Business Partner, Executive Development

About the role

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. As a Business Partner, Executive Development, you will operate at the intersection of your team and senior leaders across Target. At the core, you are expected to leverage cross-functional teams in order to deliver a superior leader experience, and in a way that supports strategic organizational goals and senior leader success.

Responsibilities

• Program manage Executive Development programs, acting as operations expert for each assigned program throughout the execution lifecycle.
• Define, clarify and execute processes leveraging appropriate workflow management tools (e.g. Sharepoint, Smartsheet, Slack).
• Maintain confidentiality in all executive interactions, including handling of confidential assessment data, visibility to potential ratings, informal conversations among executive leaders.
• Apply discretion to decisions and work output using operations knowledge and external vendors to drive process improvements, maintain accountability to deliverables and handle secure data transfers.
• Create & maintain process documentation, prepare & share status reports with appropriate stakeholders at key milestones.
• Recommend process improvements to deliver a superior leader experience.
• Build and maintain relationships with executives + admins across the enterprise.

Requirements

• 2+ years of work experience in project management, communicating with senior leaders and working across complex systems & processes.
• Onsite availability for relevant development offerings.
• Some familiarity with development assessments, such as StrengthsFinder, MBTI or KornFerry 360, is preferred but not required.
• Ability to build & edit within workflow management systems (Smartsheets, Sharepoint, Slack) and data / reporting tools (Smartsheets, Excel, Greenfield).
• Ability to manage and execute multiple priorities across a variety of partners and vendors. This includes attention to detail, time management and maintaining level of service.
• Demonstrated experience building & maintaining relationships with executives, a client-service mindset.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills across all settings, ability to tailor message as appropriate.
• Resourceful and able to work independently & fill-in gaps of information.
• Demonstrated flexibility in your approach and adapt to changing priorities & requirements.
• Bringing innate curiosity to drive process improvements, while maintaining solid business judgment and firm prioritization.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage and execute multiple priorities across a variety of partners and vendors. This includes attention to detail, time management and maintaining level of service.
• Demonstrated experience building & maintaining relationships with executives, a client-service mindset.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills across all settings, ability to tailor message as appropriate.
• Resourceful and able to work independently & fill-in gaps of information.
• Demonstrated flexibility in your approach and adapt to changing priorities & requirements.
• Bringing innate curiosity to drive process improvements, while maintaining solid business judgment and firm prioritization.

Skills

• Project management experience.
• Experience working with senior leaders.
• Workflow management systems (e.g. Sharepoint, Smartsheet, Slack).
• Data / reporting tools (e.g. Smartsheets, Excel, Greenfield).
• Communication skills.
• Relationship building skills.
• Process improvement skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs, including medical, vision, dental, life insurance, etc.
• 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.
• Competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond.

Pay

The pay range is $58,100.00 - $104,600.00 Pay 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.

Schedule

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.