Strategy Activation Lead
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. The Strategy Activation team plays a critical role in turning defined enterprise strategies into coordinated action. We work across leaders, teams, portfolios, and workstreams to create clarity, build alignment, accelerate progress, and help the enterprise move from strategic choice to measurable action.

As a Strategy Activation Lead, you will help bring Target's enterprise strategies to life by enabling the work required to move from choice to progress. You will partner with Enterprise Strategy, business leaders, and cross-functional teams to clarify priorities, shape activation plans, establish operating rhythms, and connect work across the enterprise.

As a Strategy Activation Lead, you will:

• Translate enterprise strategies into clear activation plans, including outcomes, workstreams, ownership, sequencing, governance, dependencies, and key decisions.
• Bring an objective enterprise perspective to clarify priorities, pressure-test choices, surface trade-offs, and align leaders on the path forward.
• Operate across multiple altitudes, connecting enterprise strategy, portfolio priorities, programs, workstreams, stakeholder groups, and decision forums.
• Facilitate cross-functional conversations and working sessions that create clarity, accountability, and momentum.
• Develop executive-ready materials that synthesize inputs, frame decisions, identify risks, and communicate recommendations clearly.
• Partner with business leaders and cross-functional teams to remove barriers, resolve ambiguity, and accelerate progress on enterprise priorities.
• Enable business teams to own and sustain the work by building clarity, capability, and alignment without creating dependency.

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

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.

5+ years of experience in strategy, strategic operations, enterprise planning, consulting, merchandising, supply chain, digital, or a related business field.

Strong strategic problem-solving skills, with the ability to structure ambiguous work, synthesize insights, and develop practical recommendations.

Experience leading or enabling cross-functional priorities, including activation planning, stakeholder alignment, governance, and decision-making.

Strong facilitation and executive-ready communication skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and guide productive discussion through ambiguity or tension.

Ability to operate across strategic and executional levels of detail, from enterprise priorities to workstream plans, dependencies, and decisions.

Proven ability to influence without authority, build trusted relationships, and connect ideas across teams.

Comfort working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where priorities evolve and the path forward is not always clear.

Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to use data, structure, and storytelling to inform decisions.

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location (3 days/week) 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.