Sr Engineering Manager - Workforce Management

Senior Engineering Manager

The pay range is $ - $. 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.

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About Target Tech:

Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses , they experience the impact of Target's investments in technology and innovation. We're the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities.

About Pyramid :

Human Resources is a portfolio within Target Tech that powers the full team member lifecycle—from hire to retire. HR Product Engineering designs and delivers modern, scalable technology that supports experiences across Workforce Management, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Enterprise Staffing, Team Member Experience, Strategic Workforce Planning. Our teams partner closely with HR business leaders to solve complex challenges through automation, data insights, and user-centric digital solutions that serve 400,000+ team members across stores, supply chain, and headquarters.

About Team :

As part of Target's Workforce Management portfolio, this team delivers enterprise-scale solutions that power timekeeping, forecasting, and scheduling for more than 400,000 hourly team members. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead product teams focused on implementing and extending UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) Workforce Management capabilities, including forecasting, scheduling, and core timekeeping.

In parallel, the team builds strategic extensions beyond the UKG platform to meet Target's scale and experience needs. This includes internally developed solutions such as Smart Clocks, a custom, open-source-based time capture platform designed for high-volume, real-time store operations. The team combines UKG capabilities with custom engineering, including Java and Spring Boot services, to enable seamless integrations, enhance user experiences, and deliver differentiated capabilities.

This leader will help shape architectural direction, ensure interoperability across systems such as Workday, and contribute to a modern, decoupled workforce management ecosystem.

About SEM :

The Sr. Engineering Manager (SEM) leads a team of engineers responsible for building, integrating, and operating Workforce Management solutions that support critical functions such as time capture, labor forecasting, and workforce scheduling. This includes ownership of both UKG platform capabilities and custom-built extensions, such as Smart Clocks and supporting services, to deliver a cohesive and scalable end-to-end solution. This role operates in close partnership with other engineering leaders across the Workforce Management domain, collectively delivering integrated, end-to-end solutions at enterprise scale.

This role operates within a broader, ongoing modernization of Target's Workforce Management platform and ecosystem. The SEM is expected to deliver scalable, well-integrated solutions aligned with evolving architectural direction. Success in this role requires balancing UKG platform capabilities with targeted open-source development, exercising strong technical judgment on where to extend versus adopt, and delivering reliably in a complex, highly integrated environment.

The SEM partners closely with Product, HR stakeholders, and vendor teams, and represents the team in…