Job Description

This is a rare opportunity for a senior leader to shape, prioritise, and drive the global retail development (RD) transformation agenda at scale. As Director of Global Programmes, Retail Development, you will own and orchestrate the full portfolio of complex, cross-functional programmes that power our physical retail growth across global branded channels! From local market footprint strategies to globally scaled concepts, you will lead and support RD functional teams to turn ambition into executable, governed, and prioritised programmes. Sitting on the Global Retail Development Leadership Team, you will define what truly matters, bringing precise prioritisation, strategic clarity, and structured governance to a portfolio that spans new markets, new store formats, design evolution, real estate strategy, and global rollouts. You will balance forward-looking portfolio planning and resource optimisation with senior stakeholder alignment, acting as the single point of visibility for programme health, risks, capacity, and outcomes. This is a fully empowered role for a strategic doer, someone who can shape the roadmap, challenge priorities, optimise global resources, and then relentlessly drive delivery! We're pleased to share that we offer a hybrid working week arrangement called Best of Both, requiring 3 days in the office location and 2 days from home. Relocation & visa assistance is offered for this position. The closing date for all applications will be 19th March 2026.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead Complex Global Programmes – 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.

• Programme Governance & Risk Management – Establish and enforce robust governance frameworks, including stage-gate management, escalation protocols, and interdependency oversight across regions.

• Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management – 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.

• Executive Stakeholder Leadership – Act as a trusted advisor to Snr Directors, VPs, and senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and providing clear, compelling updates on programme status, risks, and value delivery.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Operate independently across geographies and time zones, coordinating multiple priorities, aligning global, regional, and market teams, and ensuring seamless execution across the retail portfolio.

• People Leadership & Capability Building – Lead, develop, and performance-manage a high-performing team, building strategic programme management capability to scale global Retail Development initiatives.

Do you have what it takes

• Retail Expertise & Cross-Functional Programme Leadership – Experience 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.

• Programme Governance & Risk Management – Deep expertise in governance frameworks, stage-gate management, escalation handling, go/no-go decisions, and managing cross-regional dependencies.

• Commercial Acumen & Data-Driven Decision Making – Experience managing significant CapEx/OpEx budgets, evaluating business cases, and making investment trade-offs to optimise return.

• Senior Stakeholder Management & Influence – Trusted advisor to (Snr)Directors, VPs, and senior leaders, with exceptional executive communication, presentation, and relationship management skills.

• Global, Fast-Paced Delivery & 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. #LI-MD1 Play your part in the team succeeding An advocate for change. A spokesperson for Retail Development. A leader who ensures we move from reactive project execution to disciplined, scalable, value-driven programme management. If you are experienced in complex retail programme environments, thrive in ambiguity, and have the credibility to influence at senior level while staying close to execution, this is an opportunity to build and lead the holistic engine behind global retail growth. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect: 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 want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity. Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount. Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme. Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process. Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong. The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. 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. Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights. Just imagine building your dream career. Then make it real. Join the LEGO® team today.