Director Product Management - Warehouse Management Systems

The pay range is $149,000.00 - $268,000.00 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. 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 . 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. Target Global Supply Chain and Logistics is evolving at an incredible pace. We are constantly reimagining how we get the right product to the guest even better, faster and more cost effectively than before. We are becoming more intelligent, automated and algorithmic in our decision-making, so that no matter how guests’ shop—in stores or on Target.com—we deliver the convenience and immediate gratification they demand and deserve. We are on a mission to win decisively over any competitor, with a seamless and superior guest service experience unlike any they can offer. Our teams work with the agility our mission requires, and we constantly come together to implement new processes in record time. So, we’re looking for exceptional people who are proactive, creative, independent, innovative, risk-savvy and comfortable working in varying degrees of ambiguity. Are you a critical thinker who seeks the root cause and can analyze both qualitatively and quantitatively? Are you a creative problem-solver who simplifies problems, quickly identifies solutions, commits to a plan and then positively influences others to execute it? If so, you will have success on one of our dynamic teams. Product Teams at Target Corporation are accountable for the delivery of business outcomes enabled through technology and analytic products that are easy to use, easily maintained and highly reliable. Product teams have one shared backlog that is inclusive of all products, technology and design work. Target's Global Supply Chain & Logistics organization is modernizing the capabilities that move product through our warehouse network and out to stores, guests, carriers, and downstream partners. The Warehouse Management Outbound Capabilities portfolio owns the products that plan, execute, optimize, and monitor outbound work across warehouse operations. This product space includes outbound planning, work release and flow management, picking, packing, sortation, staging, trailer and load build, shipping, carrier and transportation handoff, exception management, and operational visibility. These capabilities intersect with inventory accuracy, warehouse execution, labor planning, automation, transportation logistics, store replenishment, online fulfillment, and end-to-end retail flow. About the role As the Director of Product Management for Warehouse Management Systems you will be the primary product leader driving modernization of outbound warehouse capabilities across Target's warehouse network. You will set the strategic product vision, own the multi-year roadmap, establish quarterly OKRs, and lead product managers/product owners to deliver measurable outcomes quarter over quarter. You will partner deeply with Operations partners, Product Design, UX, Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Data & Analytics, Program, and Supply Chain leadership to bring modern outbound capabilities to life. You will be expected to understand the operational realities of warehouse execution while shaping scalable products that improve throughput, accuracy, cost, reliability, team member experience, and guest and store outcomes. This role requires a product leader who can operate strategically and pragmatically by applying strong product discovery and agile practices while also making disciplined trade-off decisions in a high-complexity modernization environment with fixed timelines, operational readiness windows, and enterprise dependencies. Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs. Core responsibilities Set the product vision, strategy, outcome measures, and multi-year modernization roadmap for outbound warehouse management capabilities across the warehouse network. Translate warehouse operations needs into clear product capabilities across outbound planning, work release, pick, pack, sort, stage, load, ship, dock and trailer handoff, exception handling, and outbound visibility. Define quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), prioritize the shared product backlog, and ensure product teams deliver quarter-over-quarter progress against business outcomes. Lead product discovery with warehouse operators, field leaders, support teams, stores, transportation partners, and enterprise stakeholders to validate problems, hypotheses, and solution concepts before committing engineering capacity. Partner with Product Design and UX to create intuitive, efficient, and scalable experiences for warehouse team members, leaders, support teams, and operational partners. Lead, coach, and develop a team of product managers, set clear expectations, manage product capacity, and build a culture of accountability, learning, transparency, and delivery excellence. Partner with engineering, architecture, data, analytics, automation, and operations teams to modernize legacy capabilities and deliver scalable solutions across SaaS, custom-built applications, integrations, and warehouse execution platforms. Make disciplined trade-off decisions across scope, schedule, operational readiness, risk, technical debt, and business value in a modernization environment with fixed timeline commitments. Use data and analytics to assess product health, warehouse performance, adoption, operational reliability, cost, throughput, accuracy, and guest/store impact; communicate progress and recommendations to senior leaders. Drive alignment across adjacent domains, including inventory, inbound, replenishment, fulfillment, transportation, labor, automation, and end-to-end retail operations. Manage product investment choices and resource allocation in partnership with senior leadership and finance partners. Identify and remove execution barriers across teams, pyramids, and external partners while maintaining a strong focus on reliability, usability, maintainability, and operational resilience. About you Four-year degree or equivalent experience 10+ years of product management experience, including product leadership responsibilities Deep domain experience in warehouse management systems (WMS), preferably within supply chain, logistics, fulfillment, transportation, enterprise platform modernization, or retail operations Balanced experience with both packaged and custom-built applications within Warehouse Management Systems Proven experience owning product strategy, business outcomes, multi-year roadmaps, quarterly OKRs, and measurable delivery for complex, enterprise-scale technology products Experience leading product managers, product owners, or cross-functional product resources and building high-performing product teams Strong warehousing and warehouse execution experience, with understanding of outbound operations such as order/replenishment release, pick, pack, sort, stage, load, ship, dock and trailer management, store replenishment, guest fulfillment, and carrier handoff Understanding of how logistics,