Director, Issues & Campaign Management (hybrid in Minneapolis)

The pay range is $131,000.00 - $236,000.00

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.

Job Title: Director, Issues & Campaign Management

Classification: Exempt

Date: March 2025

About us:

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company 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.

In Corporate Affairs, you’ll have the opportunity to play a critical role in enhancing and protecting Target’s brand and enabling growth across the business. With the broad range of complementary capabilities in Communications, Enterprise Sustainability, Risk, Reputation Management, Government Affairs, and Community Impact, this team helps Target manage the needs and expectations of our team, guests, media, communities, elected officials, and other stakeholders.

As a team, we help the company prepare for, respond to and manage risks across the company. We act as internal advisors to business leaders and teams navigating a spectrum of risks.

As Director, Issues & Campaign Management, you will focus on the issues and opportunities that have the potential to impact Target’s business, team, guests and stakeholders and develop and deploy campaigns to mitigate risk and promote business goals. You will be an integral leader in the Reputation & Risk (R&R) program, which is the company’s central structure for preparing for potential reputation risks and responding to materialized risk events and will work with internal business partners from Corporate Affairs and across the enterprise.

We are looking for an experienced issues manager and leader who can translate the complex and evolving external environment and identify risks and opportunities for Target. Candidates should have experience developing and implementing programs and operating cross-functionally through strong relationships. The role requires strong communication skills, both oral and written, and an aptitude for facilitation and project management.

An ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to see the big picture and set strategy, while also adapting to the daily needs of the business and prioritizing tasks, often under pressure or time constraints.  

The Reputation & Risk team is a small, tight organization and we are looking for a resilient, flexible leader who demonstrates a commitment to collaboration, courageousness and curiosity, and importantly, has fun while doing it.

Job Overview: Dynamic and strategic leader to develop and deploy an issues management campaign program. This leader will focus on the issues and opportunities that have the potential to impact Target’s business, team, guests and stakeholders and develop and deploy campaigns to mitigate risk and promote business goals.

• Develop and lead an enterprise-wide program for issues-based campaigns, which includes those driven by internal and external factors.

• Create a programmatic approach to using data and insights to identify issue and activism trends and better prepare for risk developments.

• Lead complex project development and execution across the company in order to protect Target’s reputation and help support business goals.