Enterprise Risk Critical Activation Lead

## Enterprise Risk Critical Activation Lead Apply:
1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis,MN :
Full time:
Posted Today:
RThe pay range is $95,000.00 - $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
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* Job Title:

Enterprise Risk Critical Activation Lead
**** Classification:
Exempt
**** Date:
September 2026
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* 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.  To match the signature style and passion of Target’s distinctive retail brand, Target Legal Affairs is a dynamic and deeply knowledgeable team of experts. Whether specializing in law, government affairs, risk, compliance, ethics, security or food safety, we use our expertise and influence to advocate for Target, support Target’s business, and mitigate risk for the company.

We work with both internal and external entities on key issues that affect Target’s ability to productively, ethically, and securely conduct business. Through our understanding of Target’s business models and operations, we help facilitate Target’s growth, and provide guidance that leaders rely on to make sound, well-informed decisions. Simultaneously, we help protect the business by applying our comprehensive understanding of risk and the law on issues that impact our brand, guests, team members, stores, distribution centers, and corporate locations.

Here, you’ll enjoy working autonomously with a healthy work-life balance. Your passion for learning the business, collaborating with others and building relationships with senior leaders and key business partners that you support will be essential to tackling the ever-changing legal and risk-based challenges we face in a dynamic and fast-paced retail environment.

Target is strengthening its enterprise-wide critical activation and crisis response capabilities to meet increasing complexity and scale. In this role you will lead and coordinate the enterprise’s response to critical activation events — including reputation, cyber, infrastructure and security incidents — serving as a key connector between business leaders, functional teams and enterprise risk leadership during high-stakes, time-sensitive situations.

As Enterprise Risk Critical Activation Lead, you will:
* Respond to critical escalations across the enterprise, this includes a component of an on call style support model to ensure coverage outside of core HQ hours
* Lead end-to-end critical activation response across the enterprise for reputation, cyber, infrastructure and security risk events, coordinating cross-functional teams from initial alert through resolution and after-action review
* Serve as a central coordination point during activations, driving alignment and rapid decision-making across a wide range of internal teams including Security, Technology, Communications, Legal, HR and business operations
* Develop and maintain activation playbooks, escalation protocols and response frameworks to…