About us:
As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers.
Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values different voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful.
JOB DESCRIPTION – LEAD ANALYST TECH OPS
Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers.Target Human Resources is well known for its signature ability to build the very best teams, and we infuse our work with Target’s distinctive retail brand by continuously experimenting, evolving and innovating. With the chance to positively impact nearly 350,000 people worldwide in our stores, distribution centers and headquarters, you’ll be a strategic partner to both the leaders and the team members who elevate and nurture the Target guest experience. Our dynamic, passionate and responsive team comprises specialized people-professionals from several diverse disciplines. We operate behind the scenes to create a progressive culture of value, respect, and rewards.
Configuration & Operational Reporting Responsibilities
- Lead complex Workday configuration efforts with little to no direction that are inclusive but not limited to operational requests, cyclical events, product support issues, business process optimization, new product initiatives, and ongoing maintenance to existing system configuration with in Workday
- Preferably have Workday config expertise in Learning & Talent space
- Consult, develop and modify operational business reports to meet evolving
- business needs
- Provide HR escalation support for research and issue resolution
- Own, advocate, and adhere to data, security and operational best practices within our technologies
Technical Acumen
- Understand the workday technology in the industry and benchmark with other users to drive innovative technology solutions
- Understanding of core technology solutions with an emphasis on interdependencies across various product areas
Communication
- Own stakeholder relationship to understand holistic product initiatives that will
- influence prioritization
- Build strong partnerships and collaborate with the team, stakeholders, and Target Tech
- Proactively and independently identify, schedule, and lead conversations to bring stakeholders and partners together driving alignment on issues, ongoing projects, or new initiatives
Project Management
- Own documenting configuration deployment plans, regression test cases, and
- validation scenarios
- Develop and maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, processes,
- and procedures for a specific functional area
About the role:
This role provides functional expertise across Workday Configuration and reporting from design to delivery supporting end-to-end project execution. It focuses on driving scalable, secure, and efficient HR solutions through strong cross-functional collaboration, data accuracy, and system optimization.
Key Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in relevant roles
- Experience leading strategic initiatives and cross-functional projects
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively to understand business initiatives and
- influence prioritization and delivery of work
- Strong ability to navigate complex problems and perform root cause analysis
- Demonstrated HR process and/or technology experience; Workday experience is
- required (for both internal and external candidates)
- Experience providing peer and partner leadership
- Understanding of product methodologies (preferred)
Useful Links-
Life at Target- https://india.target.com/
Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits
Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/belonging
Top Skills
What We Do
Target is an American retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and more.
Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.
