Data Governance Program Lead

The pay range is $89,700.00 - $161,500.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. 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. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

JOIN TARGET AS A DATA GOVERNANCE PROGRAM LEAD

About Us:
As a Fortune 50 company with more than 350,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. 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.

We prioritize relationships, develop talent by creating growth opportunities and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together. Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses Target.com, they experience the impact of Target’s investments in technology and innovation. We’re the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities. 

Join our global in-house technology team of more than 4,000 engineers, data scientists, architects, coaches, and product managers striving to make Target the most convenient, safe and joyful place to shop. We use agile practices and leverage open-source software to adapt and build best-in-class technology for our team members and guests—and we do so with a focus on diversity and inclusion, experimentation, and continuous learning.

As a Data Governance Program Lead, you serve as the anchor in enterprise-reaching initiatives.  You are responsible for defining outcomes and key results for data management. You will engage senior leaders to ensure alignment to program outcomes and priorities; develop a keen understanding of the problems, opportunities, and user impacts; design capabilities in partnership with product, technology, and compliance partners; and will drive the change management necessary to achieve sustainable results.  You establish timebound key results that align with program outcomes, partner with product and compliance partners to align priorities, create and maintain delivery plans accounting for and managing product dependencies. You identify and manage program risks and develop mitigation plans. You develop and own communication plans, and monitor, track and report the health of the program to the stakeholders. You provide regular updates on the program to leadership and serve
as a single point of contact for any emergent changes to the scope and size of the program.

Area of focus:  Certified Analytical Data provides trusted, enterprise managed analytical and historical data that fuels informed decisions, innovation, and growth. As the Data Governance Program Lead you will deliver a comprehensive program that evolves certification standards to keep pace with the growing and changing demands for analytical data and drives the change management required to achieve sustainable results.

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

About You:

• 4-year degree in Product, Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience
• 5 plus years’ experience in technology engineering industry or technical program management
• Demonstrated understanding of database and data movement technologies and large scale architecture
• 2 plus years’ experience in working with Agile Methodologies
• Experience in delivering large projects with cross functional deliverables
• Experience in driving change management necessary for delivering capabilities with broad organizational impact

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at