Director Product Management - Developer Platform

Target Target · Retail · NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park, MN

Lead the Developer Platform product management team at Target, shaping the strategy and roadmap for the internal developer ecosystem, cloud, and compute platforms. Own products that power how engineers build, deploy, and operate software at scale, focusing on developer experience, self-service capabilities, runtime environments, and cloud infrastructure. Drive improvements in productivity, adoption, reliability, and governance, with a key focus on simplifying interactions through intuitive, self-service experiences and AI-powered automation. Evolve platform capabilities to support modern engineering practices, accelerate delivery, and enable intelligent, resilient systems. This role requires deep partnership across various technical and business teams and involves building, coaching, and mentoring a team of product managers.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the Developer Platform product management team, shaping the strategy and roadmap for Target’s internal developer ecosystem and cloud and compute platforms.
  2. Own products that power how engineers build, deploy, and operate software at scale, including developer experience, self-service platform capabilities, application runtime environments, and cloud and compute infrastructure.
  3. Drive improvements in developer productivity, platform adoption, reliability, scalability, and governance, while enabling teams to seamlessly build and run applications across environments.
  4. Set the overall strategic vision for your product space and product team, are accountable for succeeding against identified business outcomes and metrics, will set and manage the product’s budget and financials, set the short and long-term product goals, and quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
  5. Accountable for building, coaching, and mentoring a strong team of product managers while also building a strong team culture of progress, transparency, and efficiency across product teams.

Skills

Required

  • 4-year college degree (or equivalent experience)
  • 10+ years of product management experience, including significant experience leading platform, infrastructure, or developer product teams
  • Experience owning strategy and outcomes for internal platforms such as developer tooling, cloud platforms, CI/CD, observability, or enterprise infrastructure products
  • Experience leading, coaching, and developing product teams while fostering a culture of transparency, accountability, and enterprise collaboration
  • Expert in agile product development (e.g., discovery, user stories, iterative development) with experience shaping complex, multi-pyramid initiatives
  • Strategic mindset and bias for action with a strong ability to define OKRs, drive measurable outcomes, and lead data-informed product discovery and delivery
  • Experience delivering AI-powered platform capabilities, intelligent automation, or developer productivity solutions
  • Strong ability to build relationships and align teams across Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Product Engineering, UX, Data, and Technology partners

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-powered automation
  • intelligent systems
  • AI-powered platform capabilities