Lead UX Researcher, Strategic Discovery & Human-Centered Design

About the role

As a Lead UX Researcher, Strategic Discovery & Human-Centered Design, you will help shape some of Target’s most important future opportunities by bringing a deeply human-centered and strategic approach to discovery.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic discovery efforts that help teams understand complex problems, identify opportunities, and make informed decisions.
• Design and conduct research that reduces uncertainty and informs product, business, and experience strategy.
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions that bring diverse perspectives together, create alignment, and help teams move from insight to action.
• Translate research findings into compelling stories, opportunity areas, and recommendations that influence future direction.
• Partner with quantitative researchers and other insight teams to connect human understanding with behavioral, operational, and business signals.
• Use experimentation and rapid learning approaches to help teams test assumptions and explore future possibilities.
• Apply AI-enabled research and discovery tools thoughtfully while maintaining research quality, ethical practice, and human judgment.
• Contribute to the growth of Target’s research practice through mentorship, influence, and the development of reusable methods and frameworks.

About Us

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.

Benefits

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.