Enterprise Risk Critical Activation Lead
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We need to preserve all substantive information, remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "Job Title: Enterprise Risk Critical Activation Lead Classification: Exempt Date: September 2026" maybe we can keep date? It's metadata; we can fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Probably we can include a short paragraph with classification and date.
We need sections only when posting has real specific content. Pay: we have pay range $95,000 - $171,000 and description. So include Pay section.
Benefits: we have health benefits, 401(k), employee discount, etc. So include Benefits.
About Us: there is a paragraph about Target values, Legal Affairs team. Could be "About the role" or "About Us". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can use "About the role" for the description of team and role context. Or "About Us". Probably "About the role" fits.
Responsibilities: list of duties: respond to critical escalations, lead end-to-end response, serve as central coordination point, develop playbooks, navigate ambiguity, build relationships, facilitate situational awareness, lead after-action reviews, partner with teams, support design/execution of exercises. Also "Must be willing to be onsite 3 days per week" maybe schedule? Actually schedule is about onsite days. Could be Schedule section. But we also have Hybrid/Flex description. So we could include Schedule section with onsite 3 days per week and hybrid/flex.
Requirements: maybe "Requirements" for mandatory qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 5+ years relevant experience, demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional response, experience developing playbooks, ability to build trust, excellent communication, strong analytical skills, established acumen with genAI tools.
Qualifications: maybe "Qualifications" for desired requirements: experience in large-scale retail, certifications, experience with platforms, coordinating enterprise-level responses to cyber incidents, familiarity with ERM frameworks.
Skills: maybe combine some? But we can keep Skills separate if there is explicit skill list: excellent verbal/written communication, strong analytical/critical thinking, ability to synthesize info, etc. However many of those are already in Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could put them under Requirements and Qualifications. But we need to follow instruction: use headings only when posting has real specific content. We can have multiple sections.
We must not invent or summarize away detail. Must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details from the posting.
Let's extract all substantive pieces:
- Pay range: $95,000.00 - $171,000.00. Pay based on factors: labor markets, education, work experience, certifications.
- Benefits: comprehensive health benefits (medical, vision, dental, life insurance, etc.), 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, paid vacation. Link to benefits page.
- About Us / Team description: Working at Target means helping families discover joy. Vision via values and culture. Learn more about Target here. To match signature style... Target Legal Affairs is dynamic and knowledgeable team of experts. Whether specializing in law, government affairs, risk, compliance, ethics, security or food safety, we use expertise to advocate for Target, support business, mitigate risk. Work with internal/external entities on key issues affecting ability to productively, ethically, securely conduct business. Through understanding of Target’s business models and operations, we help facilitate growth and provide guidance leaders rely on to make sound decisions. Simultaneously, we help protect business by applying understanding of risk and law on issues impacting brand, guests, team members, stores, distribution centers, corporate locations. Here, you’ll enjoy working autonomously with healthy work-life balance. Your passion for learning the business, collaborating with others and building relationships with senior leaders and key business partners that you support will be essential to tackling ever-changing legal and risk-based challenges in dynamic fast-paced retail environment.
- Role purpose: Target strengthening enterprise-wide critical activation and crisis response capabilities. In this role you will lead and coordinate enterprise’s response to critical activation events — including reputation, cyber, infrastructure and security incidents — serving as key connector between business leaders, functional teams and enterprise risk leadership during high-stakes, time-sensitive situations.
- Responsibilities (list):
* Respond to critical escalations across the enterprise, this includes a component of an on call style support model to ensure coverage outside of core HQ hours
* Lead end-to-end critical activation response across the enterprise for reputation, cyber, infrastructure and security risk events, coordinating cross-functional teams from initial alert through resolution and after-action review
* Serve as a central coordination point during activations, driving alignment and rapid decision-making across a wide range of internal teams including Security, Technology, Communications, Legal, HR and business operations
* Develop and maintain activation playbooks, escalation protocols and response frameworks to ensure consistent, repeatable and effective enterprise-wide crisis response
* Navigate significant ambiguity and time pressure during activation events, making sound judgment calls and providing clear direction when information is incomplete or rapidly evolving
* Build and sustain strong relationships with a broad set of senior leaders and cross-functional partners to enable rapid mobilization and trusted collaboration during high-stakes events
* Facilitate real-time situational awareness by gathering, synthesizing and communicating critical information to enterprise risk leadership and key stakeholders during activations
* Lead after-action reviews and lessons-learned processes following activation events to identify gaps, strengthen response capabilities and drive continuous improvement along side Enterprise Risk Governance
* Partner with business continuity, technology resilience, security and intelligence teams to ensure activation plans are integrated across the enterprise
* Support the design and execution of activation exercises, tabletop simulations and readiness assessments to test and improve enterprise response capabilities
* Must be willing to be onsite 3 days per week
* Any other duties as assigned
- Requirements (mandatory):
* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
* 5+ years of relevant experience in crisis management, incident response, critical event coordination, business continuity or a related field
* Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional response efforts under significant time pressure and ambiguity
* Experience developing and maintaining crisis playbooks, escalation protocols or activation frameworks
* Ability to build rapid trust and effective relationships with senior leaders across diverse business functions
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, concise updates to senior leadership during high-stakes situations
* Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to synthesize information quickly and make sound decisions with incomplete data
* Established acumen with genAI tools and prompting for ongoing exploration
- Desired Requirements (Qualifications):
* Experience in a large-scale retail, corporate or matrixed operating environment
* Crisis management, business continuity or incident response certification (e.g., CBCP, MBCI, ICS)
* Experience with crisis management platforms, mass notification systems or incident management tools
* Experience coordinating enterprise-level responses to cyber incidents, physical security events or large-scale operational disruptions
* Familiarity with enterprise risk management frameworks, business impact analysis or scenario planning methodologies
- Work arrangement: 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. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.
- Benefits eligibility link: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E
- ADA statement: In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
We need to remove boilerplate: ADA statement maybe considered legal boilerplate? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. ADA is legal; we should remove it. Also remove "Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota." maybe considered navigation? It's a link; but it's substantive? It's just a link to learn about Minnesota; could be considered navigation. Probably remove.
Also remove "Benefits Eligibility Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E" maybe we keep the link as part of Benefits section? It's a link to benefits eligibility; we can keep as part of Benefits.
We must not include application instructions. There's none besides the ADA accommodation request; we removed that.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's structure:
Pay
The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00. Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position, including labor markets and, in some instances, education, work experience and certifications.
Benefits
In addition to 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. Benefits eligibility details: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E.
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. Learn more about Target here. To match the signature style and passion of Target’s distinctive retail brand, Target Legal Affairs is a dynamic and deeply knowledgeable team of experts. Whether specializing in law, government affairs, risk, compliance, ethics, security or food safety, we use our expertise and influence to advocate for Target, support Target’s business, and mitigate risk for the company. We work with both internal and external entities on key issues that affect Target’s ability to productively, ethically, and securely conduct 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 sound, 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, collaborating with others and building relationships with senior leaders and key business partners that you
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "Job Title: Enterprise Risk Critical Activation Lead Classification: Exempt Date: September 2026" maybe we can keep date? It's metadata; we can fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Probably we can include a short paragraph with classification and date. We need sections only when posting has real specific content. Pay: we have pay range $95,000 - $171,000 and description. So include Pay section. Benefits: we have health benefits, 401(k), employee discount, etc. So include Benefits. About Us: there is a paragraph about Target values, Legal Affairs team. Could be "About the role" or "About Us". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can use "About the role" for the description of team and role context. Or "About Us". Probably "About the role" fits. Responsibilities: list of duties: respond to critical escalations, lead end-to-end response, serve as central coordination point, develop playbooks, navigate ambiguity, build relationships, facilitate situational awareness, lead after-action reviews, partner with teams, support design/execution of exercises. Also "Must be willing to be onsite 3 days per week" maybe schedule? Actually schedule is about onsite days. Could be Schedule section. But we also have Hybrid/Flex description. So we could include Schedule section with onsite 3 days per week and hybrid/flex. Requirements: maybe "Requirements" for mandatory qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 5+ years relevant experience, demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional response, experience developing playbooks, ability to build trust, excellent communication, strong analytical skills, established acumen with genAI tools. Qualifications: maybe "Qualifications" for desired requirements: experience in large-scale retail, certifications, experience with platforms, coordinating enterprise-level responses to cyber incidents, familiarity with ERM frameworks. Skills: maybe combine some? But we can keep Skills separate if there is explicit skill list: excellent verbal/written communication, strong analytical/critical thinking, ability to synthesize info, etc. However many of those are already in Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could put them under Requirements and Qualifications. But we need to follow instruction: use headings only when posting has real specific content. We can have multiple sections. We must not invent or summarize away detail. Must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details from the posting. Let's extract all substantive pieces: - Pay range: $95,000.00 - $171,000.00. Pay based on factors: labor markets, education, work experience, certifications. - Benefits: comprehensive health benefits (medical, vision, dental, life insurance, etc.), 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, paid vacation. Link to benefits page. - About Us / Team description: Working at Target means helping families discover joy. Vision via values and culture. Learn more about Target here. To match signature style... Target Legal Affairs is dynamic and knowledgeable team of experts. Whether specializing in law, government affairs, risk, compliance, ethics, security or food safety, we use expertise to advocate for Target, support business, mitigate risk. Work with internal/external entities on key issues affecting ability to productively, ethically, securely conduct business. Through understanding of Target’s business models and operations, we help facilitate growth and provide guidance leaders rely on to make sound decisions. Simultaneously, we help protect business by applying understanding of risk and law on issues impacting brand, guests, team members, stores, distribution centers, corporate locations. Here, you’ll enjoy working autonomously with healthy work-life balance. Your passion for learning the business, collaborating with others and building relationships with senior leaders and key business partners that you support will be essential to tackling ever-changing legal and risk-based challenges in dynamic fast-paced retail environment. - Role purpose: Target strengthening enterprise-wide critical activation and crisis response capabilities. In this role you will lead and coordinate enterprise’s response to critical activation events — including reputation, cyber, infrastructure and security incidents — serving as key connector between business leaders, functional teams and enterprise risk leadership during high-stakes, time-sensitive situations. - Responsibilities (list): * Respond to critical escalations across the enterprise, this includes a component of an on call style support model to ensure coverage outside of core HQ hours * Lead end-to-end critical activation response across the enterprise for reputation, cyber, infrastructure and security risk events, coordinating cross-functional teams from initial alert through resolution and after-action review * Serve as a central coordination point during activations, driving alignment and rapid decision-making across a wide range of internal teams including Security, Technology, Communications, Legal, HR and business operations * Develop and maintain activation playbooks, escalation protocols and response frameworks to ensure consistent, repeatable and effective enterprise-wide crisis response * Navigate significant ambiguity and time pressure during activation events, making sound judgment calls and providing clear direction when information is incomplete or rapidly evolving * Build and sustain strong relationships with a broad set of senior leaders and cross-functional partners to enable rapid mobilization and trusted collaboration during high-stakes events * Facilitate real-time situational awareness by gathering, synthesizing and communicating critical information to enterprise risk leadership and key stakeholders during activations * Lead after-action reviews and lessons-learned processes following activation events to identify gaps, strengthen response capabilities and drive continuous improvement along side Enterprise Risk Governance * Partner with business continuity, technology resilience, security and intelligence teams to ensure activation plans are integrated across the enterprise * Support the design and execution of activation exercises, tabletop simulations and readiness assessments to test and improve enterprise response capabilities * Must be willing to be onsite 3 days per week * Any other duties as assigned - Requirements (mandatory): * Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience * 5+ years of relevant experience in crisis management, incident response, critical event coordination, business continuity or a related field * Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional response efforts under significant time pressure and ambiguity * Experience developing and maintaining crisis playbooks, escalation protocols or activation frameworks * Ability to build rapid trust and effective relationships with senior leaders across diverse business functions * Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, concise updates to senior leadership during high-stakes situations * Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to synthesize information quickly and make sound decisions with incomplete data * Established acumen with genAI tools and prompting for ongoing exploration - Desired Requirements (Qualifications): * Experience in a large-scale retail, corporate or matrixed operating environment * Crisis management, business continuity or incident response certification (e.g., CBCP, MBCI, ICS) * Experience with crisis management platforms, mass notification systems or incident management tools * Experience coordinating enterprise-level responses to cyber incidents, physical security events or large-scale operational disruptions * Familiarity with enterprise risk management frameworks, business impact analysis or scenario planning methodologies - Work arrangement: 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. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota. - Benefits eligibility link: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E - ADA statement: In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel. We need to remove boilerplate: ADA statement maybe considered legal boilerplate? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. ADA is legal; we should remove it. Also remove "Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota." maybe considered navigation? It's a link; but it's substantive? It's just a link to learn about Minnesota; could be considered navigation. Probably remove. Also remove "Benefits Eligibility Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E" maybe we keep the link as part of Benefits section? It's a link to benefits eligibility; we can keep as part of Benefits. We must not include application instructions. There's none besides the ADA accommodation request; we removed that. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:
Pay
The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00. Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position, including labor markets and, in some instances, education, work experience and certifications.
Benefits
In addition to 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. Benefits eligibility details: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E.
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. Learn more about Target here. To match the signature style and passion of Target’s distinctive retail brand, Target Legal Affairs is a dynamic and deeply knowledgeable team of experts. Whether specializing in law, government affairs, risk, compliance, ethics, security or food safety, we use our expertise and influence to advocate for Target, support Target’s business, and mitigate risk for the company. We work with both internal and external entities on key issues that affect Target’s ability to productively, ethically, and securely conduct 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 sound, 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, collaborating with others and building relationships with senior leaders and key business partners that you