Sr Compliance Consultant, Privacy and Responsible AI

Target • Minneapolis, MN

11d • $73,000 - $132,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Compliance Consultant develops, manages, and continuously improves capabilities within Target’s Privacy and Responsible AI compliance programs to help ensure the company meets privacy and AI regulatory obligations. The role translates evolving requirements into documented program expectations, risk and control frameworks, and practical resources that help business teams understand and operationalize compliance requirements.

The position works with internal and external partners in Target’s dynamic retail environment, supporting compliance program practices, regulatory change management, documentation, risk assessment, controls, reporting, and business guidance. The role is based on a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day arrangement, with work performed both onsite at the assigned Target HQ Minnesota location and virtually as the role, team, and tasks require. Work duties cannot be performed outside the country of the primary work location unless otherwise prescribed by Target.

Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in Privacy, Responsible AI, Risk, or related Compliance functions, including exposure to privacy regulations and regulatory requirements.
• Understanding of compliance management and risk and controls frameworks, and ability to apply these concepts to Privacy and Responsible AI programs.
• Ability to develop and maintain program documentation, map regulatory obligations to requirements and controls, identify gaps, develop training and awareness, and establish monitoring and reporting.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects or work streams, with the ability to adapt, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks or projects amid changing, ambiguous, or competing priorities.
• Ability to plan, execute, monitor, and close projects to meet objectives and success measures.
• Ability to identify process problems, document end-to-end baseline processes, map requirements and controls to business processes, and develop improvement plans using documented process maps.
• Analytical and critical thinking skills, including the ability to use data to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Ability to design and document effective preventive, detective, and corrective controls within operational processes and align them with regulatory requirements and business objectives.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including meeting facilitation, conflict management, consensus building, rapport building, and cross-departmental and external collaboration.
• Ability to identify opportunities to automate manual compliance controls or processes.
• Ability to collect, assemble, and analyze data, draw conclusions, and use data visualization tools to monitor compliance performance.
• Ability to apply change management principles and processes to implement regulatory and program changes.
• Ability to use discretion and sensitivity when working with confidential information.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including translating complex regulatory obligations into clear, actionable guidance and business tools.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member and adapt to change in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Information Privacy Professional certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain program-level capabilities that meet compliance management framework expectations, including program documentation, risk and control identification, and requirements mapping.
• Develop guidance, tools, training, and communications to help business teams understand privacy and Responsible AI obligations and implement requirements in their processes.
• Identify risks in existing and new business processes, analyze data to understand root causes and improvement opportunities, and document appropriate mitigations and controls.
• Lead projects or work streams to develop, improve, and maintain timely, efficient, compliant, and repeatable Privacy and Responsible AI program practices, processes, and documentation.
• Lead aspects of regulatory change management for emerging privacy and AI laws and applicable technology company rules, including assessing requirements, identifying impacts and gaps, coordinating response plans, and updating program documentation and business guidance.
• Map legal and regulatory obligations to business processes, policies, standards, controls, and evidence of compliance; identify gaps and partner on remediation plans.
• Develop, maintain, and improve the program risk and controls framework, including risk and control inventories, descriptions, ownership, applicability, and supporting procedures.
• Create and maintain business-facing resources such as playbooks, checklists, decision trees, templates, and self-service tools.
• Identify relevant metrics and develop dashboards and reporting to monitor program performance, regulatory change implementation, control effectiveness, and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare regular reporting or presentations for department leadership to support decisions, influence process changes, and track request volume and program activities.
• Establish and maintain relationships within Compliance & Risk, with cross-functional leaders and privacy contacts, and with external business partners and vendors.
• 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 financial, education, and well-being benefits.

What This Job Offers

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