Lead Consultant, Enterprise Risk - Risk Insights & Monitoring

Target • Minneapolis, MN

12d • $95,000 - $171,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Consultant, Enterprise Risk – Risk Insights & Monitoring works within Target Legal Affairs’ Enterprise Risk Governance team. The team creates scalable governance processes, monitoring frameworks, and assurance routines so business and compliance program owners can identify, monitor, test, and mitigate risks. It supports enterprise visibility, control effectiveness, and executive and Board-level oversight through structured governance and data-driven reporting.

The role leads development of enterprise risk and control monitoring standards, converts documented controls into monitorable controls and practical KPIs/KRIs, and develops procedures to assess internal control effectiveness across business areas and compliance domains. It also identifies monitoring gaps and data limitations, improves risk-to-control traceability in Risk Cloud, analyzes monitoring data and risk indicators, and supports dashboard development, data quality, integrated assurance visibility, and executive-ready reporting. The position partners with risk owners and cross-functional stakeholders to establish monitoring solutions, governance priorities, escalation triggers, and continuous improvement actions. The work is hybrid/flex, performed both onsite at Target HQ in Minnesota and virtually based on role, team, and task needs; duties must be performed within the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Risk Management, Compliance, or a related area of study, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience supporting compliance, risk management, audit, or controls assurance frameworks and processes.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives that affect multiple compliance programs or business units.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder collaboration skills, including the ability to facilitate meetings, resolve conflict, build consensus, and influence without direct authority.
• Root cause analysis, analytical, and critical-thinking skills to identify risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and recommend improvements.
• Effective communication skills to create transparency, confidence, and influence across all levels of Target team members.
• Ability to design and implement monitoring routines, metrics frameworks, and governance processes that scale across a federated compliance environment.
• Ability to plan, execute, monitor, and close projects to meet objectives amid ambiguous, changing, or competing priorities.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage multiple projects, prioritize appropriately, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to use discretion and sensitivity when handling confidential information.

Nice To Haves

• Experience implementing or optimizing governance, risk, and compliance technology platforms such as Risk Cloud.
• Experience developing dashboards, metrics frameworks, or data-driven reporting solutions.
• Knowledge of risk management systems, regulatory expectations, and maturity models.
• Experience in retail operations or other complex, consumer-facing industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional development of enterprise risk and control monitoring standards to strengthen governance and control effectiveness.
• Partner with risk owners to convert documented controls into monitorable controls and practical KPIs/KRIs that demonstrate control performance.
• Develop and implement monitoring procedures and routines to evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability of internal controls across multiple business areas and compliance domains.
• Identify monitoring gaps, data limitations, and unmonitorable controls; establish compensating testing or validation strategies to ensure coverage of key risks.
• Enhance traceability between risks, controls, monitoring metrics, testing results, and findings within Risk Cloud to improve transparency and reporting accuracy.
• Develop an understanding of regulatory expectations, industry trends, and emerging risks to inform monitoring strategies and governance priorities.
• Influence compliance program leaders and key stakeholders regarding monitoring solutions, implementation strategies, and maturity expectations.
• Lead complex analysis of monitoring data, control performance trends, and risk indicators to identify emerging issues and drive risk-based mitigation strategies.
• Establish trusted relationships with risk owners to support adoption of monitoring standards and continuous improvement actions.
• Collaborate with Technology, Data, Internal Audit, and stakeholders to support dashboard development, data quality improvements, and integrated assurance visibility.
• Support risk governance by defining risk driver metrics, escalation triggers, and executive-ready reporting insights.
• Demonstrate behaviors aligned to Target’s values of Inclusivity, Connection, and Drive.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Eligible team members and their dependents may receive 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.
• Additional benefits covering financial, education, and well-being.

What This Job Offers

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