Director Technology

About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

As a Director Technology, you will be responsible for leading the FOCUS AREA teams. You and your teams will be responsible for the design and development of the FOCUS AREA. You will lead creation of strategies, identify new technology practices and tools and create the right team dynamic to drive Target’s goals. You will be responsible for developing and fostering key stakeholder relationships and frequent, communication with the stakeholders and all other individuals for the areas of responsibility and focus.

Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals.  As a Director of Technology, you’ll lead the FOCUS AREA organization by understanding, advocating and communicating company objectives, vision and strategy to team members and senior management. You will lead teams through changes required to support business priorities and help innovate, lead and initiate new development processes, technology and capabilities – fostering a culture of agility, speed to market, continuous improvement, calculated risk-taking and innovation in development and operations. You’ll manage global teams and act as a change agent to enable, empower and inspire technology teams to collaboratively create solutions to drive Target’s growth while assisting the senior leadership in managing FOCUS AREA financials.

Ensuring that technology is healthy, scalable and robust by influencing the technology direction and introducing techniques will be critical. Deep understanding of current architecture and vision for technology solutions is required. Owning root cause analysis and forward planning of all non-functional issues of the platform and keeping abreast of technology trends and advances in your FOCUS AREA will be important. You will build strong internal/external partnerships and taking responsibility for managing key technology vendors and external partners.

You’ll also set staffing needs that are aligned with business objectives and provide leadership, coaching, motivation and assistance to managers and team members in order to develop them in their career. You will ensure teamwork and high performance, while driving a culture of engineering that helps attract and retain talent with passion for diversity.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of related experience; 5+ years of experience software engineering or reliability engineering and 5+ years in leadership roles
• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education
• Deep understanding of ADD TECH RELEVANT TO FOCUS AREA
• Strong business acumen, ability to connect technical direction to business strategy and goals
• Ability to convey technical solutions clearly beyond immediate team
• Proven technology leadership experience within a complex, high-transaction business environment
• Proven experience leading corporate IT teams and success in building high performing teams
• Experience building and leading Agile teams that have adopted modern CI/CD practices and have hosted workloads in the external or private cloud environments
• Experience in managing global teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for communicating effectively at the highest levels of management
• Experience managing budgets, expense/capital planning