Sr Product Manager - Merchandising, Assortment Planning

About the role

The pay range is $115,000.00 - $206,000.00

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.

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About the Role

Planit is Target’s centralized merchandising planning application

• the unified experience where Buyers and Planners build and optimize financially viable, guest-relevant assortments. It brings together Long-Range Strategy, Merchandise Financial Planning, Assortment Planning & Optimization, and Decision Intelligence into a single, integrated planning environment. By embedding data, automation, and intelligence into core workflows, Planit enables more aligned, data-driven decisions that streamline execution, strengthen enterprise performance, and deliver the right products to the right guests at the right time.

As a

Senior Product Manager leading Planit’s

Assortment Planning capability, you will be responsible for assisting with the delivery of the connected Merchant experience that makes up the Assortment Lineplan. This role will be pivotal in the creation and enhancement of a centralized source of truth for the merchant and round table to view assortment intent and gain visibility to assortment changes. Planit will enable cross functional partners to facilitate strategic conversations proactively and begin execution earlier than today.

This role will partner closely with the other Merchandise Buying & Planning PMs, round table operations partners, and cross functional product managers to deliver connected capabilities across the Merchandising organization. The team is in a pivotal moment getting ready to begin rolling out our application in 2027. This is an exciting & challenging opportunity to drive transformational change at Target.

Core Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmap

Develop a comprehensive product strategy, roadmap, and key business objectives (OKRs) for your product, aligning product direction and priorities to business needs and desired outcomes.

Assortment Planning Capabilities

Assist with the delivery of Planit's connected merchant experience, including the Assortment Lineplan, supporting the creation and enhancement of a centralized source of truth for assortment intent and changes.

Product Prioritization & Business Value

Leverage product knowledge, customer feedback, and relevant data to assess value, develop business cases, and prioritize product direction and desired outcomes.

Product Backlog Management

Develop and maintain the product roadmap and backlog, including customer themes, epics, and stories, prioritizing the highest-impact work for the product team and stakeholders.

Cross-Functional Product Delivery

Lead a product and work in partnership with Engineering, UX, and business stakeholders to deliver product capabilities that meet customer needs and support connected Merchandising experiences.

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence

Serve as the voice of the product to key stakeholders, ensuring their needs are understood and that the product team has the direction, alignment, and support needed to be successful. Develop and maintain an understanding of the market to inform product decisions.

Collaboration & Performance

Encourage the open exchange of information and viewpoints, inspire others to achieve challenging goals and high standards of performance, and foster urgency in achieving objectives. Leverage resources to overcome obstacles and partner with product teams across the organization to support shared goals while delivering on your own.

About You

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 6+ years product management experience
• Understands data, integrations, architecture, and system boundaries

• Deep domain expertise in merchandising (buying, planning, inventory mgmt., pricing, & supply chain)
• Ability to simplify complex business processes into intuitive application workflows
• Strong understanding of integrations, data flows, and system dependencies
• Leads cross-functional execution across product, data, science, and business teams in matrixed environments
• Executive-level communicator with experience operating in ambiguity
• Strong prioritization and time management skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to influence without authority
• Experience working in agile product development environments

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)

• Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
• Application deadline is: 11/10/2026