Senior Engineering Manager – Finance Technology
(Accounts Payable – Freight & Intelligent Recovery Platforms)
About us
Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers. Target Technology Services is the behind-the-scenes powerhouse that fuels Target’s commitment to cutting-edge innovation—delivering incredible value to guests online and in stores through a strong technology framework and high-performing teams.
Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses Target.com, they experience the impact of Target’s investments in technology and innovation. We are the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities.
About Finance Technology
Finance Technology powers the financial backbone of Target’s enterprise operations. Our platforms support critical capabilities across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Revenue & Receivables, Vendor Income, Transportation Payments, Financial Controls, Treasury, and Enterprise Finance Modernization.
As Target continues to modernize its finance ecosystem, Finance Technology is focused on delivering intelligent, resilient, and scalable platforms powered by cloud-native architectures, AI-enabled workflows, event-driven systems, and modern engineering practices.
One of the focus area for this organization is transforming financial operations through modernization of freight payables capabilities and intelligent recovery platforms. This includes evolving freight payment and allocation capabilities into a unified Accounts Payable – Freight ecosystem while leveraging AI and agentic technologies to automate complex vendor income recovery workflows and improve financial outcomes across the enterprise.
Job Description
As a Senior Engineering Manager in Finance Technology, you will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for delivering business-critical financial platforms and modernization initiatives at enterprise scale.
You will be accountable for engineering strategy, execution, operational excellence, talent development, and technology modernization across a portfolio that includes Accounts Payable – Freight platforms, freight financial operations, and AI-powered Vendor Income Recovery solutions.
You will partner closely with Product Management, Finance business stakeholders, Principal Engineers, and Architecture teams to deliver solutions that drive measurable business value while maintaining high standards of reliability, security, scalability, and engineering excellence.
This role will play a critical part in shaping the future architecture of Finance Technology by modernizing freight financial systems, expanding intelligent automation capabilities, and enabling the next generation of finance operations powered by data, AI, and cloud-native platforms.
Portfolio Responsibilities
The teams within this portfolio support strategic finance capabilities including:
Accounts Payable – Freight
Lead engineering teams responsible for freight-related financial platforms that support freight payment authorization, freight allocations, transportation claims, and future freight payables modernization initiatives. These capabilities are foundational to the evolution of Target’s Accounts Payable architecture and future finance modernization strategy.
Intelligent Vendor Income Recovery
Lead engineering teams building AI-powered recovery solutions that identify vendor claim opportunities through analysis of enterprise communications, contracts, and supporting evidence. Leveraging GenAI, agentic workflows, and intelligent automation, these platforms help expand recovery coverage, improve operational efficiency, and reduce dependence on third-party recovery services.
What You'll Do
Engineering Leadership & Delivery
Lead engineering teams responsible for Accounts Payable – Freight and Vendor Income Recovery platforms
Drive delivery of strategic modernization initiatives that consolidate and simplify financial operations across multiple legacy systems
Partner with business and product leaders to establish long-term technology roadmaps supporting freight financial operations and recovery management capabilities
Ensure engineering investments align to broader Finance Modernization and Finance-of-the-Future objectives
Finance Modernization & Intelligent Automation
Lead modernization of freight financial systems and associated operational workflows as part of the broader Finance modernization strategy
Drive evolution of freight payment, allocation, claims, and settlement capabilities into scalable, cloud-native finance platforms
Partner with Principal Engineers to define target-state architecture for freight payables and financial operations
Champion adoption of AI, GenAI, and agentic workflows to automate complex finance processes, exception handling, evidence gathering, and claim generation
Architecture & Platform Engineering
Partner with Principal Engineers and Architects to design cloud-native, event-driven, and microservices-based platforms
Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, platform capabilities, and architectural standards
Ensure systems are scalable, resilient, observable, secure, and operationally efficient
Lead modernization efforts involving legacy platforms, integration patterns, and technical debt reduction
Drive engineering investments that improve platform reliability, maintainability, and developer productivity
Operational Excellence
Own availability, resiliency, security, compliance, and operational health of platforms within the portfolio
Establish engineering metrics and operational mechanisms to continuously improve quality and performance
Drive production readiness, incident management, root-cause analysis, and long-term remediation efforts
Ensure compliance with enterprise security, privacy, audit, and financial controls requirements
Foster a culture of operational ownership and continuous improvement
Talent & Organization Leadership
Build, develop, and retain high-performing engineering teams
Coach and mentor engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineers
Create growth opportunities and succession plans for key engineering talent
Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-accountability culture
Lead hiring efforts to build diverse and highly capable teams
Develop future engineering leaders and strengthen organizational capability
Strategic Partnership
Partner closely with Product Managers, Finance stakeholders, Architecture, UX, Data Science, and Engineering leaders
Translate business strategy into actionable engineering roadmaps and execution plans
Communicate technical and business progress effectively to senior leadership and stakeholders
Influence prioritization decisions through data, technology expertise, and business understanding
Build strong partnerships across Finance, Supply Chain, Merchandising, and Enterprise Technology organizations
About You
Leadership & Execution
Proven ability to lead multiple engineering teams and deliver complex enterprise initiatives
Strong organizational leadership skills with experience managing engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineers
Demonstrated success driving outcomes through ambiguity and organizational complexity
Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution while maintaining focus on business outcomes
Technical Expertise
Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, APIs, event-driven systems, and enterprise integration patterns
Experience delivering enterprise-scale platforms with high reliability, availability, and performance requirements
Ability to effectively partner with Principal Engineers and Architects on technical strategy and solution design
Working knowledge of AI-enabled engineering practices, intelligent automation, and modern software delivery approaches
Experience with cloud platforms, microservices architectures, Kafka, enterprise APIs, and modern data platforms
Finance & Business Acumen
Experience building enterprise financial systems supporting Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Vendor Income, Reconciliation, Claims Management, Settlement, Transportation Finance, ERP ecosystems, or related operational finance capabilities
Strong understanding of financial controls, auditability, compliance, and operational risk management
Experience leading modernization initiatives involving financial operations platforms, payment systems, claims processing, or workflow automation is preferred
Familiarity with AI-enabled operational workflows, intelligent document processing, agentic systems, or financial automation platforms is a strong plus
Communication & Influence
Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
Ability to influence across technical and non-technical audiences
Comfortable engaging with senior leaders, business partners, and executive stakeholders
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts
Preferred Qualifications
10+ years of software engineering experience with progressive leadership responsibilities
3+ years leading multiple engineering teams or managing engineering managers
Experience leading enterprise modernization initiatives involving legacy transformation and cloud adoption
Experience working within Finance, Accounting, ERP, Retail, Payments, Claims, Settlement, Transportation Finance, or Enterprise Operations domains
Experience delivering AI-enabled solutions or driving AI adoption across engineering organizations
Experience building and scaling globally distributed engineering teams
Track record of driving innovation, organizational transformation, and engineering excellence
Skills Required
- Proven ability to lead multiple engineering teams and deliver complex enterprise initiatives
- Experience managing engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineers
- Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, APIs, event-driven systems, and enterprise integration patterns
- Experience delivering enterprise-scale platforms with high reliability, availability, and performance requirements
- Experience with cloud platforms, microservices architectures, Kafka, enterprise APIs, and modern data platforms
- Experience building enterprise financial systems (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Vendor Income, Reconciliation, Claims Management, Settlement, Transportation Finance, ERP ecosystems)
- Strong understanding of financial controls, auditability, compliance, and operational risk management
- Ownership of availability, resiliency, security, compliance, and operational health of platforms
- Experience with production readiness, incident management, root-cause analysis, and remediation
- Ability to coach and mentor engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineers
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and ability to influence senior leaders
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with progressive leadership responsibilities
- 3+ years leading multiple engineering teams or managing engineering managers
- Experience leading enterprise modernization initiatives involving legacy transformation and cloud adoption
- Experience delivering AI-enabled solutions or driving AI adoption across engineering organizations
- Experience building and scaling globally distributed engineering teams
- Track record of driving innovation, organizational transformation, and engineering excellence
Target Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Target and has not been reviewed or approved by Target.
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Healthcare Strength — Health benefits are accessible to hourly team members at relatively low hour thresholds and include no‑cost, 24/7 virtual medical care and expanded mental‑health support. This breadth is positioned as a relative strength compared to typical retail offerings.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match with immediate vesting and options like Roth 401(k) and stock purchase. These features strengthen long‑term savings for a wide range of roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support includes paid family leave, backup care, and reimbursements for adoption and surrogacy. These resources complement paid time off and holidays for eligible team members.
Target Insights
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.
