Job Description

Senior Engineering Manager – Finance Technology

(Accounts Payable – Freight & Intelligent Recovery Platforms)

About us

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers. Target Technology Services is the behind-the-scenes powerhouse that fuels Target’s commitment to cutting-edge innovation—delivering incredible value to guests online and in stores through a strong technology framework and high-performing teams.

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 are the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities.

About Finance Technology

Finance Technology powers the financial backbone of Target’s enterprise operations. Our platforms support critical capabilities across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Revenue & Receivables, Vendor Income, Transportation Payments, Financial Controls, Treasury, and Enterprise Finance Modernization.

As Target continues to modernize its finance ecosystem, Finance Technology is focused on delivering intelligent, resilient, and scalable platforms powered by cloud-native architectures, AI-enabled workflows, event-driven systems, and modern engineering practices.

One of the focus area for this organization is transforming financial operations through modernization of freight payables capabilities and intelligent recovery platforms. This includes evolving freight payment and allocation capabilities into a unified Accounts Payable – Freight ecosystem while leveraging AI and agentic technologies to automate complex vendor income recovery workflows and improve financial outcomes across the enterprise.

As a Senior Engineering Manager in Finance Technology, you will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for delivering business-critical financial platforms and modernization initiatives at enterprise scale.

You will be accountable for engineering strategy, execution, operational excellence, talent development, and technology modernization across a portfolio that includes Accounts Payable – Freight platforms, freight financial operations, and AI-powered Vendor Income Recovery solutions.

You will partner closely with Product Management, Finance business stakeholders, Principal Engineers, and Architecture teams to deliver solutions that drive measurable business value while maintaining high standards of reliability, security, scalability, and engineering excellence.

This role will play a critical part in shaping the future architecture of Finance Technology by modernizing freight financial systems, expanding intelligent automation capabilities, and enabling the next generation of finance operations powered by data, AI, and cloud-native platforms.

Portfolio Responsibilities

The teams within this portfolio support strategic finance capabilities including:

Accounts Payable – Freight

Lead engineering teams responsible for freight-related financial platforms that support freight payment authorization, freight allocations, transportation claims, and future freight payables modernization initiatives. These capabilities are foundational to the evolution of Target’s Accounts Payable architecture and future finance modernization strategy.

Intelligent Vendor Income Recovery

Lead engineering teams building AI-powered recovery solutions that identify vendor claim opportunities through analysis of enterprise communications, contracts, and supporting evidence. Leveraging GenAI, agentic workflows, and intelligent automation, these platforms help expand recovery coverage, improve operational efficiency, and reduce dependence on third-party recovery services.

What You'll Do

Engineering Leadership & Delivery

• Lead engineering teams responsible for Accounts Payable – Freight and Vendor Income Recovery platforms

• Drive delivery of strategic modernization initiatives that consolidate and simplify financial operations across multiple legacy systems

• Partner with business and product leaders to establish long-term technology roadmaps supporting freight financial operations and recovery management capabilities

• Ensure engineering investments align to broader Finance Modernization and Finance-of-the-Future objectives

Finance Modernization & Intelligent Automation

• Lead modernization of freight financial systems and associated operational workflows as part of the broader Finance modernization strategy

• Drive evolution of freight payment, allocation, claims, and settlement capabilities into scalable, cloud-native finance platforms

• Partner with Principal Engineers to define target-state architecture for freight payables and financial operations

• Champion adoption of AI, GenAI, and agentic workflows to automate complex finance processes, exception handling, evidence gathering, and claim generation

Architecture & Platform Engineering

• Partner with Principal Engineers and Architects to design cloud-native, event-driven, and microservices-based platforms

• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, platform capabilities, and architectural standards

• Ensure systems are scalable, resilient, observable, secure, and operationally efficient

• Lead modernization efforts involving legacy platforms, integration patterns, and technical debt reduction

• Drive engineering investments that improve platform reliability, maintainability, and developer productivity

Operational Excellence

• Own availability, resiliency, security, compliance, and operational health of platforms within the portfolio

• Establish engineering metrics and operational mechanisms to continuously improve quality and performance

• Drive production readiness, incident management, root-cause analysis, and long-term remediation efforts

• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, privacy, audit, and financial controls requirements

• Foster a culture of operational ownership and continuous improvement

Talent & Organization Leadership

• Build, develop, and retain high-performing engineering teams

• Coach and mentor engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineers

• Create growth opportunities and succession plans for key engineering talent

• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-accountability culture

• Lead hiring efforts to build diverse and highly capable teams

• Develop future engineering leaders and strengthen organizational capability

Strategic Partnership

• Partner closely with Product Managers, Finance stakeholders, Architecture, UX, Data Science, and Engineering leaders

• Translate business strategy into actionable engineering roadmaps and execution plans

• Communicate technical and business progress effectively to senior leadership and stakeholders

• Influence prioritization decisions through data, technology expertise, and business understanding

• Build strong partnerships across Finance, Supply Chain, Merchandising, and Enterprise Technology organizations

About You

Leadership & Execution

• Proven ability to lead multiple engineering teams and deliver complex enterprise initiatives

• Strong organizational leadership skills with experience managing engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineers

• Demonstrated success driving outcomes through ambiguity and organizational complexity

• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution while maintaining focus on business outcomes

Technical Expertise

• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, APIs, event-driven systems, and enterprise integration patterns

• Experience delivering enterprise-scale platforms with high reliability, availability, and performance requirements

• Ability to effectively partner with Principal Engineers and Architects on technical strategy and solution design

• Working knowledge of AI-enabled engineering practices, intelligent automation, and modern software delivery approaches

• Experience with cloud platforms, microservices architectures, Kafka, enterprise APIs, and modern data platforms

Finance & Business Acumen

• Experience building enterprise financial systems supporting Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Vendor Income, Reconciliation, Claims Management, Settlement, Transportation Finance, ERP ecosystems, or related operational finance capabilities

• Strong understanding of financial controls, auditability, compliance, and operational risk management

• Experience leading modernization initiatives involving financial operations platforms, payment systems, claims processing, or workflow automation is preferred

• Familiarity with AI-enabled operational workflows, intelligent document processing, agentic systems, or financial automation platforms is a strong plus

Communication & Influence

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to influence across technical and non-technical audiences

• Comfortable engaging with senior leaders, business partners, and executive stakeholders

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with progressive leadership responsibilities

• 3+ years leading multiple engineering teams or managing engineering managers

• Experience leading enterprise modernization initiatives involving legacy transformation and cloud adoption

• Experience working within Finance, Accounting, ERP, Retail, Payments, Claims, Settlement, Transportation Finance, or Enterprise Operations domains

• Experience delivering AI-enabled solutions or driving AI adoption across engineering organizations

• Experience building and scaling globally distributed engineering teams

• Track record of driving innovation, organizational transformation, and engineering excellence