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Job Title: Sr. Compliance Consultant, Privacy and Responsible AI

Classification: Exempt

Date: October 2026

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.  

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, employee relations, 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 appropriate, 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 support will be essential to tackling the ever-changing legal and risk-based challenges we face in a dynamic and fast-paced retail environment. 

As a Sr. Compliance Consultant, you will develop, manage and continuously improve key capabilities within Target’s Privacy and Responsible AI compliance programs to help ensure Target meets its privacy and AI regulatory obligations. You will translate evolving requirements into documented program expectations, risk and control frameworks, and practical resources that enable business teams to understand and operationalize compliance requirements.

• Develop and maintain program-level capabilities to meet compliance management framework expectations, including program documentation, risk and control identification, and requirements mapping.

• Develop clear, accessible guidance, tools, training and communications to help business teams understand applicable privacy and Responsible AI obligations and implement compliance requirements in their processes.

• Identify risks in existing and new business processes, assess data to understand root causes and improvement opportunities, and help document appropriate mitigations and controls.

• Lead projects or work streams within projects to develop, improve and maintain timely, efficient, compliant and repeatable Privacy and Responsible AI program practices, processes and documentation.

• Lead aspects of regulatory change management for emerging privacy and AI laws and applicable technology company rules, including assessing new requirements, identifying impacts and gaps, coordinating response plans and updating program documentation and business guidance.

• Document and maintain how Target addresses key legal and regulatory requirements by mapping obligations to business processes, policies, standards, controls and evidence of compliance; identify gaps and partner on remediation plans.

• Develop, maintain and improve the program risk and controls framework, including risk and control inventories, control descriptions, ownership, applicability and supporting procedures.

• Create and maintain practical business-facing resources, such as playbooks, checklists, decision trees, templates and self-service tools, to make compliance obligations easier to interpret and execute.

• Identify relevant metrics and develop dashboards and reporting to monitor compliance program performance, regulatory change implementation, control effectiveness and improvement opportunities.

• Prepare regular reporting or presentations to department leadership to support decision making, influence process changes, and track request volume and program activities.

• Establish and maintain key relationships within the Compliance & Risk organizations, with cross-functional leaders and privacy contacts, and with external business partners and vendors to stay informed of business changes and industry best practices.

• Other duties as assigned.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description.  Job duties may change at any time due to business needs

About You:

• Four-year degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Certified Information Privacy Professional certification preferred

• 5+ years of experience within Privacy, Responsible AI, Risk or other related Compliance functions, including exposure to privacy regulations and regulatory requirements.

• Understanding compliance management and risk and controls frameworks, and ability to apply concepts to Privacy and Responsible AI programs.

• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain program documentation, map regulatory obligations to requirements and controls, identify gaps, develop training and awareness, and establish monitoring and reporting.

• Experience leading cross-functional projects or work steams within projects. Ability to adapt, prioritize and successfully manage multiple tasks or projects in response to changing, ambiguous or competing priorities. This includes the ability to plan, execute, monitor, and close projects to meet specific objectives and success measures

• Ability to identify process problems, document end-to-end baseline processes, map requirements and controls to business processes, and develop improvement plans through documented process maps.

• Analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to leverage data to identify risks and improvement opportunities.

• Ability to design and document effective controls (e.g., preventive, detective, corrective) within an operational process and ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and business objectives.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to facilitate meetings, manage conflict, build consensus, establish rapport and collaborate effectively across departments and externally

• Ability to identify improvements within a process to transition manual compliance controls or processes to automation. 

• Ability to collect, assemble and analyze data to draw conclusions. This includes using data visualization tools effectively to monitor compliance performance. 

• Ability to apply change management principles and processes to implement regulatory and program changes effectively.

• Ability to apply discretion and sensitivity while working with confidential information.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex regulatory obligations into clear, actionable guidance and business tools, and work effectively as a member of a team.

• Ability to adapt to change and navigate a dynamic, fast paced environment

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

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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 [email protected]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.