Director Product Management - Enterprise Protection & Legal

Target • Minneapolis, MN

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Product Management for Ethics, Legal, and Safety will lead the technology, product, and transformation teams that enable some of Target's most critical business functions. This role will help shape how our Ethics, Legal, and Safety teams operate in an era increasingly defined by artificial intelligence, digital innovation, and evolving business needs. The position sits at the intersection of strategy, technology, and operational excellence, driving solutions that strengthen Target's culture, uphold legal and ethical responsibilities, and protect team members, guests, and communities. Through leadership, this role will help modernize core business processes, unlock new ways of working, and advance capabilities that support Target's reputation as a trusted employer, responsible corporate citizen, and industry leader. As a Product Director, the individual will set the overall strategic vision for their product space and product team, be accountable for succeeding against identified business outcomes and metrics, set and manage the product’s budget and financials, and set short- and long-term product goals and quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). They will be accountable for building, coaching, and mentoring a strong team of product owners while also building a strong team culture of progress, transparency, and efficiency across Product teams. The role involves elevating the collective team’s performance by providing insightful, motivating, and constructive feedback, and working with senior leadership and peers to negotiate and remove execution-related barriers. The Director will drive product discovery with key stakeholders to validate hypotheses and concepts with customers before committing engineering time, leading highly complex work across multiple pyramids with interrelated specialties. They will leverage data and analytics for competitive analysis, decision-making, assessing product health and effectiveness, and delivering recommendations. Understanding retail or similar areas, relevant technologies, and design principles is critical to driving innovative and scalable solutions across multiple pyramids within Target.

Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of product management experience
• Domain experience in legal, ethics, safety, risk, or reputation management
• Led and influenced a product team while fostering relationships across multiple enterprise-wide teams
• Experience with technology and ability to facilitate communication between business and technology teams
• Strong communication skills and proven ability to influence both at a strategic leadership level and cross functionally
• Expert at working in the agile environment (e.g. user stories, iterative development, scrum teams, sprints, personas)
• Strategic mindset and bias for action with strong ability for strategic planning, defining OKRs and driving business outcomes

Responsibilities

• Set the overall strategic vision for the product space and product team.
• Be accountable for succeeding against identified business outcomes and metrics.
• Set and manage the product’s budget and financials.
• Set short- and long-term product goals and quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Build, coach, and mentor a strong team of product owners.
• Build a strong team culture of progress, transparency, and efficiency across Product teams.
• Elevate the collective team’s performance by providing insightful, motivating, and constructive feedback.
• Work with senior leadership and peers to negotiate and remove execution-related barriers for the teams.
• Drive product discovery with key stakeholders to validate hypotheses and concepts with customers before committing engineering time.
• Lead highly complex work across multiple pyramids, with interrelated specialties.
• Leverage data and analytics to provide competitive analysis, drive decision making, assess the health and effectiveness of products and related P&L impacts, and deliver recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Understand retail or similar areas, relevant technologies, and design principles to drive innovative and scalable solutions across multiple pyramids within Target.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs (medical, vision, dental, 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
• Education Level: Associate degree