The pay range is $125,600.00 - $226,100.00

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.

ALL ABOUT ASSETS PROTECTION

Assets Protection (AP) teams' function to keep our guests, team and brand safe and secure and lead through crisis events. They protect profitable sales by mitigating shortage risks, preventing, investigating, and resolving theft and fraud to ensure products are available for our guest.

The Director of Asset Protection Data Analytics will lead a team of analysts and product owners who work across product, engineering, operations, and strategy teams to deliver insights, analysis, and reporting to support various critical functions at Headquarters (HQ), Supply Chain and in Stores.  You will be working in a dynamic and challenging environment where new technologies are deployed constantly, and processes are evolving quickly as these operations mature.

About the Job:

The Target Data Analytics team creates metrics, models, and data products to sustainably educate and enable our business partners to make great data-based decisions.  We help develop the technology that personalizes the guest experience, from business operations to relevant guest experience. 

A role within our Data Analytics group means being a part of the team that enables faster, smarter, and more scalable decision-making to compete and win the modern retail market! Here, you will leverage data, statistics, and visualization to create actionable insights that deliver value across all Target functions.  Our savvy reporting and analytics pros use market-leading tools and data automation to make a positive impact that is felt across the business.

As a Director of Data Analytics, you will take the lead as you:

• Work with AP and Stores Operations partners to define a problem, find the requisite data and propose solutions based on data analysis
• Understand and anticipate problems and move to solve them quickly
• Create and automate reporting and insights at scale that informs and influences business decisions
• Democratize data and insights as you strive to deliver self-service tools to your partners and enable them to make better decisions quicker
• Provide thought leadership in how we measure a business area through the application of insights, analysis, and derivation of reporting functionality
• Incorporate data-based approaches to hold products and businesses accountable for results against goals and objectives
• Effectively communicate and educate business leaders by leveraging data analysis, insights, testing and measurement
• Influence business leaders, peers, and technology partners to mature data foundations, analytics capabilities and mathematical applications that drive the business

About You:

• Bachelor's degree in applied mathematics, Statistics, Economics or other related quantitative field
• 7+ years of experience developing Business Intelligence (BI), Data Science solutions including analysis, design, testing and report development
• Ability to work and lead an agile, engaged, and effective team
• Influential - able to engage and negotiate with business leaders and teams
• Inquisitive on BI and Big Data technology – current on tools utilized in Data Science and Analytics
• Good understanding of data structures and the design of algorithms
• Good understanding of mathematical concepts and ability to grasp complex mathematics
• Ability to perform work in-person and travel as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS in Applied Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Economics or other related quantitative field
• Experience with data warehousing (relational and non-relation structures) and data visualization tools
• Experience leading projects involving complex analytics requirements, a variety of business stakeholders, and a team of analytics and product professionals with a variety of skills
• Strong analytical skills including model development, hypothesis design and testing, and the ability to teach analytical concepts to others
• Proven track record of learning new tools and technologies
• Experience developing future leaders in a data rich environment

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.