Strategic Intelligence Lead

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Strategic Intelligence & Insights is Targets hub for macroeconomic retail-industry and competitive intelligence. We deliver forward-looking insights grounded in rigorous analysis and clear storytelling to inform Targets corporate strategy planning and portfolio decisions. Our work supports senior executives and the Board and we partner closely with teams across Strategy Finance Insights and the broader enterprise.

As a Strategic Intelligence Lead you will own competitive intelligence for a set of core competitors and help leaders anticipate competitor moves and market shifts. You will build repeatable research routines maintain a robust data toolkit and translate complex findings into concise decision-ready narratives. You will develop relationships and partner directly with strategy insights finance and functional teams to translate intelligence into recommendations predictive indicators and decision support.

What Youll Do:

• Act as a trusted expert influencing peers senior leaders and the enterprise strategy
• Build and maintain a learning plan and recurring routines to deliver proactive competitor insights aligned to Targets strategic priorities.
• Extract and synthesize competitive signals from financial results disclosures investor communications and investment strategies.
• Own and evolve a qualitative and quantitative toolkit (datasets research sources and analytical frameworks) and translate findings into actionable narratives.
• Develop forward-looking indicators to continuously monitor competitor dynamics and surface implications risks and opportunities.
• Lead high-visibility projects and manage cross-functional collaboration to deliver executive- and Board-ready outputs.
• Communicate insights through concise written products and compelling presentations tailor depth framing and recommendations to the audience.
• Connect intelligence sources across the enterprise to improve visibility coordination and knowledge sharing.
• Coach junior team members test new technologies and methodologies and actively contribute to strengthening our intelligence and insights capabilities.

Key Relationships:

• Reports to the Director of Strategic Intelligence and Consumer Insights; collaborates closely with the Strategic Intelligence & Insights team.
• Partners with Strategy Development Strategic Planning Finance and Insights functions across the organization.
• Engages leaders and teams in Merchandising Supply Chain Management Operations Marketing Digital Roundel Loyalty Stores Risk and other functions.

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

About You:

• Bachelors degree in finance accounting economics or a related field.
• Graduate degree (MBA MS or similar).
• 5 years of experience in the investment industry finance corporate development venture capital private equity or similar roles.
• Experience with financial statement analysis forecasting financial modeling and retailer KPIs.
• Experience in or strong understanding of retail or CPG and competitive intelligence.
• Experience using AI-enabled and visualization tools to research structure analyze and communicate insights.
• Experience analyzing syndicated and panel data from multiple sources.
• Strong analytical and conceptual problem-solving skills grounded in quantitative analysis.
• Ability to incorporate qualitative insights into holistic narratives.
• Proven ability to lead strategic projects while managing team partner and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear actionable recommendations for senior leaders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to craft compelling business stories with data.
• High curiosity and learning agility; comfortable driving results in ambiguous fast-changing environments.

Benefits Eligibility

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