Lead Strategist, Technology Strategy & Operations

Job Id: R0000453436

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.

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.

As a Lead Strategist, you will:

Help shape and accelerate the work that matters most across Target’s Technology organization during a pivotal chapter for the enterprise. Sitting at the intersection of strategy, execution, and organizational effectiveness, you will partner with senior Technology leaders to frame complex problems, shape strategy and priorities, and translate strategic direction into measurable action.

You will lead critical bodies of work spanning strategy and planning, portfolio leadership, and priority acceleration. You will bring clarity to ambiguity, connect insights across Technology, facilitate critical decisions, and create the structure and alignment needed to move work forward. You will help Technology anticipate what's next while continuously strengthening how we plan, prioritize, make decisions, and execute.

Strategic Thinking and Strategy Development

• Structure ambiguous strategic questions, define the approach required to solve them, and develop strategies and recommendations through research, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of options and tradeoffs.
• Partner across Technology and the enterprise to develop and evolve multi-year Technology priorities, connecting enterprise strategy, emerging opportunities, and Technology capabilities to inform future direction.
• Translate strategic direction into clear priorities, measurable outcomes, and actionable plans.

Strategic Execution and Program Leadership

• Lead complex strategic initiatives from framing through execution, establishing clear outcomes, plans, governance, decision architecture, and accountability.
• Create visibility across priorities by connecting progress, risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs to drive decisions and maintain momentum.
• Build alignment and commitment across Technology and enterprise partners, translating complex topics into clear narratives and facilitating decisions that move work forward.

Change Management

• Anticipate organizational implications of strategic initiatives and help leaders and teams navigate significant change.
• Develop stakeholder, communication, and adoption approaches that enable new strategies, capabilities, and ways of working to take hold.
• Apply insights and learnings to strengthen Technology's planning, governance, decision-making, and operating model.

Strategic Perspective and Foresight

• Connect signals and insights across Technology, the enterprise, and external environment to identify emerging themes, opportunities, and risks.
• Translate emerging trends into future scenarios and implications for Technology's priorities and operating model.
• Anticipate downstream implications of strategic choices to help leaders make informed decisions today while preparing Technology for what's next.

We’ll support you along the way with onboarding, as well as personal and career development, to help you grow as a strong Lead Strategist. The exciting part of retail? It’s always changing!

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

About You

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 5+ years of relevant experience in strategy, consulting, program leadership, technology, operations, or related fields.
• Proven experience developing strategy and shaping strategic direction, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Strategic thinker and structured problem solver who can navigate ambiguity, synthesize complex information, evaluate tradeoffs, and develop clear recommendations.
• Strong strategic operator who can translate direction into action, mobilize cross-functional teams, and drive complex work forward with clarity and accountability.
• Exceptional communicator, storyteller, and facilitator who can develop compelling narratives, structure productive leader discussions, influence decisions, and build alignment across diverse stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating with pace, ambiguity, and changing priorities, with the ability to move fluidly between big-picture strategic thinking and execution detail.
• Brings enterprise perspective, intellectual curiosity, and sound judgment, with the ability to anticipate downstream implications and stay current on Technology, AI, business trends, and emerging opportunities.
• Demonstrates high accountability, adaptability, and bias toward action.

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.

Benefits Eligibility

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 candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.