Sr Engineering Manager - Endpoint Security

About Target: As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers.  Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values different voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful

Overview about Target in India: At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy. And that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from different backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.

About Target Tech: 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’re the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities.

About Team: Our mission is two-fold: we protect the hundreds of thousands of Target endpoints (such as user laptops, in store devices, distribution center technology, servers and containers) from cyber threats while balancing the stability and functionality needs of Target’s technology environment.  To do this, we use a combination of vendor tools, in-house developed utilities and strong organizational partnerships to achieve shared goals. 

The Sr. Engineering Manager (SEM) is responsible for a managing a team of engineers. This role is accountable for leading a team, developing code, deploying and managing in production, security product engineering/support, and infrastructure engineering. You will be called upon to be the technical representative for your team during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning. Success in this role will require strong and innovative approaches to problem solving, great technical leadership, excellent communication (written and verbal, formal and informal), flexibility, accountability and a self-motivated working style with attention to detail.

Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Sr. Engineering Manager, you’ll take the lead as you…

• Optimize a suite of products to secure Target endpoints.
• Use innovation and critical thinking to solve complex security and technology problems.
• Test the efficacy of tools by leveraging adversary emulation tools.
• Establish good stakeholder relationships and work closely with Tech teams, influence the product roadmap and help drive requirements while being a strong advocate of agile and DevOps practices across the team.
• Execution of the team-developed strategy, solving enterprise-wide problems and addressing key security concerns.
• Provide career development and performance management to a team of engineers.
• Industry endpoint security domain expert, benchmarking with other retailers and companies, staying on top of new trends and technology in a quickly-moving space.

About you:

• 4 year degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 1-3 years of managing teams with a strong track record of delivery for cross-functional products
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to variety of audiences
• Team-orientated, passionate about developing others’ skills and capabilities
• Successful track record of working in large enterprise technology ecosystems leading complex technology teams

•  Deep understanding of agile development processes and methodology including continuous integration and delivery, with a mindset of building incrementally and delivering business value quickly
• Strong collaboration skills, effective management of complex cross-team initiatives and leads with the desire to enable our engineering teams.
• Expertise in the security engineering domain, with a preference for Endpoint Security.