Lead Compliance Consultant

About Us :

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers.

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.

A role in Corporate Compliance and Ethics means providing support and managing key compliance areas for Target including stores, distribution centers and at headquarters. You will also be a part of helping Target maintain a positive work environment by coordinating efforts in its Ethics office.

Position Overview :

As a Lead Compliance Consultant at Target, you will lead and continuously mature enterprise’s Responsible AI and Privacy Programs to ensure Target remains in compliance with fast-evolving AI and privacy regulatory obligations and industry standards. You will play a critical role in building Responsible AI program capabilities, monitoring key controls, and developing standards that enable Target to deploy AI responsibly, safely, and at scale.

Core Responsibilities :

• Own and mature Target’s Responsible AI & Privacy compliance management framework, including program documentation, AI use case requirements, control identification, gap analysis against laws and frameworks, and monitoring and reporting.
• Design and implement AI observability practices to monitor compliance with Responsible AI controls (e.G., fairness, transparency, explainability, privacy). Partner with technology teams to develop and maintain tools, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms that enable ongoing oversight of deployed AI models.
• Define program maturity goals, governance frameworks, and operating models to enable responsible and scalable AI adoption.
• Partner with Legal, Technology, and Risk leadership to embed Responsible AI and Privacy-by-Design principles into enterprise operations and product development while overseeing risk identification, assessment and mitigation.
• Develop standards and guidance for Responsible AI compliance, ensuring alignment with global laws and leading industry frameworks. Develop playbooks, guardrails, and decision trees that support responsible scaling of AI.
• Lead training and communication activities to increase awareness of Responsible AI and privacy expectations within business and product teams, including scenario-based training on generative AI and AI model lifecycle risks.
• Lead regulatory change management for rapidly evolving AI and privacy laws, platform rules and emerging industry codes of conduct.
• Define and own reporting and presentations for department leadership, compliance committees, and governance bodies to support decision-making, influence process changes, and track Responsible AI and privacy program activities.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders to arm them with the information they need to make informed decisions on AI risk and personal information collection, use, and sharing.
• Establish metrics and dashboards to monitor program performance, identify trends, and evaluate control effectiveness.
• Facilitate across functional governance forums and influence decision-making among senior stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvements and automation opportunities to enhance compliance maturity and operational efficiency.
• Engage with external RAI and Privacy networks to stay informed of emerging risks, standards and 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

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