Lead Tech Operations Consultant

Target; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Target is seeking a Lead Tech Operations Consultant to drive operational strategy, portfolio health, and cross-functional collaboration across a Minnesota-based technology portfolio. The role emphasizes data-driven decision-making, financial oversight, and continuous improvement within a hybrid work model.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in operations or portfolio management, strong analytical and storytelling skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while delivering measurable

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in operations, strategy, or portfolio management roles.
• Proven ability to operate with high capacity and throughput, managing multiple priorities while delivering high-quality outcomes
• Demonstrated experience driving process optimization, efficiency gains, and continuous improvement across teams or organizations
• Strong ability to analyze, synthesize, and translate data into clear insights and actionable recommendations
• Experience connecting financial, operational, and execution data to inform decision-making
• Ability to identify patterns, surface risks, and drive proactive solutions, not just reactive reporting
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, including VP leadership
• Excellent verbal, written, and facilitation skills with the ability to tell clear, compelling stories

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic operational initiatives aligned to portfolio priorities, driving measurable improvements in efficiency, planning, and execution
• Own the definition and evolution of portfolio health, establishing clear measures across financial and operational aspects
• Drive end-to-end financial operations ensuring alignment to contract terms across a complex portfolio including purchase orders, invoicing, forecasting, accruals, amortization, reconciliations, variance analysis, and spend reporting
• Translate financial and operational data into decision-ready insights, including scenario planning and recommendations to adjust tactics and meet goals
• Identify systemic patterns, emerging risks, and forward-looking opportunities to proactively improve how the business operates
• Design and evolve operational routines to drive accountability, alignment, and clarity across leadership forums
• Create executive-ready narratives that enable leadership to quickly understand system health, risks, and required actions
• Drive continuous improvement and process optimization, establishing and scaling best practices that improve team effectiveness and throughput
• Partner with Finance to connect financial processes to decision-making, ensuring teams are prepared for reviews and aligned to enterprise expectations
• Influence across the organization, building strong relationships and driving alignment with senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners
• Provide strategic process consultancy, ensuring consistency while evolving processes to better support execution and outcomes
• Lead identification and implementation of efficiency gains across teams, improving capacity, reducing duplication, and optimizing operations
• Advance supplier strategy and engagement practices, identifying opportunities to better leverage partners and drive innovation across the tech ecosystem

Skills

Operations strategy

Portfolio management

Process optimization

Data analysis

Stakeholder influence

Executive communication

Microsoft Office

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office

Job description

The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00

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

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.

Technology at Target creates and operates the tools, technology, science, and systems that enable every part of Target’s business and create compelling and joyful experiences for our team members and guests. Our success is rooted in our diverse and talented team employing architectural discipline, agile execution, innovation, and operational excellence. While we create new capabilities to drive engagement, efficiency, and growth, we also prioritize investing in our technology ecosystem to keep it reliable, performant, and secure. We believe empowering our team to solve problems, fostering continuous learning and innovation, and building strong team connection enables us to deliver more, faster, and with higher quality. And with more joy.

Responsibilities

Use your skills, experience, and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Lead Tech Operations Consultant, you will play a key role in developing a strategic approach to enable a high performing organization through increased operational efficiency, budget and resource management, continuous learning efforts, and team effectiveness. Your core responsibilities will include the following:

• Drive operational intelligence by partnering with teams to analyze key tech metrics, identify trends, and surface actionable insights against goals
• Lead strategic operational initiatives aligned to portfolio priorities, driving measurable improvements in efficiency, planning, and execution
• Influence strategy development by synthesizing data, insights, and cross-functional input to inform direction and tradeoffs
• Own the definition and evolution of portfolio health, establishing clear measures across:
• Financial (capital investment, L&M, resourcing)
• Operational (reliability, security, compliance)
• Drive end-to-end financial operations ensuring alignment to contract terms by providing financial oversight across a complex portfolio of investments including; purchase orders, invoicing, forecasting, accruals, amortization, reconciliations, variance analysis, and spend reporting.
• Translate financial and operational data into decision-ready insights, including scenario planning and recommendations to adjust tactics and meet goals
• Identify systemic patterns, emerging risks, and forward-looking opportunities to proactively improve how the business operates
• Design and evolve operational routines to drive accountability, alignment, and clarity across leadership forums
• Create clear, executive-ready narratives that enable leadership to quickly understand system health, risks, and required actions
• Drive continuous improvement and process optimization, establishing and scaling best practices that improve team effectiveness and throughput
• Partner with Finance to connect financial processes to decision-making, ensuring teams are prepared for reviews and aligned to enterprise expectations
• Influence across the organization, building strong relationships and driving alignment with senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners
• Provide strategic process consultancy, ensuring consistency while evolving processes to better support execution and outcomes
• Lead identification and implementation of efficiency gains across teams, improving capacity, reducing duplication, and optimizing operations
• Advance supplier strategy and engagement practices, identifying opportunities to better leverage partners and drive innovation across the tech ecosystem

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

About You

• 7+ years of experience in operations, strategy, or portfolio management roles
• Proven ability to operate with high capacity and throughput, managing multiple priorities while delivering high-quality outcomes
• Demonstrated experience driving process optimization, efficiency gains, and continuous improvement across teams or organizations
• Strong ability to analyze, synthesize, and translate data into clear insights and actionable recommendations
• Experience connecting financial, operational, and execution data to inform decision-making
• Ability to identify patterns, surface risks, and drive proactive solutions, not just reactive reporting
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, including VP leadership
• Excellent verbal, written, and facilitation skills with the ability to tell clear, compelling stories
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and drive outcomes in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, not just authority
• Detail-oriented and highly organized, with strong ownership and accountability
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Proficiency with M365 suite/Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Understanding of technology, applications, and platforms
• Retail or enterprise-scale environment experience preferred

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. If you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

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Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [e-mail]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.