Sr Engineering Manager - HR Product Engineering

About Target: As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values different voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful

Overview about Target in India: At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy. And that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from different backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.

About Target Tech: Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses Target.com, they experience the impact of Target’s investments in technology and innovation. We’re the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities.

About Pyramid: Human Resources is a portfolio within Target Tech that powers the full team member lifecycle—from hire to retire. HR Product Engineering designs and delivers modern, scalable technology that supports experiences across Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Enterprise Staffing, Team Member Experience, and Strategic Workforce Planning. Our teams partner closely with HR business leaders to solve complex challenges through automation, data insights, and user-centric digital solutions that serve 400,000+ team members across stores, supply chain, and headquarters.

About Team: As part of this portfolio, the Senior Engineering Manager will lead product teams delivering Workday-based solutions using technologies like Workday Extend, Prism, Orchestrate, Studio EIB, Advanced Reports, and custom Java/Spring Boot services. This leader will play a key role in shaping the future of HR technology at Target—driving modernization, influencing architectural direction, and scaling systems to meet enterprise demands.

The role offers a unique opportunity to operate within one of the world’s largest Workday environments, gain depth in Extend and Prism, and influence a robust technical roadmap within a collaborative, product-led engineering culture. It’s a fast-paced, high-impact space where complexity and scale meet innovation—and where great engineering directly enhances the everyday experience of every Target team member.

About SEM: The Sr. Engineering Manager (SEM) is responsible for a managing a team of full stack engineers that is building scalable solutions that support a variety of up and down stream applications. This role is accountable for leading a team, developing code, deploying and managing in production. Most importantly, the SEM, while working with the Product Managers, is accountable for the development of the product roadmap and delivering highly functional, well integrated, and intelligent software. You will be called upon to be the technical representative for your team during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning. Success in this role will require strong and innovative approaches to problem solving, great technical leadership, excellent communication (written and verbal, formal and informal), global stakeholder management, flexibility, accountability and a self-motivated working style with attention to detail. 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 experience
• 10+ years of experience in software development and team management
• Expertise in Java programming languages
• Experience evaluating new technologies and participating in decision-making, considering factors such as viability within Target’s technical environment, compliance requirements, approved tech status, maintainability, and cost of ownership
• Proven ability to deliver high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure solutions with broad impact
• Experience leading functional design and architecture discussions, with an understanding of process flows and system diagrams to support design decisions
• Provides technical oversight and coaching to others in resolving technical issues