Global Novelty Delivery Lead

lego; Billund; Hybrid; DKK 1,000,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

LEGO in Billund, Denmark, seeks a Senior Manager to lead a ~10-person team in Novelty Development. You’ll steer delivery of complex novelties from design handover to production, balancing quality, cost, and timing.

You’ll guide projects requiring special attention due to tech complexity and tight timelines, reducing risk across the portfolio. The role is based in Billund with a hybrid work policy; relocation is not offered.

Qualifications

• Led engineering or project teams delivering complex technical projects.
• Managed project delivery with accountability for quality, cost, and timeline outcomes.
• Built expertise within engineering-related environments or comparable technical fields.
• Directed technical leads and provided guidance on development, design, or equipment-related work.
• Delivered structured project management processes across multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated fluent English communication skills at C1 level or above, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Lead a specialist team delivering special novelties according to business case commitments.
• Drive risk reduction across the novelty portfolio and support successful novelty introductions.
• Ensure continuous improvements throughout the novelty flow.
• Oversee technical development projects requiring additional leadership due to complexity or timing.
• Support resolution of production or launch-related issues connected to novelty implementation.
• Help transform designs from Product Development into solutions that can be manufactured at scale across multiple global sites.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

People leadership

English proficiency

Job description

LEGO in Billund, Denmark, seeks a Senior Manager to lead a ~10-person team in Novelty Development. You’ll steer delivery of complex novelties from design handover to production, balancing quality, cost, and timing.

You’ll guide projects requiring special attention due to tech complexity and tight timelines, reducing risk across the portfolio. The role is based in Billund with a hybrid work policy; relocation is not offered.