Sr Data Analyst

Target; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 87,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Sr Data Analyst, where your analytical skills will drive data-based decisions that enhance business performance. Collaborate with a talented team to create actionable reporting tools and insights that empower leaders across various departments. This role offers the opportunity to work with large datasets and advanced analytics tools, making a significant impact on the guest experience. If you are passionate about data and thrive in a dynamic environment, this position is perfect for you. Enjoy a supportive culture that values your contributions and provides comprehensive benefits to support your well-being.

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k)

Employee discount

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation

Paid national holidays

Short and long term disability

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Analyst in a quantitative field.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with digital data.

Responsibilities

• Support Marketplace leaders with performance analysis and reporting.
• Identify root causes of business performance and communicate findings.

Skills

SQL

Data Analysis

Python

R

Data Visualization

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Four-year degree in a quantitative field

Equivalent experience

Tools

Domo

Looker

PowerBI

Hadoop

Hive

Spark

Adobe Analytics

Google Analytics

Job description

The pay range is $87,000.00 - $156,000.00

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.

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.

Behind one of the world’s best loved brands is a uniquely capable and brilliant team of data scientists, engineers and analysts. The Target Data & Analytics team creates the tools and data products to sustainably educate and enable our business partners to make great data-based decisions at Target. We help develop the technology that personalizes the guest experience, from product recommendations to relevant ad content. We’re also the source of the data and analytics behind Target’s Internet of Things (iOT) applications, fraud detection, Supply Chain optimization and demand forecasting. We play a key role in identifying the test-and-measure or A/B test opportunities that continuously help Target improve the guest experience, whether they love to shop in stores or at Target.com.

A role with our Digital Analytics and Insights group means being part of a team that enables data-driven decision-making to enhance business performance in the modern retail landscape.

As a Sr Data Analyst, you will:

• Support Marketplace leaders by leveraging your robust technical (SQL, BI Tool, etc) & critical thinking skills to identify opportunities and drivers of performance.
• Create self-service reporting using a visualization tool (Domo/Looker/PowerBI) that is actionable and easy for business partners to use.
• Identify root cause of business performance & communicate findings to leadership.
• Work cross-functionally across Digital (Marketing, Product, Item, & Site Experience) to drive top-line financial performance.
• Partner with data engineering team to build new capabilities that will enhance our reporting and business knowledge.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with large datasets, building scalable reports, and simplifying complex data to enable efficient decision-making. If you are passionate about analytics, can work independently as well as in a team, and have a keen eye for identifying opportunities through data, you will thrive in our BIA team!

About you:

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years as a Data Analyst with strong academic performance in a quantitative field; or strong equivalent experience.
• Experience working in Digital/Clickstream data.
• Advanced SQL experience writing complex queries.
• Intermediately accomplished with Python or R.
• Solid problem solving, analytical skills, data curiosity, data mining, Data creation and consolidation.
• Support conclusions with a clear, understandable story that leverages descriptive statistics, basic inferential statistics, and data visualizations.
• Willingness to ask questions about business objectives and the measurement needs for a project workstream, and be able to measure objectives & key results.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to speak to both business and technical teams, and translate ideas between them.
• Knowledge of AB Testing methods, time series, S&OP planning, Forecasting models including statistical analysis.
• Experience in analytics tools such as: SQL, Excel, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Python, R, Domo, Adobe Analytics (or Google Analytics) and/or equivalent technologies.

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 works full-time from home or an alternate location 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

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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].

Application deadline is: 03/30/2025