Lead Strategist, Technology Strategy & Operations

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 5+ years of relevant experience in strategy, consulting, program leadership, technology, operations, or related fields.

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who can develop compelling narratives, structure productive leader discussions, influence decisions, and build alignment across diverse stakeholders.

• Comfortable operating with

, with the ability to move fluidly between big-picture strategic thinking and execution detail.

• Brings

, 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.