Director, Global Retail Development Portfolio & Programmes in London

This is a rare opportunity for a senior leader to shape, prioritise, and drive the global retail development (RD) transformation agenda at scale.

Lead and orchestrate the full portfolio of complex, cross‑functional programmes that power our physical retail growth across global branded channels. Support RD functional teams to turn ambition into executable, governed, and prioritised programmes, from local market footprint strategies to globally scaled concepts.

Sitting on the Global Retail Development Leadership Team, define what truly matters, bringing precise prioritisation, strategic clarity, and structured governance to a portfolio spanning new markets, new store formats, design evolution, real‑estate strategy, and global rollouts.

Hybrid working week arrangement – Best of Both – requiring 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home. Relocation assistance is offered for this position. Closing date for applications: Friday 10th July.

• Drive end‑to‑end delivery of large‑scale, multi‑year retail programmes spanning expansion, real‑estate, operations, and store development, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest quality.
• Establish and enforce robust governance frameworks, including stage‑gate management, escalation protocols, and interdependency oversight across regions.
• Translate Retail Development priorities into a clear, actionable multi‑year programme roadmap, making data‑driven decisions on resource allocation, investment trade‑offs, and CapEx/OpEx optimisation.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior directors, VPs, and senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and providing clear, compelling updates on programme status, risks, and value delivery.
• Operate independently across geographies and time zones, coordinating multiple priorities, aligning global, regional, and market teams, and ensuring seamless execution across the retail portfolio.
• Lead, develop, and performance‑manage a high‑performing team, building strategic programme management capability to scale global Retail Development initiatives.

• Retail expertise and cross‑functional programme leadership – experience at a leadership level in retail organisations with a strong track record of leading complex, multi‑year programmes across expansion, real‑estate, operations, and store development.
• End‑to‑end programme ownership – proven ability to own large‑scale global programme portfolios from concept through execution, ensuring delivery on time, on budget, and to quality standards.
• Governance and risk management – deep expertise in governance frameworks, stage‑gate management, escalation handling, go/no‑go decisions, and managing cross‑regional dependencies.
• Commercial acumen and data‑driven decision making – experience managing significant CapEx/OpEx budgets, evaluating business cases, and making investment trade‑offs to optimise return.
• Senior stakeholder management and influence – trusted advisor to senior leaders, with exceptional executive communication, presentation, and relationship management skills.
• Global, fast‑paced delivery and people leadership – comfortable working independently across geographies and time zones, managing multiple priorities, while leading, developing, and performance‑managing teams.
• Fluency in English – both written and verbal.

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing – We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
• Colleague Discount – From day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – When goals are reached and if eligible, you will be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Workplace – Your primary workplace location will be one of our offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team. The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.