Lead Consultant

The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00

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Lead Consultant, Enterprise Risk – External Risk Monitoring

Classification: Exempt

Date: August 2026

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 and beloved retail brand, Target Legal Affairs is a dynamic and deeply knowledgeable team of legal professionals, each with valuable expertise from several disciplines. Whether specializing in government affairs, policy, risk management, regulatory compliance, ethics or employee and labor relations, this team advocates for Target and its business plans in communities across the nation and works across the entire company to provide internal clients with cohesive guidance. We are committed to being internal experts to both internal and external entities on key issues that affect Target’s ability to productively, ethically and securely do business. We are committed to being internal experts to both internal and external entities on key issues that affect Target’s ability to productively, ethically and securely do 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 appropriate, 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 and building relationships with the senior leaders and key business partners that you support will be key to tackling the ever-changing challenges we face in a dynamic and fast-paced retail landscape.

A role in Enterprise Risk Governance means creating effective and scalable governance processes, monitoring frameworks, and assurance routines that enable business and compliance program owners to identify, monitor, test, and mitigate risks. The team drives enterprise visibility, strengthens control effectiveness, and supports executive and Board-level oversight through structured governance and data-driven reporting. You will build valuable relationships and make a meaningful impact as you coordinate critical resources across teams in a complex and fast-paced retail environment.

As a Lead Consultant, External Risk Monitoring, you will:

• Lead cross-functional development of enterprise risk and control monitoring standards that strengthen governance and visibility into emerging risks.

• Partner with risk owners and intelligence partners to convert external risk signals into structured, monitorable data and practical indicators that inform risk assessments and governance priorities.

• Develop and implement monitoring procedures and routines to identify, assess and track external developments across multiple business areas and compliance domains.

• Identify monitoring gaps, data limitations, and unmonitorable controls; establish compensating testing or validation strategies to ensure coverage of key risks.

• Enhance traceability between external risk signals, risks, risk drivers, controls and monitoring metrics within Risk Cloud to improve transparency and reporting accuracy.

• Develop a strong understanding of regulatory expectations, industry trends, and emerging risks to inform monitoring strategies and governance priorities.

• Influence compliance program leaders and key enterprise stakeholders regarding monitoring solutions, implementation strategies, and maturity expectations.

• Lead complex analysis of external risk data, trends, and risk indicators to identify emerging issues and drive risk-based mitigation strategies.

• Establish trusted relationships with risk owners and enterprise intelligence partners to support consistent external risk monitoring and continuous improvement actions.

• Collaborate with Technology, Data and enterprise intelligence partners to improve external risk data quality, structure intelligence inputs and support scalable dashboards, analytics and RiskCloud capabilities.

• Support risk governance by defining risk driver metrics, escalation triggers, and executive-ready reporting insights.

• Consistently demonstrate behaviors aligned to Target’s values of Inclusivity, Connection, and Drive.

• Other duties as assigned.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Risk Management, Compliance, or related area of study, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 5+ years of relevant work experience supporting risk management, compliance, regulatory intelligence, strategic intelligence or related governance frameworks and processes.

• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives that impact multiple compliance programs or business units.

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder collaboration skills with the ability to facilitate meetings, resolve conflict, build consensus, and influence without direct authority.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to synthesize external information, identify emerging risks and patterns, and translate complex information into actionable risk insights.

• Effective communication skills with the ability to create transparency, confidence, and influence across all levels of Target team members.

• Ability to design and implement external monitoring routines, structured data approaches and governance processes that scale across a federated risk environment.

• Ability to plan, execute, monitor, and close projects to meet specific objectives in response to ambiguous, changing, or competing priorities.

• Ability to work autonomously and manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining appropriate prioritization and adherence to deadlines.

• Ability to apply discretion and sensitivity while working with confidential information.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience implementing or optimizing governance, risk, and compliance technology platforms, including tools used to capture and connect external risk information.

• Experience with external risk monitoring, regulatory or enforcement intelligence, horizon scanning or emerging risk identification.

• Experience developing structured risk taxonomies, dashboards, metrics or data-driven reporting solutions.

• Knowledge of risk management systems, regulatory expectations, and maturity models.

• Experience in retail operations or other complex, consumer-facing industries.

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota. 

Benefits Eligibility

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