Head of Construction - Europe

What You’ll Do The Head of Construction - Europe is a senior leadership role responsible for the implementation and construction of all projects across all European markets, including new store developments and refit programmes. Operating as a senior leader within Property Operations, this role is accountable for ensuring that construction execution is safe, consistent, commercially efficient and aligned to Primark’s growth ambitions. You will set the construction strategy, build organisational capability, and ensure that delivery teams and partners consistently perform at scale across a complex, multi-country estate. The role has overall accountability for programme delivery, ensuring projects are executed safely, within agreed timelines and budgets, and to the highest standards of quality and operational excellence. You will play a critical role in enabling business growth, speed to market, and customer experience, through best-in-class construction execution. In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day: • Lead the construction strategy and delivery of Primark's European expansion and investment programme, ensuring projects are executed safely, on time, within budget and to brand standards. • Own a complex multi-country portfolio of new stores, relocations and refits, driving consistency, scalability and operational excellence across all markets. • Partner with Property, Design and Operations teams to shape delivery strategies, programme priorities and long-term construction roadmaps. • Lead construction governance across Europe, ensuring compliance with approved designs, technical requirements, regulatory standards and risk management frameworks. • Champion a zero-compromise safety culture, driving best practice in health, safety, environmental and sustainability performance across all projects. • Own construction capital expenditure across Europe, ensuring strong commercial performance, effective cost control and value engineering without compromising quality. • Develop and manage a high-performing European construction supply chain, building strategic partnerships with contractors, consultants and specialist delivery partners. • Build, lead and mentor a high-performing construction team, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and commercial excellence while influencing stakeholders at all levels of the business. What You’ll Bring    We want every person in our organisation to feel like they’re making a key contribution. Here are some of the experiences and skills you’ll need for the role: • Significant senior leadership experience (10+ years) in construction delivery within complex multi-site, multi-country environments. • Proven track record of delivering large-scale construction programmes, including new builds, refurbishments and major capital investment projects. • Strong strategic capability, with the ability to balance long-term planning, portfolio management and operational execution across multiple markets. • Extensive experience managing contractors, consultant teams, supply chains and complex stakeholder environments. • Deep understanding of construction delivery, on-site operations, regulatory compliance and project lifecycle management. • Demonstrated success in building and leading high-performing teams, creating clear accountability and driving strong commercial outcomes. • Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering and engaging at executive and senior leadership level. • Commercially astute leader with the ability to drive innovation, cost efficiency and continuous improvement while maintaining operational discipline and delivery excellence. What You’ll Get People are