As the Director of Cybersecurity – Threat Detection Operations, you will lead Target’s enterprise threat detection capabilities, overseeing people, technologies, and processes to detect cybersecurity threats across various environments. Your daily responsibilities include evolving detection engineering capabilities, improving signal quality, operationalizing threat intelligence, and enabling rapid investigation and response with CSIRT teams. You will establish operational standards, foster continuous improvement, and ensure alignment with risk priorities, working closely with CSIRT, Threat Intelligence, Insider Threat, Security Engineering, and broader Target Tech teams to enhance visibility and automate workflows. Key skills include 8+ years of cybersecurity experience in threat detection, security monitoring, incident response, or cyber defense operations, hands-on knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, cloud-native detection capabilities, telemetry pipelines, and strong leadership abilities to build high-performing teams.
Lead the evolution of enterprise threat detection capabilities across various environments.
Oversee the design, development, and continuous improvement of detection technologies.
Ensure comprehensive security logging coverage and data pipeline integrity.
Develop and manage detection use cases aligned with emerging threats and risk priorities.
Partner with Incident Response, Threat Intelligence teams to operationalize intelligence.
Establish metrics and performance standards for measuring detection program maturity.
What we're looking for
8+ years of cybersecurity experience in threat detection, security monitoring, or incident response.
Proven leadership in building and scaling high-performing cybersecurity teams.
Expertise in SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and cloud-native detection capabilities.
Strong problem-solving skills for complex technical issues.
Ability to establish metrics and performance indicators for program maturity.
Experience in fostering cross-functional partnerships and influencing enterprise strategy.
Continuous learning and staying current with evolving cybersecurity trends.
Market check
Salary context
This
$168,000–$303,000
range sits above
89%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$120,000–$204,900
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$142,125–$191,975
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 239 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About Target
Target Corporation is a large-format general merchandise and grocery retailer offering a wide assortment of everyday essentials, apparel, home goods, and electronics through stores and online. Industry: General Merchandise Retail
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$98,000–$176,000
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