Global Projects Lead

Role overview

Global Projects Lead at Lenskart

Responsibilities

• Build the Intelligent Project Governance Engine Lead end-to-end store design and delivery — governing BOQs, specifications, and quality benchmarks across all markets.
• Build systems that make vendor governance scalable across geographies. 5.
• Lead Commercial Excellence & Value Engineering Champion a culture of intelligent value engineering — using material science, cost analytics, and AI-driven procurement insights to optimise every rupee spent without compromising brand experience.
• Drive Execution Excellence at Global Scale Establish quality standards and audit frameworks that travel across borders.
• Build systems that make consistent execution the default, not the exception. 7.
• Lead, Mentor & Inspire Regional Teams Build and lead a team of high-performing project professionals across regions.
• Create a culture of ownership, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement.

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in global retail or consumer brand projects, with a proven track record of leading multi-country expansion programmes for design-led, premium brands.
• Technical Depth: Strong expertise in design execution, BOQs, contracting, vendor governance, and engineering oversight — combined with a genuine appetite for using data and technology to make project delivery smarter and faster.
• Scale: Demonstrated experience managing large retail portfolios across multiple geographies, with the ability to balance local nuance with global consistency.
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Civil Engineering.
• Advanced qualifications in Project Management or Business are a plus. 🧠 The Mindset Technology-Forward: You believe the future of retail project management is AI-assisted, data-driven, and real-time.
• You actively seek out tools and approaches that make your team faster, smarter, and more consistent — and you build the systems that outlast you.
• Obsessed with Quality at Scale: You understand that quality cannot be a manual inspection — it has to be designed into the system.
• You build standards, frameworks, and governance models that make excellence repeatable across every store, in every market.
• Commercial Sharpness: You think like a business owner.
• You understand that every design decision, every vendor choice, and every project milestone has a direct line to P&L — and you make decisions accordingly.
• Builder's Mentality: You are energised by complexity and ambiguity.
• You don't wait for a playbook — you write it.
• You see a new market as a canvas and bring the rigour, creativity, and discipline to make it exceptional.
• Transformational Leadership: You lead by conviction, not just authority.
• You inspire teams to raise their standards, challenge the status quo, and take ownership of outcomes — not just activities.
• At Lenskart, we are building a technology company that happens to sell eyewear.
• If you want to build the retail infrastructure of a global brand that is redefining an industry — this is your role.

Employment details

• Full-time 🌍 Mission Brief: Set the Global Standard for Retail Excellence Lenskart is on one of the most ambitious retail expansion journeys in the world — scaling across Asia, the Middle East, and beyond.
• Location: Gurgaon

About the employer

• Global Projects Lead Lenskart.com
• As Global Projects Lead, you will be the architect of Lenskart's physical retail future — defining how our stores are designed, built, and experienced across every market we enter.
• Set the AI-Powered Global Design Standard Be the custodian of Lenskart's retail brand experience — but go beyond aesthetics.

Additional role details

• Gurugram, India
• On-site
• Every store we open is a statement: about our brand, our obsession with customer experience, and our belief that technology can transform even the most physical of spaces.
• This role is for the person who will own that statement globally.
• You will lead with data, build with precision, and raise the bar every single time.
• Reporting to the Global Head of Projects, you will operate at the intersection of design, engineering, technology, and commercial strategy — driving the execution engine that powers our global store network.
• This is not a maintenance role.
• This is a builder's role. 🔑 Core Mandate 1.
• Use data and AI-driven insights to define what a world-class Lenskart store looks, feels, and performs like.
• Establish design frameworks and specifications that are dynamic, scalable, and informed by real-time market feedback, customer behaviour analytics, and performance data from existing stores.
• Every new store should be smarter than the last. 2.
• Introduce AI-assisted project tracking, predictive risk monitoring, and real-time dashboards to move from reactive problem-solving to proactive portfolio management.
• Define the processes and governance models that enable speed without sacrificing quality. 3.
• Own the Global Expansion Roadmap Build and manage a multi-year, multi-country rollout roadmap that is anchored in data — using site analytics, demand modelling, and market intelligence to prioritise where and how we grow.
• Partner with senior leaders across Retail, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure every new market entry is strategically timed and operationally ready. 4.
• Build a World-Class, Tech-Enabled Vendor Ecosystem Develop and govern a high-performance global vendor network spanning construction, fabrication, engineering, and maintenance.
• Go beyond traditional procurement — use data benchmarking, performance scoring, and AI-assisted vendor evaluation to ensure you're always working with the best partners at the best value.
• Own all project commercials: contracts, BOQs, procurement workflows, and financial controls.
• Bring the same rigour to cost as to quality.. 6.
• Use technology to enable real-time visibility into project status, quality compliance, and post-handover performance across every market.
• Be the voice of the Projects function at the leadership table — representing the team's work, ambitions, and impact to senior stakeholders globally. ⚡ The Essentials