Lead Business Partner Foundation

Target•Minneapolis, MN

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Target Foundation is seeking an experienced philanthropy manager to join its grantmaking team, focused on the Twin Cities and Minnesota. The Lead Business Partner-Foundation is responsible for collaboratively planning, managing, and enhancing Target Foundation’s giving strategy and grants portfolio. This role involves building and deepening trusted relationships with community-serving nonprofit organizations, ensuring grantmaking aligns with company Community & Stakeholder Engagement priorities, Corporate Affairs objectives, and other community-grounded principles. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in philanthropy and community engagement, with strong experience in social impact strategy, community-centered grantmaking, budget and portfolio management, stakeholder engagement, and program evaluation. They should be skilled at building community relationships and partnerships, collaborating with colleagues, influencing senior leaders, and stewarding social impact investments into meaningful outcomes for communities and Target.

Requirements

Four-year degree in relevant field such as social sciences, public policy, economics, public health, education, nonprofit management, public affairs, communications, human resources or international relations.
Five or more years of non-profit, foundation or general business experience.
Strong knowledge of social community issues and their surrounding contexts.
Proven ability to collaborate and strengthen relationships with a wide range of external partners (e.g., community-serving nonprofits, NGOs, foundations, issue or place-based coalitions, corporate foundations).
Familiarity with key principles of trust-based philanthropy
Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
Proven skills in problem solving, critical thinking, analytical and creative solutions, along with an ability to connect dots and translate ideas into action
Demonstrated success working across sectors including coalition building with non-profits, business and government
Strong organizational, planning and project management experience, including ability to multi-task and manage competing demands and/or projects simultaneously
Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively

Nice To Haves

Deep expertise in philanthropy and community engagement
Strong experience in social impact strategy
Community centered grantmaking experience
Budget and portfolio management experience
Stakeholder engagement experience
Program evaluation experience

Responsibilities

Partner closely with other members of the Foundation including the Foundation Director, additional Foundation Business Leads and other internal colleagues stewarding community-facing initiatives in the Twin Cities.
Plan and actively oversee grants; monitor, track and assess grant progress and associated impacts; identify, document and share key insights and learning.
Proactively engage with and actively listen and learn from community partners on an ongoing basis through off-site community field visits, in-person meetings and electronic communication.
Manage grantee onboarding and serve as initial contact for community partners; Provide clear guidance and assistance to potential and current grantees.
Conduct and share strategic assessments of funding strategies and proposals including the review and critical examination of specific grant opportunities to evaluate their potential alignment with Foundation strategy and goals.
Collaborate with the Community Engagement Operations team on operational processes and routines including application design and data/reporting needs.
Manage grant execution, processing and vetting for identified non-profit/NGO partners.
Provide input into portfolio strategies over time to achieve stated goals.
Partner with Foundation team and internal partners to advance measurement, evaluation and learning goals and capabilities.