The pay range is $163,000.00 - $294,000.00

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.

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.

Target’s Global UX team is a group of design, research, and accessibility practitioners and experts, with a passion for improving and innovating our digital experiences for Target’s guests, team members, and partners. Here, we pride ourselves on designing tangible, inspiring, and impactful solutions that serve all aspects of our business– and being a part of the team means you will play a critical role for Target’s digital experience by increasing ease, simplicity, value, and delight for every touchpoint.  

About the role:  

As a Director of UX for the Loyalty team you’ll serve a group of about 7 designers and design managers responsible for Target’s Loyalty programs and financial products, including Circle, Circle Card, and Circle 360 memberships. 

Success for this leader requires the ability to understand Target’s priorities and partner with a broad set of stakeholders to establish design & experience direction. Day to day you’ll ensure your teams have what they need to thrive and deliver great work. This includes operating routines, insights, design direction, partner awareness, and a collaborative and inclusive culture. 

You will build trust and proactively partner with UX, Product, Tech & Business stakeholders to set the stage for your team to achieve exceptional outcomes. You are curious, ask questions, and are driven to connect the dots. As an experienced practitioner within complex, highly matrixed organizations, you will seek to co-create strategies with cross-functional partners and believe we are better building on each other’s strengths, while ensuring your team delivers high quality craft with efficiency and speed. You are adept at using data to articulate your rationale, are a clear communicator, can explain recommendations with authority and openness, and are comfortable advocating for design with partners and leaders. You have a demonstrated ability to build relationships and create impact through multiple levels of leadership including other Directors, Sr. Directors, and VPs and can maintain both drive and patience throughout the journey. 

As an experienced leader of people, you will coach, mentor, and guide a team of people leaders and ICs, helping them to grow and develop new skills, while increasing trust, transparency, and engagement. You have a demonstrated ability to strengthen both your own team and the overall UX organization and can thoughtfully scale your team with the right structures, roles, and responsibilities. You are comfortable leading through change and ambiguity and building a community of practice in a remote world. 

Responsibilities:  

Lead with deep expertise in the Loyalty and membership space, product knowledge, and strategy

Oversee all experiences within a defined product area and collaborate with other groups for seamless experiences

Partner with cross-functional leaders to create the product roadmap in alignment with group and company priorities

Grow the teams ability to create high-quality, accessible, usable experiences that push Target forward

Evolve the organization composition, assembling teams to successfully deliver on cross-area missions

Support the growth of UX managers on the team through 1:1s, performance management, and other resources

About you:  

10+ years of experience in UX/digital product design with a strong understanding of the craft of design

Foundational understanding of digital retail businesses

5+ years of experience in people leadership with demonstrated experience in hiring, leading, and coaching high performing, cross-geography or remote teams. Experience managing teams of 15 or more a plus

Experience working in large, matrixed, global or multi-national organizations a plus

Ability to balance short-term and long-term thinking while raising quality and team performance

Proactively identify and resolve issues that may impair the team from meeting strategic, business, or financial goals

Strong data-driven visual, verbal, and written story-telling skills with ability to bring partners along

Experience successfully managing many stakeholders through all phases of the design process

This position may be considered for a Remote or Hybrid (known internally at Target as Flex for Your Day) work arrangement based on Targets needs.  A Remote work arrangement means the team member works full-time from home or an alternate location thats 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 members 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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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com.

Application deadline is : 04/04/2025