Director Product Management – Warehouse Management Systems

Target

. Set the product vision, strategy, outcome measures, and multi-year modernization roadmap for outbound warehouse management capabilities .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeMinneapolis • Minnesota • United StatesLead💰 $149,000 - $268,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the product vision, strategy, outcome measures, and multi-year modernization roadmap for outbound warehouse management capabilities
Translate warehouse operations needs into product capabilities across outbound planning, work release, picking, packing, sortation, staging, loading, shipping, dock and trailer handoff, exception handling, and outbound visibility
Define quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), prioritize the shared product backlog, and drive quarter-over-quarter business outcomes
Lead product discovery with warehouse operators, field leaders, support teams, stores, transportation partners, and enterprise stakeholders
Partner with Product Design and UX to create intuitive, efficient, and scalable operational experiences
Lead, coach, and develop product managers; set expectations, manage product capacity, and build accountability and delivery excellence
Partner with engineering, architecture, data, analytics, automation, and operations teams to modernize legacy capabilities
Make trade-off decisions across scope, schedule, operational readiness, risk, technical debt, and business value
Use data and analytics to assess product health, warehouse performance, adoption, reliability, cost, throughput, accuracy, and guest/store impact
Communicate progress and recommendations to senior leaders
Drive alignment across inventory, inbound, replenishment, fulfillment, transportation, labor, automation, and end-to-end retail operations
Manage product investment choices and resource allocation with senior leadership and finance partners
Identify and remove execution barriers across teams, pyramids, and external partners while maintaining reliability, usability, maintainability, and operational resilience

Requirements

What you’ll need

Four-year degree or equivalent experience
10+ years of product management experience, including product leadership responsibilities
Deep domain experience in warehouse management systems (WMS), preferably within supply chain, logistics, fulfillment, transportation, enterprise platform modernization, or retail operations
Balanced experience with both packaged and custom-built applications within Warehouse Management Systems
Proven experience owning product strategy, business outcomes, multi-year roadmaps, quarterly OKRs, and measurable delivery for complex, enterprise-scale technology products
Experience leading product managers, product owners, or cross-functional product resources and building high-performing product teams
Strong warehousing and warehouse execution experience, including outbound operations
Understanding of how logistics, transportation, inventory, labor, automation, and order flow intersect with warehouse management and outbound execution
Experience with WMS, WES, TMS, supply chain planning/execution platforms, SaaS or packaged platforms, custom-built applications, integration-heavy architectures, or large-scale modernization programs
Expertise working in agile environments, including discovery, iterative development, user stories, prioritization, scrum teams, sprint planning, personas, acceptance criteria, and product demos
Ability to operate in high trade-off or fixed timeline environments
Strong communication and influence skills
Strategic mindset and bias for action
Ability to define metrics, make data-informed decisions, manage ambiguity, and drive business outcomes
Ability to lead through change, create clarity, and build trust across multiple enterprise-wide teams
Preferred: experience with inventory, flow, replenishment, fulfillment, sortation, transportation, or end-to-end retail supply chain capabilities
Preferred: experience modernizing warehouse management capabilities across SaaS, packaged, custom-built, automation, and partner-provided systems
Preferred: experience in high-volume retail, ecommerce, omnichannel fulfillment, distribution center, food/cold-chain, 3PL, or large warehouse network environments
Preferred: experience partnering with Product Design or UX teams to improve frontline team member experiences

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
401(k)
Employee discount
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Paid sick leave
Paid national holidays
Paid vacation
Competitive financial, education, and well-being benefits
Remote work arrangement options
Potential travel to HQ up to 4 times a year for remote workers