Director, Enterprise Sustainability Strategic Initiatives

Target • Minneapolis, MN

2d • $135,000 - $243,000

About The Position

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. At Target, we are committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship, and growth that creates value for all stakeholders. We offer opportunities to grow your career, to learn and lead, and to make meaningful contributions in support of Target’s mission and business priorities. The Enterprise Sustainability team supports Target’s long-term success by integrating environmental and social considerations into enterprise strategy, decision-making, and execution. The team partners across the company to align sustainability priorities with business objectives, financial rigor, and external expectations. Bring your passion and expertise to help Target leverage its size and scale for broader good. The Director, Enterprise Sustainability Strategic Initiatives is an enterprise-facing leader responsible for shaping and advancing Target’s sustainability strategy in partnership with leaders across the company and key external stakeholders, while leading a team to drive execution of strategic initiatives. Rooted in deep sustainability expertise, this role translates complex environmental and social priorities into clear, actionable business strategies. In addition to shaping enterprise sustainability strategy, the role is deployed across priority domains such as circularity, resilience, and sustainable innovation, and other cross-functional efforts supporting teams in developing strong strategic framing and robust business cases that maximize business value and sustainability impact. The role leads complex, cross-functional initiatives, framing strategic options and tradeoffs while aligning stakeholders toward informed, timely executive decisions. Working closely with the Vice President of Enterprise Sustainability, the Enterprise Sustainability leadership team, and partners across the enterprise, this role advances key priorities and elevates strategic rigor through stronger enterprise thinking and integration. This position requires deep subject matter expertise in sustainability, combined with strong business acumen, to navigate complex issues and translate them into clear, business-relevant strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (4 years) or equivalent professional experience; MBA preferred
• 10+ years of professional experience in sustainability, enterprise strategy, management consulting, or related strategic roles
• Deep, hands-on expertise across environmental and social sustainability topics, including climate, responsible sourcing, ESG, and stakeholder expectations, with demonstrated experience applying this expertise in strategic or business contexts
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives in a large, matrixed organization
• Strong ability to synthesize complexity and ambiguity into clear, executive-level insights, options, and recommendation
• Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including experience preparing executive- and Board-ready materials
• Strong organizational awareness and proven ability to influence without formal authority across senior stakeholders
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-evolving environments
• High degree of judgment, discretion, and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information

Nice To Haves

• Background in consulting, enterprise strategy, transformation, or internal advisory roles preferred
• Experience leading or advising on circularity, sustainable product and materials strategies, or business model innovation in a commercial context is strongly preferred
• Experience in retail, consumer goods, or similarly complex operating environments preferred

Responsibilities

• Shaping and advancing Target’s enterprise sustainability strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities, financial considerations, and critical external stakeholder expectations
• Translating external sustainability, policy, and market trends into forward-looking strategic insight, surfacing risks, opportunities, and implications for enterprise decision-making and long-term value creation
• Framing ambiguous or emerging sustainability issues, define problem statements, assess options and tradeoffs, and drive alignment toward decisions that balance ambition, financial realities, and execution pathways
• Leading high-priority, cross-cutting strategic initiatives that span multiple sustainability priorities and business functions, including circularity, resilience, sustainable innovation, and others as required
• Partnering with Corporate Strategy, Finance, and business teams to embed sustainability into enterprise strategy, planning, and investment decisions, driving clarity, focus, and enterprise alignment across initiatives
• Translating sustainability priorities into clear business cases and strategic narratives that enable informed tradeoffs and investment decisions
• Preparing executive and Board-ready materials that clearly articulate sustainability strategy, implications, and recommended paths forward
• Elevating the strategic capability of the Enterprise Sustainability team by strengthening problem definition, enterprise framing, and executive readiness across workstreams
• Leading through influence across a complex, matrixed organization, aligning stakeholders and advancing initiatives without direct authority

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees