Lead Program Manager

Target Brands, Inc.

$95K — $171K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Strategy, Program Management, or related field
  • 4+ years of experience in strategy implementation and transformation projects
  • Experience managing complex, strategic work
  • Proficiency in program management execution including governance routines
  • Strong relationship management skills across cross-functional teams
  • Excellent facilitation and problem-solving abilities
  • Resilience and flexibility in managing competing priorities

Responsibilities

  • Lead the translation of programs and initiatives into charters and roadmaps
  • Collaborate across departments to manage stakeholders and create clear direction
  • Establish program management practices to enhance planning and risk mitigation
  • Utilize professional program management frameworks and tools for consistency
  • Cultivate a positive and connected team culture

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, vision, and dental
  • 401(k) savings plan
  • Employee discount program
  • Paid sick leave and vacation
  • Paid national holidays
  • Short and long-term disability coverage
  • Flexible work arrangements including remote or hybrid options
Full Job Description
The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00

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 .

As a Lead Program Manager, you’ll lead the successful execution of key programs and initiatives. In this role, you will:

  • Lead program and initiative translation into charters, road mapping and project planning while ensuring connections back to objectives and key results (OKRs), including cross dependencies and visibility to conflicting priorities and tradeoffs

  • Partner across S&E, inclusive of portfolio, product, data analytics, change management and communications, as well as across TES and the enterprise to manage key stakeholders and create shared direction and clear accountabilities

  • Establish program management practices including cross functional and leader routines that improve prioritization, planning, risk mitigation, visibility and decision-making for complex, cross functional initiatives

  • Leverage program management professional practices, frameworks and tools.  Foster consistency, clarity, and rigor in program expectations, processes, analyses, and problem solving

  • Promote a strong, trusting, positive and connected team culture

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

About you:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Strategy, Program Management or a related field

  • 4+ years of experience in strategy implementation, large-scale enterprise initiatives and transformation projects, or relevant experience

  • Experience managing ambiguous, complex, strategic work at varying levels of details and time horizons

  • Experience with program management execution, inclusive of developing and running governance routines, driving risk and decision management, and ability to ensure accountability across leaders and business partners

  • Excellent relationship management, ensuing strong working relationships with cross functional teams and leaders while influencing and supporting change management

  • Strong facilitation, problem-solving, synthesizing, and driving to solutions, including influencing without authority

  • Strong resilience, curiosity and flexibility to work through conflict, setbacks and competing priorities

  • Excellent written, oral, communication, networking, and presentation skills, including ability to distill complex topics into clear storytelling and executive updates

This position may be considered for a Remote or Hybrid (known internally at Target as "Flex for Your Day") work arrangement based on Target's needs.  A Remote work arrangement means the team member works full-time from home or an alternate location that's not a Target location, does not have a desk at a Target location and may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year.  A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role may be performed either remote or onsite at a Target location depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target.

Benefits Eligibility

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Application deadline is : 09/04/2026

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