Director Tech @ Target
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
📧 bhanubirani@gmail.com
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Experienced technology leader with a proven track record of building product/engineering teams from the ground up. Demonstrated leadership in driving cross-functional teams with a boundaryless mindset, enhancing operational efficiency, and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
Bring a unique blend of strategic thinking and execution excellence, with the ability to shape long-term product vision while delivering tangible results at speed.
Have unique mindset and strength that can thrive in both startup and corporate settings. Know how to build product in a month, and scale them over the period to cater millions of users.
Specialties:
January 2026 – Present
Bengaluru
Leading high-performing leaders and teams driving Loyalty, Lists, Registries, Gifting, Accounts, Profile, Authentication experiences, and Privacy within the Digital portfolio.
April 2024 – December 2025
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Built empowered engineering teams that embraced innovation, bold thinking, and calculated risk-taking. Led multiple full-stack teams across flagship applications and the Target.com ecosystem, while driving cross-cutting initiatives across digital technology organizations.
Provided engineering leadership for the “Digital – Know Me, Reward Me” portfolio, including Target’s Loyalty Program (Target Circle), Accounts, Profile and Preferences, Login and Enrollment (re-architected authentication experience delivering over $200M in business lift), Privacy across the funnel, and Platform (site leadership).
April 2022 – March 2024
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Driven by a passion for technical excellence and collaborative culture, I delivered impactful results through strategic planning, strong execution, and cross-functional partnerships. I led product development and business growth while maintaining a strong focus on team development, mentorship, and leadership depth.
Built and scaled high-performing engineering teams from the ground up to 30+ FTEs, established a strong second line of leadership, and led flagship engineering teams across Target’s core portfolio, including Loyalty (Target Circle), Deals across the funnel, Gift Registry, Basket Building, and Platform (site leadership).
Played a key leadership role in critical parts of the Target Circle rebranding initiative—one of the major enterprise-wide initiatives.
May 2021 – May 2022
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Built and led engineering teams of full-time and contingent staff, partnering closely with business and technology stakeholders. Drove product delivery while leading process improvements and change initiatives.
Primarily responsible for leading teams developing Visa In-App Provisioning SDKs and the Visa Digital Commerce white-label application.
June 2017 – April 2021
Bengaluru Area, India
Led a team of engineers to architect, develop, deploy, and maintain Visa’s mobile products and SDKs.
October 2016 – June 2017
Bangalore, Karnataka
Designed and developed Target’s mobility products supporting Registry and Wishlist applications. Implemented CI/CD pipelines for release workflows.
Worked on payments systems building scalable Java-based web applications and backend modules for payment gateway integrations.
June 2013 – November 2016
July 2015 – September 2016
Bangalore, Karnataka
Developed SIP and VoIP-based telecommunication applications for iOS and macOS. Integrated IoT stacks with telecom products and built backend services.
Presented R&D solutions from India in global partner conferences.
August 2012 – June 2015
Bangalore, Karnataka
Worked on machine-learning–based email intelligence applications and delivered multiple mobile products end-to-end.
2011 – 2012
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Worked as a game engineer building reusable AI components and mobile games using Cocos2d and Box2d.
Rajasthan Technical University
B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering
Central Academy Schools
HSC, Physics Chemistry Maths with Computers