# Item Taxonomy Capability Lead

**Company**: Target
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $95,000.00 - $171,000.00
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Item Taxonomy Capability Lead to join our Enterprise Item team at Target. You will play a critical role in defining and governing how our assortment is organised and classified through product hierarchies and described through item data attribution.

The pay range for this position is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00 per year.

**Core Responsibilities:**

- Lead, coach, and develop a diverse team of taxonomy experts by setting clear expectations, providing actionable feedback, building talent, and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance.

- Lead the execution and ongoing refinement of the Item Taxonomy strategic roadmap, aligning priorities with evolving business needs, advancing capability maturity, and delivering measurable outcomes and meaningful value to the enterprise and guest.

- Build trusted relationships with Enterprise Item leaders, global partners, and cross-functional teams to align priorities, establish clear accountability and ways of working, advocate for taxonomy needs, and simplify shared processes that support evolving business requirements.

- Drive continuous improvement of taxonomy processes, tools, and technology by partnering with Product to advance automation, streamline workflows, and deliver scalable solutions that improve operational efficiency and capability effectiveness.

- Establish and monitor objectives, key results, and service-level expectations aligned with enterprise priorities; manage resources, risks, and delivery commitments while ensuring timely issue resolution and operational accountability.

- Participate in broader Enterprise Item initiatives and strategic efforts as business needs evolve.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

- 6+ years of retail and/or e-commerce experience.

- 2+ years of experience directly leading and developing high-performing teams.

- Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and balance team, partner, and business needs.

- Demonstrated ability to build and advance a capability through strategic planning and execution, operational excellence, talent development, and measurable business outcomes.

- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to navigate complex challenges and develop innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions.

- Collaborative, enterprise-minded leader with proven ability to influence senior leaders, align global and cross-functional partners, and navigate ambiguity and change while maintaining clarity, accountability, and momentum.

- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to leverage data and insights to inform decisions, prioritise improvements, and drive results.

- Understanding of Item Taxonomy, Item Data, digital commerce or similar information management disciplines.

**Benefits:**

Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and more. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.

## Skills

### Required
- Item Taxonomy
- Item Data
- digital commerce
- strategic planning
- operational excellence
- talent development
- problem-solving
- critical thinking
- analytical skills

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