Lead Technical Program Manager

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Job Id: R0000375325

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.

Join our global in-house technology team of more than 4,000 of engineers, data scientists, architects, coaches and product managers striving to make Target the most convenient, safe and joyful place to shop. We use agile practices and leverage open-source software to adapt and build best-in-class technology for our team members and guests—and we do so with a focus on diversity and inclusion, experimentation and continuous learning.

As a Lead Technical Program Manager, you serve as the technical anchor in high-impact organization wide initiatives. You provide the program management function in a large product-based organization. You create, own and are responsible for the strategic plan to deliver large organizational capabilities spanning many products. You develop keen understanding of the solution designs to deliver new business capabilities and can distil the technical scope for each product team. You align product roadmaps and priorities to ensure timely delivery of the program goals. You provide program leadership, anticipate bottlenecks, mitigate risks and quantify the impact of making tradeoffs. You create mechanisms for cross functional collaboration to ensure product teams have visibility to their dependencies and can react quickly to emergent constraints or business needs. You serve as a point of technical escalation and provide the necessary reactions. You monitor, track and report the health of the program to the stakeholders. You provide regular updates on the programs to leadership and serve as a single point of contact for any emergent changes to the scope and size of the program. You decompose large organizational goals to individual product’s scope, partner with product partners to align product priorities with program timelines, create and maintain delivery plans by aligning product schedules and dependencies, manage engineering dependencies across products and track engineering deliverables, identify and track program risks and develop mitigation plans, develop and own communication plans to effectively and proactively communicate program status, issues, and risks to stakeholders, manage changes in scope and size of the program, manage technical escalations, facilitate cross functional design sessions and technical analysis.

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

About You:

  • 4-year degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years’ experience in software engineering industry or technical program management
  • 2+ years’ experience in working in Agile Methodologies
  • Hands-on project management skills
  • Experience in delivering large projects with cross functional deliverables
  • Good understanding of microservices-based architectures

Competitive benefits

We are proud to provide benefits that support you, your family and your future.

Health and well-being

Target in India (TII) prioritizes our people by offering healthcare support, fitness programs, teleheath benefits (i.e., screenings and consultations) and 24/7 confidential mental well-being telecounseling support.

Financial well-being

Your financial well-being is bright with TII's comprehensive flexible insurance program, learning assistance program, day care support and much more.

Paid time off

TII encourages work-life balance with paid time off like privilege, bereavement and parental leaves that offer support in all stages of life.

Competitive pay

TII knows our people are everything and proudly provides equitable and competitive pay.

Other benefits

From digitalized cafeteria solutions to transportation services to broadband reimbursement, enjoy special everyday perks.

Creating a culture of joy

We bring out the best in each other every day.

A group of Target team members giving each other a thumbs up as they huddle in the back of the store.

Inclusivity

We value diverse voices and approaches. We act with authenticity and respect. We create equitable experiences for all.

Connection

We build trusted relationships. We collaborate across business functions. We recognize and celebrate progress.

Drive

We do what is right for Target, our team and guests. We deliver results that matter. We continually learn by valuing progress over perfection.

Grow with Target

We are fully invested in your personal and professional growth because our people are our power. 

Target's leadership truly empowers personal and professional growth, fostering an environment where we care, grow and win together.

Sandeep Sr. Engineering Manager – Target Tech, Corporate

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