Senior Design Strategic, Essentials and Beauty

The 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.

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A team within our Essentials & Beauty business leading trend forecasting and driving bold strategies across categories and the enterprise. We seek diverse skill sets and experiences to create compelling and differentiated strategies that shape future business, brand, and product vision, connect to enterprise strategic initiatives, and uncover new opportunities for long-term growth.

As a Sr. Design Strategist in Essentials & Beauty you will lead and navigate work building concepts and developing strategic vision across a multitude of areas, such as team capabilities, strategic initiatives, process and roadmaps, and synthesizing data and research through clear, compelling methods. You will be a part of a team of highly collaborative and creative strategic thinkers who bring to life a unique vision.

This will be accomplished by problem solving with partners, building unique frameworks, driving deep research to provoke innovation and potential– especially in support of growth and differentiation. Your collaboration with partners across our teams will result in identifying opportunities and bringing the ideas and strategy to life.

You will be accountable for executing compelling vision, building strong partnerships and working as a team to identify the greatest potential within our businesses. This will be accomplished through:

• Lead synthesis and analysis of diverse and complex information intoaclear visionorconceptusingmultiple sources of input(trendforecasting,insight collection,data analysis) andframing opportunities in a way that isinspirational to teams and tangible to businesses.

• Exceptional visual design and storytelling skills, translating strategic concepts into compelling, polished outputs that bring ideas to life and drive clarity and alignment across stakeholders

• Strong ability toidentifyopportunitiesfor growth for business advancementshown in a clear and compelling presentation

• Ability to drive deepindustryresearch across categories;able to forecast category, brand,businessor guest segment trendsto advance long-term strategic efforts.

• Willingness to experiment withnew approaches, build innovative frameworks and challenge ways of working to advance strategic goals and vision

• Buildtrustedrelationshipsandcollaborate with partners acrossskillsets and teams

• Coordinate and collaborate effectively with partners across product categories, brands, and merchandising to maximize strategic impact of work

• Influence leadership discussions and navigate conversations with teams,partners and leaders to advance strategic vision.

• Leverageownexperience andknowledgebringinga new and fresh perspective on creative and critical thinking.

• A mentor to team members fostering inclusion, engaging in positive teamcultureand modeling collaboration

• Lead with curiosity—continuously exploring trends, culture, design, emerging technologies, and new ways of thinking to inspire fresh ideas, challenge assumptions, and elevate creative outcomes

• Consistently engages,inspiresand builds trust with team and partners

• Consistent champion of Target values of…