Principal Product Manager Data Platforms
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Brooklyn Park, MN - USA
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Job Summary
Pay is based on several factors which vary based on include labor markets and in some instancesmay include education work experience and 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 benefits for eligible team members include 401(k) employee discount short term disability long term disability paid sick leave paid national holidays and paid competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at us:
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About this role:
TheEnterpriseData Platform team has a unique role inpowering the enterprises data strategyincludingdataingestiongoverneddata products analyticsandAI.
As aPrincipalProduct Manager focused onour modernData Platformyou will beresponsiblefor setting and evolving the enterprise vision strategy and multi-year direction for the modern data ecosystem translating enterpriseand techpriorities into an integrateddataplatform strategy and investment roadmap.This includesensuring the platform provides the trusted scalable and governed foundationfor the enterprises AI and agenticstrategies.
You will serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders framing platform opportunities investment choices enterprise dependencies and key trade-offs to enable informed decision-making and orchestrate large-scale initiatives spanningnumerousupstream and downstreamteams.
You will partner with capability Product Managers to shape an integrated platform portfolio resolve cross-product priorities and trade-offs and ensure individual strategies and roadmaps collectively advance quarterly annual and multi-year platform outcomes.
As you drive enterprise platform outcomes you will:
Own the holistic modern data platform strategy and multi-year direction translating enterprise priorities into an integrated investment roadmap and securing alignment acrosssenior leaders platform teams and key stakeholders.
Represent the platform strategy with senior executives and enterprise stakeholders clearly communicating progress strategic choices risks dependencies investment needs and expected business outcomes through written narratives and executive forums.
Define andmaintainplatform-level measures of success connecting platform investments to adoption reliability developer and user experience cost efficiency speed to insight data trust and enterprise business value.
Lead continuous discovery across platform consumers business stakeholders engineering partners and the external market toidentifyenterprise needsvalidatestrategic assumptions and shape platform outcomes and investment priorities.
Orchestrate cross-functional strategy and roadmap alignment across platform teams and critical enterprise partners including infrastructure security architecture governance and AI resolving competing priorities and complex dependencies whenneeded.
Establish trusted strategic partnerships with leaders across data product management data governance data engineering data science analytics architecture and AI to shape shared priorities and drive enterprise-wide outcomes.
Mentor and coach Product Managers across the platform raising the quality of product strategy discovery prioritization outcome definition and executive communication while helping individuals maximize their impact.
Maintain an informed perspective on the evolving data analytics AI and agentic technology landscape;engage internal and external experts; and translate relevant developments into strategic recommendations investment decisions and adjustments to the platform strategy.
Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
About you:
You are an enterprise product strategist who canoperatebetween long-term vision complex technical considerations executive-level decisions and the practical realities ofplatformdelivery.
Youoperatewitha strong ownershipmindset and can workproactively toidentify address and rally teams around critical needs beforethey become issues. You can work independentlyand influenceothers throughout the organization without direct authority. Younaturallyempower product engineering andUXteams bycreatingclarity and focus for them tooperatein.You are a natural collaborator fostering great ideas through empowerment of the teams and team members around you.You balance urgency with sound judgment creating momentum while ensuring consequential platform decisions are grounded inclear evidence strategic context and long-term enterprise value.
Required qualifications
Four-year degree or equivalent experience
10 years of product management experience or equivalentstrategicleadershipexperience in platform engineering infrastructure site reliability engineering or data platforms
Demonstrated experience advising and influencing SeniorDirector VP or comparable executive-level stakeholders on strategy investments priorities and trade-offs.
Proven experience shaping enterprise technology strategy or leading transformation across multiple products capabilities or teams within a complex enterprise environment.
Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and align diverse stakeholders
Proventrack recordof building strong relationships withplatform consumers engineering teams andsenior leaders
Experience developing enterprise platform strategies that balance user needs technical sustainability security governance cost and business value.
Experience evaluating build buy partner and modernization decisions for enterprise data or technology platforms.
Experience defining and translating platform capabilities into enterprise outcomes andimpactmeasures including platform adoption value reliability cost-efficiency and developer-experience.
Working knowledge of data platforms including tools for data engineering data governanceanalyticsand AI tools.
Understanding of cloud-native data platforms (Google Cloud Microsoft Azure AWS Snowflake Databricks)distributed data systems analytics best practices data engineering best practices and data management/governance best practices
Familiarity with cost management capacity planning and operational excellence practices in large-scale data environments
Experience ordemonstratedaptitude with AI and agentic systems especially as it applies to dataanalysisand insights
Strong ability towork in an agilecollaborativeand matrixed environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Targets needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team members core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually 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. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.
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About Company
1234 employees
Target Corporation is an American retail corporation. The eighth-largest retailer in the United States, it is a component of the S&P 500 Index.
