{"id":1171646,"url":"https://alion.io/job/target-director-of-product-management","title":"Director of Product Management","company":{"id":3684,"name":"Target","domain":"target.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/target","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":209,"ghost_share":0.024,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0.048,"time_to_fill_p50_days":9,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Bengaluru, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":30000,"max_usd":62000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":2106},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Recommender Systems","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-24T07:57:49Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T19:37:44Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Director, Product Management - Core Data and Decision Intelligence\nTarget in India | L7\nAbout Us\nAs a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America’s leading retailers.\nWorking at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together.\nTarget is investing in the next generation of intelligent store experiences that connect operational, digital and physical environments to create smarter outcomes for guests, team members and the business.\nOur Core Intelligence Product teams are building the foundational capabilities that enable Target’s stores to understand what is happening, anticipate what matters, recommend the right actions, and continuously learn from outcomes.\nAbout the Job - Director, Product Management, Core Data and Decision Intelligence\nAs Director of Product Management for Core Intelligence, you will help define and build the intelligence foundation powering the future of Target’s store operations and experiences.\nYou will lead a portfolio of highly technical products that bring together signals from operational systems, store environments and enterprise platforms; transform those signals into trusted context; and use data science, AI and intelligent systems to generate actionable recommendations at scale.\nYour work will enable Target to move beyond static rules and fragmented signals toward context-aware, continuously learning intelligence that can power multiple Store products, workflows and experiences.\nBased in Target in India, you will lead Product Managers and partner deeply with Engineering, Data Science, AI/ML, UX, Store Operations and experience Product teams to identify high-value problems, develop reusable intelligence capabilities and translate technology investments into measurable outcomes for Target’s stores.\nIntelligence Product Vision & Strategy\nDefine and execute the product vision and strategy for a portfolio of foundational Core Intelligence capabilities. \nShape how operational and physical signals are transformed into trusted context, insights and recommendations that power Store experiences. \nBuild scalable, reusable intelligence capabilities that can serve multiple products, workflows and operational domains. \nIdentify opportunities to apply AI/ML, predictive intelligence, recommendation systems, simulation and emerging technologies to solve complex Store problems. \nTranslate enterprise and Stores priorities into clear product strategies, investment choices, roadmaps and measurable outcomes. \nBalance near-term business value with development of durable intelligence capabilities that can scale across Target. \nProduct Discovery & Intelligence Capability Development\nDevelop a deep understanding of Target’s store operating environment and identify opportunities where intelligence can meaningfully improve decisions and experiences. \nEstablish strong discovery mechanisms across Product, Engineering, Data Science, UX and Operations to move from problems to hypotheses, experiments and scalable solutions. \nDrive rapid experimentation, simulation and learning to validate opportunities before scaling investments. \nBuild feedback loops that allow intelligence capabilities to learn from outcomes and improve over time. \nEnsure intelligence products are designed for trust, explainability, interoperability, scalability and long-term extensibility. \nProduct & Organizational Leadership\nLead and develop Product Managers across a portfolio of highly technical intelligence products. \nCreate clear product ownership, accountability, success metrics and decision rights across the portfolio. \nBuild a strong Product organization in Target in India with deep technical, strategic and business acumen. \nCoach Product Managers to lead through customer problems, discovery, evidence and outcomes rather than requirements and delivery. \nFoster a culture of experimentation, curiosity, ownership and continuous learning. \nEstablish product operating mechanisms that enable empowered teams while maintaining alignment across a complex ecosystem. \nCross-Functional Leadership & Influence\nBuild strong partnerships across Engineering, Data Science, AI/ML, UX, Store Operations and experience Product teams. \nInfluence senior leaders and partners across geographies without relying on direct authority. \nTranslate complex technical and intelligence concepts into clear product and business narratives. \nNavigate ambiguity and competing priorities to create alignment around strategic investments. \nHelp establish clear boundaries and interfaces between reusable Core Intelligence capabilities and the experiences they power. \nAbout You\n4-year college degree or equivalent experience; advanced degree in technology, engineering, data science, business or a related field is a plus. \n8+ years of Product Management experience, preferably across highly technical, data-intensive, AI/ML, platform or enterprise products. \nDemonstrated experience defining product strategy and leading complex product portfolios. \nExperience leading and developing Product Managers. \nStrong understanding of data-driven products, AI/ML concepts, recommendation systems, intelligent platforms or related technology domains. \nProven ability to translate complex technology into customer and business outcomes. \nStrong systems thinking and ability to connect multiple capabilities into a coherent product strategy. \nExcellent communication, stakeholder management and influence skills. \nComfortable operating in ambiguity and solving problems where neither the solution nor the path is obvious. \nExperience working across global Product and Engineering organizations is strongly preferred.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6085,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning","Growth opportunities"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Consumer Goods","Food & Beverages","Apparel & Fashion","Home Decor"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T07:57:49Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":9,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T20:03:23Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/target-director-of-product-management","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/target-director-of-product-management.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T20:03:23Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}