities and engagement approaches.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and building alignment across matrixed organizations.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to synthesize research and data into actionable recommendations.
• Experience facilitating senior-level discussions and influencing decisions through relationship building and executive communication.
• Proven ability to establish new processes, governance models, or operating routines that improve collaboration and execution.
• Experience leading complex projects with multiple stakeholders, balancing long-term strategy with operational execution.
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Benefits Eligibility

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