Purpose: 


As a Sr. Data Integration Analyst, your primary responsibilities will be to work with multiple client and project teams to understand business objectives, provide corresponding analysis and/or recommendations, contribute to project implementations and present final analytical results or implement production level reporting solutions. You will work with multiple teams to ensure that future data quality processes associated with launching, navigating and searching for items on target.com are created and adopted successfully. You will test, monitor, and improve data quality associated with Target.com’s item data and ensure that our data structure and processes support Target.com sales, profitability and guest experience. You will be expected to work with data analysis and reporting tools to support project objectives.

 See Yourself:

Working with project and business teams to understand business requirements and analysis plans associated with item data initiatives. Translating business requirements into data design requirements used for driving data designs that meet business objectives. Participating in developing corresponding test cases with project team members.

Understanding, incorporating and influencing the current and future structure of item data to ensure business objectives are being met.

Participating in the technical implementation of new data source feeds, including developing test plans, from the business perspective. Responsibilities may include source system data analysis, data mapping, logical data modeling, and physical database design. 

Proactively evaluating and improving the data gathering/acquisition and transformation processes that affect data quality.

As a key participant and driver in creation of data conceptual (or logical) model based on business rules captured from the business requirements.

Updating data warehouse conceptual model as needed (additional subject areas / entities / attributes). Creating and maintaining thorough documentation.

Validating initial feeds of existing and new data sources

Serving as a resource to project team with data analysis, modeling and measurement skill sets as well as data expert on underlying business rules and data sources for end users

Ensuring data quality of on-going data feeds through the development of monitors to track key data variables.

Applying business rules that support and enforce data quality standards

Ensuring data definitions / meta data are maintained and accessible to users

Ensuring strong client service and satisfaction (and minimize problems and concerns) through pro-active communication of progress against project timelines.

Consulting with project teams regarding data architecture, including the facilitation of information gathering sessions, provide data analysis services and document them as required. Participating in walk-thrus, reviews, and inspections of project deliverables. 

Interfacing with the Target business clients to present intermediate and final reporting or analytical results.

Other duties and projects as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Minimum Requirements:

Four year college degree (computer sciences, statistics, mathematics, finance or other business related field) and/or 4-6 years equivalent work experience in IT or related field

4-6 years experience with database analysis or modeling. Extensive experience working with databases supporting complex business rules. Knowledge of logical and physical database design and implementation. 

Ability to facilitate design sessions with subject matter experts to define data requirements and resolve requirements issues.

Working knowledge of data QA methodologies, data governance and/or data issue tracking management

Ability to work well under pressure with deadlines, multiple and competing priorities and in a "still being defined" data architecture . Must be capable of successfully supporting multiple projects concurrently

Good documentation and process modeling skills; organized with thorough attention to detail. Ability to create reports, present them convincingly, and facilitate discussion groups. 

Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proven ability to communicate complex data issues to a wide variety of decision-makers and stakeholders

Needs to be a problem solver able to challenge, question the status quo and think outside the box when necessary to institute change

Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrixed, team-based environment; relationship management capabilities a must

High level of organizational and follow up skills 

Flexible, comfortable with ambiguity and able to adapt project plans and tasks to changes

Desired Requirements:

Previous experience in retailing, merchandising, merchandising operations or web operations 

Experience in data modeling in a multi-channel Retail industry environment 

Training and/or certification in 6SIGMA or Lean

Experience with data ETL and writing SQL Queries

 See The Rewards Eligible team members will receive one of the best earnings packages anywhere, including competitive pay, all-around insurance coverage, 401(k), flexible scheduling, training and development and many other perks and benefits. See a place of exciting challenges and rewards. See a place where you’ll feel empowered to do something brilliant. See a place filled with creativity and unlimited opportunity. See a place where ‘work’ could easily be called play. See yourself here. Target is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is a drug-free workplace.