Development Project Manager - Retail

W Talent; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote role with travel

Car

Bonus

Job summary

W Talent is seeking a Development Project Manager in the UK to oversee retail projects from concept to completion. You will coordinate with development, retail operations and infrastructure teams to deliver refurbishments, extensions and major redevelopments across a national estate.

The role requires managing budgets and schedules while ensuring customer experience and commercial performance are optimised, with travel as needed for project delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects in retail, hospitality or multi-site environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement with retail, operations and construction teams.
• Commercial mindset with budget control and value delivery.
• Understanding of how physical environments affect customer experience, trading performance and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple projects from detailed design through practical completion.
• Coordinate between development and retail operations to minimise disruption.
• Deliver refurbishments, extensions, redevelopments and food-service partnerships.
• Manage budgets, schedules and quality to maximise value and speed.

Skills

Retail fit-out

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Project delivery

Multi-site portfolio

Job description

Development Project Manager - Retail

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a passion for delivering retail environments that drive customer experience, sales growth and operational performance?

We are recruiting a Development Project Manager to join a leading UK multi-site retail operator with an ambitious investment programme focused on modernising and expanding its national estate. This role sits at the heart of the business's retail growth strategy, delivering everything from flagship refurbishments and store extensions to major redevelopments and food-to-go partnerships.

Working closely with Retail, Operations, Infrastructure and Development teams, you'll transform sites into modern, commercially optimised destinations that enhance the customer journey while delivering strong returns on investment.

The Role

This is far more than a traditional construction project management position. You'll act as the link between development and retail operations, ensuring projects are designed and delivered with both customer experience and commercial performance in mind.

You'll take ownership of multiple projects simultaneously, managing them from detailed design through to practical completion, ensuring minimal disruption to trading while maximising value, quality and speed of delivery.

Projects will include:

• Retail store refurbishments and modernisation programmes
• Store extensions and redevelopment schemes
• Knockdown and rebuild projects
• Food-to-go and concession partner rollouts
• Customer journey and retail experience improvements
• Operational and infrastructure enhancement projects

What We're Looking For

We're keen to speak with candidates who have experience delivering projects within:

• Retail
• Convenience retail
• Supermarkets
• Hospitality and leisure
• Foodservice and QSR environments
• Multi-site property portfolios
• Forecourts and roadside retail

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience managing retail fit-out, refurbishment or development projects.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage operational, commercial and construction teams.
• A commercial mindset with experience managing budgets and driving value.
• An understanding of how physical environments influence customer experience, trading performance and operational efficiency.
• The ability to manage multiple projects across a diverse national portfolio.

Why Apply?

• Play a key role in shaping and enhancing a large-scale UK retail estate.
• Deliver visible projects that directly impact customers and commercial performance.
• Join a business investing significantly in estate development and growth.
• Enjoy autonomy, variety and genuine influence over project outcomes.
• Excellent long-term career development opportunities within a growing organisation.
• Remote role with travel for Projects as required
• Highly competitive, Car, Bonus

This is an ideal opportunity for a Project Manager from a retail, hospitality, supermarket, convenience or multi‑site development background looking to take ownership of high‑profile transformation projects across a nationally recognised estate.