Sr. Human Resources Manager - Merchandising, Technology, Marketing

Target Target · Retail · Minneapolis, MN

This role is for a Sr. Human Resources Manager at Target, focusing on Merchandising, Technology, and Marketing. The manager will act as a strategic partner to leadership, translating business strategy into people outcomes, guiding talent and organizational decisions using data and insights, and strengthening leadership effectiveness and team culture. A key aspect of the role involves helping to shape the future of work by redesigning roles and workflows, integrating human and technology-enabled capabilities, and building digital and AI fluency among leaders and teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as a strategic partner to leadership—connecting business strategy to people outcomes to drive performance, growth, and organizational health.
  2. Partner closely with leaders to translate business priorities into workforce strategies, ensuring teams have the talent, leadership, structure, and culture needed to deliver results.
  3. Leverage data and insights to guide talent and organizational decisions, strengthen leadership effectiveness and team culture, and design organizations that operate with clarity and accountability.
  4. Play a critical role in leading and supporting change—advising leaders, engaging key stakeholders, and ensuring adoption of initiatives that move the business forward.
  5. Help shape the future of work by partnering with leaders to redesign roles and workflows, integrating human and technology-enabled capabilities to improve performance.

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR Generalist, HRBP or HR COE roles
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with leaders and influence decisions
  • Experience translating business needs into talent or people-related actions
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and operate in a matrixed environment
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to engage multiple levels of the organization
  • Proven ability to build trust and credibility with stakeholders
  • Demonstrated learning agility

What the JD emphasized

  • building digital and AI fluency across leaders and teams
  • driving adoption of new tools and ways of working