About Target: 

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, content, 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 Principal Product Designer within our Guest UX, you’ll be at the forefront of Target’s evolving digital experience, shaping it for our guests and contributing to business growth. You will build a best-in-class digital shopping experience for our guests on Target’s website, mobile web, and native apps. Your focus will include defining and implementing the strategy for our category-specific experience within our full-funnel digital experience, evolving the off and on-platform journey and experience architecture for our guests. 

We are looking for a seasoned design professional with a proven track record in delivering exceptional user-centered experiences within a dynamic retail environment. 

Responsibilities:

• Set UX strategy and vision for product experience across digital platforms – influencing investment, collaborations, and the balance of new vs. iteration 

• Skillfully lead and coordinate collaborative efforts among diverse cross-functional teams and engage effectively with senior-level stakeholders. 

• Navigate complexity and ambiguity while delivering impact for guests and the business  

• Hold design work to a high standard of craft, including accessibility, content, user research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design 

• Drive strategy for, and creation of, design deliverables representative of the design process phase – such as journey maps, wireframes, user flows, UI design and prototypes 

• Champion both qualitative and quantitative research methods in design decisions and rationale 

• Influence and advance a culture of human-centered practice within UX, product, and engineering teams 

• Support the development of junior product designers and contribute to advancing the broader practice of UX at Target. 

About you:  

• Experienced product designer with 10+ years of relevant product design work 

• Expert proficiency in UX and product design, coupled with adeptness in organizing, planning, and taking ownership of the design process. 

• You possess expert strategic problem-solving, systems thinking, and collaboration skills 

• Expert proficiency in product design and prototyping tools (i.e., Figma) 

• Proven ability to effectively use data and insights to set your direction and communicate your approach 

• Strong experience collaborating with and delivering presentations to executive leadership, employing effective storytelling techniques. 

• You are an expert in communicating how design connects to, serves, and improves the business