Senior Tech Operations & Strategy 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

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