Director Enterprise Strategy Development

Target • Minneapolis, MN

2d • $135,000 - $243,000

About The Position

The Director of Enterprise Strategy Development leads a team of business strategists and helps shape Target’s long-term strategic direction. The role leads multiple strategy consulting-like engagements to identify and pursue growth opportunities across the enterprise and business units, including opportunities within and outside Target’s core businesses.

The Director provides strategic vision, judgment, team leadership and development, structure, and project management for often ambiguous work. This includes understanding retail trends, competitors, and consumers to develop concepts and businesses suited to the evolving multi-channel retail landscape. The role partners with senior executives, influences decisions aligned with enterprise and business-unit strategy, and collaborates across functions to advance long-term strategic efforts.

The Director is accountable for developing and advocating for direct reports, coaching project team members, and contributing to the Enterprise Strategy Development leadership team by prioritizing resources, setting team direction, and representing its professional and inclusive culture. The role also leads or coaches teams in structured problem solving, including problem disaggregation, data and competitive analysis, financial opportunity sizing, and consumer research.

Requirements

• A four-year or advanced degree, as well as a postgraduate degree; an MBA is preferred.
• At least 7 years of post-graduate-school work experience in strategic project and people leadership roles, or the equivalent of 10 or more years of strategic management experience, including people leadership, assessing business strategies, leading advanced analysis and problem solving, and developing multi-year business strategies.
• 4–5 years of prior experience, including executive-level dedicated engagement or project leadership experience with a top management consulting firm such as McKinsey, Bain, or BCG, or in a Fortune 100-level corporate strategy group.
• At least 5 years of people-management experience, including leading and coaching leaders of people, with demonstrated success in motivation, leadership, and team building.
• Understanding of industry practices and the competitive retail landscape across channels and segments.
• Ability to manage multiple disparate projects simultaneously while managing working-team, partner, and senior-executive relationships.
• Track record of developing and owning critical VP-, SVP-, or EVP-level stakeholder relationships across the enterprise to influence and guide strategic recommendations.
• Ability to champion bold strategic thinking and Target’s values of Inclusivity, Connection, and Drive through hiring, training, coaching, and influencing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to lead strategic dialogue for SVP- and EVP-level leaders.
• Ability to take risks, challenge the status quo, and work under ambiguous circumstances.

Nice To Haves

• MBA.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple project teams on strategy consulting-like engagements to identify and pursue enterprise or business-unit growth opportunities.
• Provide vision, strategic judgment, day-to-day team leadership and development, structure, and project management for ambiguous work supporting new growth opportunities within and outside Target’s core businesses.
• Understand retail trends, competitors, and consumers to develop new concepts and businesses for the evolving multi-channel retail landscape.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior executives and influence decisions aligned with business-unit and enterprise strategy.
• Collaborate cross-functionally and influence without authority to advance business decisions and long-term strategic efforts.
• Develop and advocate for direct reports.
• Coach and develop project team members, including Principals, Leads, and Senior Analysts.
• Contribute to the Enterprise Strategy Development leadership team by prioritizing resources, setting team direction, and representing the team’s professional and inclusive culture.
• Lead or coach teams through structured problem solving, including problem disaggregation, data and competitive analysis, financial opportunity sizing, and consumer research.

Benefits

• Eligible team members and their dependents may have access to comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, and life insurance.
• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Paid sick leave
• Paid national holidays
• Paid vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director