Description
As Director of Technology for Legal, Risk, Compliance, Digital Trust, Safe & Secure at Target, you will lead a complex and evolving portfolio of technology products that help protect the company, its team, and the trust of its guests.
This is an opportunity to shape the next generation of technology across these critical enterprise capabilities,applying AI-native and agentic approaches where they create meaningful value, while selecting the right technology and architecture for each problem.
You will lead engineering teams, technology platforms, and external technology partners to build secure, resilient, intelligent, and scalable solutions. Your portfolio will span custom-built products, AI-enabled capabilities, cloud platforms, and third-party SaaS solutions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Driving strategic initiatives and identifying emerging technology practices
- Building a strong product culture and ways of working
- Fostering a high-performing team environment
- Collaborating closely with teams across the enterprise, especially in Legal, Risk, Ethics, and Enterprise Security
- Operating in areas where trust, security, privacy, compliance, and responsible technology practices are paramount
- Helping teams innovate quickly while applying engineering rigor and controls
- Advocating and articulating Target's technology vision
- Creating enduring products that align with business outcomes
- Driving change and supporting critical business priorities
- Fostering a culture emphasizing agility, continuous improvement, rapid innovation, and calculated risk-taking
- Focusing on talent acquisition, development, and retention
- Building a diverse, high-performing team and championing a culture of collaboration, care, growth, and inclusion
Requirements:
- Four-year degree or equivalent experience
- 15+ years of related experience, including 5+ years in software engineering and 5+ years in leadership roles
- Demonstrated experience leading AI-native technology strategies and delivering AI-enabled products into production
- Strong business acumen with the ability to align technical strategies with overall business objectives
- Strong understanding of responsible AI engineering practices
- Proven ability to communicate complex technical solutions effectively to non-technical stakeholders
- Significant experience leading third-party technology ecosystems
- Experience in building and leading Agile teams that adopt modern CI/CD practices
- Experience managing global teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills