Principal, Technology Strategy - UX

Target Corp; Brooklyn Park (MN); Híbrido; USD 135.000 - 243.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Descripción de la vacante

Target Corp seeks a Senior Chief of Staff to the SVP of Technology Strategy & Operations, guiding portfolio priorities, governance, and execution across the tech organization.

You will translate strategy into actionable plans, drive quarterly reviews, and ensure enterprise alignment with executive leadership. Strong communication and problem-solving are essential for success.

Formación

• College degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven ability to operate at senior levels within a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strategic thinker with strong operational discipline and bias for action.
• Exceptional communication skills, including executive storytelling and structured problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Strong judgment, high accountability, and comfort with ambiguity.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as Chief of Staff to a Technology Senior Vice President during a transformational time for Target and the Tech team.
• Act as a strategic advisor and execution partner, ensuring the SVP’s portfolio is aligned to enterprise priorities and positioned to deliver measurable impact.
• Shape annual and multi-year strategy, clarify trade-offs, sequencing, and resource allocation decisions.
• Translate strategy into clear priorities, milestones, and measurable outcomes, establishing and managing a strong operating rhythm across the portfolio.
• Ensure transparency on performance, risks, and dependencies, address challenges through data-informed decisions.
• Engage with senior technical leaders and translate complex topics into enterprise-ready narratives.
• Strengthen consistency and execution discipline across portfolios within a centralized Technology Chief of Staff model.

Conocimientos

Strategic thinking

Executive storytelling

Structured problem solving

Cross-functional leadership

Decision making

Educación

College degree or equivalent experience

Descripción del empleo

The pay range is $135,000.00 - $243,000.00 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. Target Tech creates and operates the tools, technology, science, and systems that enable every part of Target’s business and creates 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 connections enables us to deliver more, faster, and with higher quality. And with more joy.

• Serve as Chief of Staff to a Technology Senior Vice President during a transformational time for Target and the Tech team.
• You will act as a strategic advisor and execution partner, ensuring the SVP’s portfolio is aligned to enterprise priorities and positioned to deliver measurable impact.
• You will shape annual and multi-year strategy, clarify trade-offs, sequencing, and resource allocation decisions, and represent portfolio priorities in key enterprise forums.
• You will translate strategy into clear priorities, milestones, and measurable outcomes, establishing and managing a strong operating rhythm across the portfolio, including strategic planning, quarterly business reviews, and leadership cadences.
• You will ensure transparency on performance, risks, and dependencies, proactively address challenges through data-informed, cross-functional decision-making, and build mechanisms that translate intent into action while sharpening focus on the highest-impact work.
• Operating within a centralized Technology Chief of Staff model and reporting to the Senior Director, Technology Strategy & Operations, you will strengthen consistency and execution discipline across portfolios.
• You will surface enterprise interdependencies early, balance portfolio advocacy with enterprise-first thinking, and actively contribute to and strengthen the Technology Chief of Staff community by building shared standards, trust, and collective accountability across portfolios.
• You will build deep domain expertise within your assigned Technology portfolio, understanding key risks, performance metrics, investment drivers, and capability gaps.
• You will engage credibly with senior technical leaders and translate complex technical topics into clear, enterprise-ready narratives that inform decision-making and drive alignment.
• We’ll support you along the way with onboarding, as well as personal and career development, to help you grow as a strong Principal in Technology Strategy.

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• College degree or equivalent experience, combined with 8+ years of experience in Strategy, Technology, Operations, Consulting, or related fields.
• Proven ability to operate at senior levels within a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strategic thinker with strong operational discipline and bias for action.
• Exceptional communication skills, including executive storytelling and structured problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Strong judgment, high accountability, and comfort with ambiguity.
• Skilled at driving clarity, prioritization, and thoughtful trade-offs.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to or building a community of practice, enabling shared standards, knowledge exchange, and collective problem-solving across peers.

This position may be considered for a Remote or Hybrid (known internally at Target as \"Flex for Your Day\") work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Remote work arrangement means the team member worksfull-time from home oran alternatelocation that's not a Target location, does not have a desk at a Target location and may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role may be performed either remote or onsite at a Target location 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.

Benefits Eligibility Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_F

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.

Application deadline is : 11/16/2026

Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.

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Our Benefits We care about and invest 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.