{"id":681463,"url":"https://alion.io/job/target-lead-consultant-enterprise-risk-external-risk-monitoring","title":"Lead Consultant, Enterprise Risk - External Risk Monitoring","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":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Minneapolis, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":95000,"max":171000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":171000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-10T23:31:28Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-10","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T14:09:20Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":13,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":13},"description":"The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00Pay 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 https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.\nLead Consultant, Enterprise Risk - External Risk Monitoring\nClassification: Exempt\nDate: August 2026\nAbout us:\nWorking 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.\nTo 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.\nA 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.\nAs a Lead Consultant, External Risk Monitoring, you will:\nLead cross-functional development of enterprise risk and control monitoring standards that strengthen governance and visibility into emerging risks.\n\nPartner 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.\n\nDevelop and implement monitoring procedures and routines to identify, assess and track external developments across multiple business areas and compliance domains.\n\nIdentify monitoring gaps, data limitations, and unmonitorable controls; establish compensating testing or validation strategies to ensure coverage of key risks.\n\nEnhance traceability between external risk signals, risks, risk drivers, controls and monitoring metrics within Risk Cloud to improve transparency and reporting accuracy.\n\nDevelop a strong understanding of regulatory expectations, industry trends, and emerging risks to inform monitoring strategies and governance priorities.\n\nInfluence compliance program leaders and key enterprise stakeholders regarding monitoring solutions, implementation strategies, and maturity expectations.\n\nLead complex analysis of external risk data, trends, and risk indicators to identify emerging issues and drive risk-based mitigation strategies.\n\nEstablish trusted relationships with risk owners and enterprise intelligence partners to support consistent external risk monitoring and continuous improvement actions.\n\nCollaborate with Technology, Data and enterprise intelligence partners to improve external risk data quality, structure intelligence inputs and support scalable dashboards, analytics and RiskCloud capabilities.\n\nSupport risk governance by defining risk driver metrics, escalation triggers, and executive-ready reporting insights.\n\nConsistently demonstrate behaviors aligned to Target’s values of Inclusivity, Connection, and Drive.\n\nOther duties as assigned.\n\nCore responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.\nAbout You:\nBachelor’s degree in Business, Risk Management, Compliance, or related area of study, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.\n\n5+ years of relevant work experience supporting risk management, compliance, regulatory intelligence, strategic intelligence or related governance frameworks and processes.\n\nExperience leading cross-functional initiatives that impact multiple compliance programs or business units.\n\nStrong interpersonal and stakeholder collaboration skills with the ability to facilitate meetings, resolve conflict, build consensus, and influence without direct authority.\n\nStrong 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.\n\nEffective communication skills with the ability to create transparency, confidence, and influence across all levels of Target team members.\n\nAbility to design and implement external monitoring routines, structured data approaches and governance processes that scale across a federated risk environment.\n\nAbility to plan, execute, monitor, and close projects to meet specific objectives in response to ambiguous, changing, or competing priorities.\n\nAbility to work autonomously and manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining appropriate prioritization and adherence to deadlines.\n\nAbility to apply discretion and sensitivity while working with confidential information.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience implementing or optimizing governance, risk, and compliance technology platforms, including tools used to capture and connect external risk information.\n\nExperience with external risk monitoring, regulatory or enforcement intelligence, horizon scanning or emerging risk identification.\n\nExperience developing structured risk taxonomies, dashboards, metrics or data-driven reporting solutions.\n\nKnowledge of risk management systems, regulatory expectations, and maturity models.\n\nExperience in retail operations or other complex, consumer-facing industries.\n\nThis 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.\nBenefits Eligibility\nPlease paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_EAmericans with Disabilities Act (ADA)\nIn compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. 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