Join Target as a Director of Data Sciences - AdTech

As a renowned Fortune 50 company with over 400,000 team members worldwide, Target stands as an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. Becoming a part of Target means embracing a culture of mutual care and respect, while making a significant and positive impact. At Target, we value diverse voices and encourage authentic and respectful relationships, creating a community where everyone's unique perspective is celebrated.

About Target in India (TII)

At Target, our timeless purpose is driven by a proven strategy, bringing together some of the brightest minds from diverse backgrounds. Our Bengaluru hub operates as a fully integrated part of Target's global team with more than 4,000 team members supporting our global strategy and operations. Here, we redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes.

Position Overview: Data Science & Engineering

A role with Target Data Science & Engineering offers the opportunity to develop and manage state-of-the-art predictive algorithms. You'll be instrumental in automating and optimizing decisions using our vast data resources. Whether you join our Statistics, Optimization, or Machine Learning teams, you'll leverage Target's impressive data breadth to build algorithms that power solutions relied upon by Marketing, Supply Chain Optimization, Network Security, and Personalization teams.

Team Overview

Target Data Sciences is offering an exciting opportunity to tackle cutting-edge problems in AdTech. Our Roundel group is emerging as one of the biggest Retail Media Network (RMN) players in the US AdTech ecosystem. As we continue to enhance our tech ecosystem, we seek driven and passionate individuals with deep AdTech science and engineering experience to make impactful contributions to AdTech development.

Your Role & Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and integrate modules for algorithmic decision-making with the ad serving tech platform.
• Influence roadmaps and drive execution with a talented team of scientists.
• Develop a multi-year vision for embedding science within the AdTech platform and collaborate with engineers and the science team to bring it to life.
• Lead and mentor a team of scientists to ensure successful delivery of impactful outcomes.

Example Problem Statements

• Maximize yield for advertisers and revenue for Target.
• Develop technology and algorithms for real-time decisions in ad serving.
• Architect connected tech capabilities from media planning to media optimization and measurement.

Expectations & Skills

We're looking for candidates with:

• A minimum of five years of AdTech experience.
• Technical proficiency in algorithms, ad science, and engineering.
• Strong collaboration and mentorship skills, with a preference for people leaders.

Preferred Educational Background

• Computer Science graduates from reputed engineering institutes with 10+ years of experience in data science and artificial intelligence.
• MTech or MS (Statistics, Economics) with 12+ years of relevant experience.
• PhD with 7+ years of relevant experience.

Preferred Domain Experience

• Experience in creating tech-led solutions in advertising, customer relevancy models, bidding strategy, and click-through rate modeling.

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Company Name: Target
Job Title: Director, Data Sciences - AdTech