Product Manager - Enterprise Collaboration

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.

Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses Target.com, they experience the impact of Target’s investments in technology and innovation. We’re the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities. Join our global in-house technology team of more than 4,000 engineers, data scientists, architects, and product managers striving to make Target the most convenient, safe and joyful place to shop. We use agile practices and leverage open-source as well as third-party software and hardware to adapt and build best-in-class technology for our team members and guests—and we do so with a focus on belonging, experimentation and continuous learning.

Product Teams at Target are accountable for the delivery of business outcomes enabled through technology products that are easy to use, easily maintained and highly reliable. Product teams have one shared backlog that is inclusive of all product, technology, discovery and design work.

As a  Product Manager for the Enterprise Collaboration portfolio, you will be responsible for meeting the chat, social, content, and task & project management needs of more than 400,000 Target team members through many product offerings. Your role involves developing and implementing strategies that provide a cohesive team member experience across personas. You will leverage team member data and insights to drive an integrated suite of solutions that increase collaboration efficiency and effectiveness. As the Enterprise Collaboration portfolio comprises primarily third-party software and all our hardware is procured, you will work with your engineering team to select innovative and reliable solutions that meet the needs of our workforce.

As a Product Manager, you will work in the product model and partner to develop a comprehensive product strategy, related roadmap, and set key business objectives (OKRs) for your respective products.  You will need to leverage the knowledge of your products, as well as customer feedback and establish other relevant data points to assess value, develop business cases, and prioritize the direction and desired outcomes for your products. You will lead a product working in unison with engineers, business partners and vendors to deliver solutions.

You will be the “voice of the product” to key stakeholders to ensure that their needs are met, and that the product team is getting the direction and support that it needs to be successful. You will develop and actively understand the market, maintain a product roadmap and backlog outlining the customer themes, epics, and stories while prioritizing the backlog to focus on the highest impact work for your team and stakeholders.

You will encourage open exchange of information and viewpoints, as well as inspire others to achieve challenging goals and high standards of performance while committing to the organization's direction. You will foster a sense of urgency to achieve goals and leverage resources to overcome unexpected obstacles, and partner with product teams across the organization to help them achieve their goals while pursuing and completing yours.

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

About you:

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience

• 4+ years of product management experience or equivalent domain experience, preferably managing Enterprise Collaboration products

• Advanced knowledge of application integration and platform engineering

• Experience with technology and ability to facilitate communication between business and technology teams

• Experience working in an agile environment (e.g., user stories, iterative development, scrum teams, sprints, personas)

• Ability to lead a body of work with cross-functional partners

• Strong communication skills

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. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.