L5 Project Manager – Product Operations

Job Description

Project Manager – Home and FUN101 | Target

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Target, located in Downtown MN campus in Minnesota, USA, requiring 4 days/week in office. Target is a leading retailer and a beloved brand, known for its industry-leading Owned Brand organization that creates stylish new favorites for guests. This role is essential for driving all phases of Owned Brand product creation, ensuring that products align with business objectives and meet guest expectations. Your work will directly influence the style, quality, and value of Target’s exclusive brands.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full Time
• Location: In-person, Minnesota, USA
• Pay: $73,000.00–$132,000.00 yearly
• Team: Product Operations team within Owned Brands, comprised of project managers, sourcing managers, and technical development team members.
• Mission: Own and drive all phases of Owned Brand product creation, from project kick-off through results analysis, ensuring products meet guest expectations and business objectives.
• Tech Stack: Project Management systems & tools

What You’ll Actually Do
• Project Planning: Create and manage end-to-end project plans and timing to support product and packaging creation, ensuring efficiencies and guest needs are met.
• Resource Management: Oversee and facilitate resource alignment and scoping with stakeholders to achieve project outcomes, tracking changes and applying learnings to future projects.
• Process Facilitation: Lead cross-functional teams through the Owned Brand product and packaging creation process, including phase and stage-gate management.
• Risk Mitigation: Identify, track, and facilitate risk mitigation plans by anticipating potential roadblocks and understanding implications to escalate as appropriate.
• Performance Analysis: Conduct post-launch project evaluations and leverage analytics, reporting, and hindsight to enhance future stage-gate and project plans.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree. Manages smaller departments and/or product categories, potentially leading smaller initiatives beyond normal responsibilities.
• Experience: 4+ years of Project Management experience or experience running structured, well-coordinated approaches to projects.
• Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication, strong organizational skills, keen attention to detail, high sense of urgency, proactive planning, ability to work in a collaborative team environment, strong interpersonal skills, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Bonus: Understanding of product development, capable of leading teams through change, and knowledge of Project Management systems & tools.