Sr. Communications Manager - Fashion and Lifestyle Business Strategist

Target • Minneapolis, MN

19d • $95,000 - $205,000

About The Position

The Sr. Communications Manager, Fashion and Lifestyle Business Strategist helps maximize the impact of Communications by translating business and leadership insights into strategic, creative, actionable plans and driving excellence in execution. The role partners with client leads, executive communications leads, and business partners to understand business priorities, key initiatives, enterprise interdependencies, and leadership philosophy. It turns those insights into clear, comprehensive briefs, activates Communications partners to build plans, and oversees execution to ensure deliverables are high-quality and timely.

The position also tracks and reports Communications performance against KPIs, partners with agencies for counsel and expertise, engages internal and external stakeholders, and contributes to team culture and reliable operating routines. Duties may change in response to business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 8 years of professional communications experience.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills, including the ability to work with senior leadership and build relationships across a large, matrixed organization.
• Strong business acumen.
• A storytelling mindset.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to adapt independently, prioritize, and manage multiple projects amid changing, ambiguous, or competing priorities.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage simultaneous projects while prioritizing appropriately and meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functionally, manage scope and resources, develop goals and deadlines, and align deliverables with strategic intent.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and leadership insights into strategic, creative, actionable Communications plans and drive excellence in execution.
• Partner with client leads, executive communications leads, and business partners to understand business priorities, key initiatives, enterprise interdependencies, and leadership philosophy.
• Translate insights into clear, comprehensive, and actionable briefs.
• Activate Communications partners in line with Communications workflow to compile comprehensive plans.
• Oversee execution, managing timing and action and ensuring the quality and timeliness of deliverables.
• Understand Communications measurement techniques and track and report performance against KPIs.
• Partner with agencies to incorporate outside counsel and expertise into Communications plans and execution, and maintain effective agency relationships.
• Contribute to a positive team culture and demonstrate behaviors consistent with Target’s values of Inclusivity, Connection, and Drive.
• Engage directly with key internal and external stakeholders, including agencies.
• Contribute to a reliable, sustainable operating cadence across the team and Communications and pyramid-wide operating routines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Eligible team members and dependents may have access to comprehensive health benefits, 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: Senior