Senior Construction Commercial Manager

lego; Billund; On-site; DKK 897,000 - 1,420,000; Full time

Job summary

LEGO Group seeks a Senior Construction Commercial Manager to lead commercial governance for EMEA brownfield projects. You will own cost management, forecasting, change control, and reporting while shaping significant investment decisions.

In this role you will work independently within a global team, drive value engineering and cost optimization, and collaborate with Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and Operations to deliver sustainable value.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in commercial management, quantity surveying, construction management or cost management within large-scale projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in design and construction tender process, cost planning, cost control, forecasting, contract administration, and change management.
• Skills in influencing commercial decisions through value engineering, cost optimization, and robust recommendations.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen to translate cost, schedule and data into actionable insights for executives.
• Experience building cross-functional partnerships with Finance, Construction, Procurement, Engineering, Operations, and Program teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial activities for EMEA brownfield projects, ensuring cost governance, transparency, risk management, and budget adherence.
• Lead cost planning and forecasting, including change management, estimate reviews, cashflow forecasting, and contingency oversight.
• Drive cost optimization and value engineering initiatives to maximize project value.
• Develop commercial reporting and dashboards showing cost, risk exposure, and project performance.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Operations, and external partners to ensure governance.
• Support Discovery Projects with early-stage cost validation and land readiness assessments.
• Provide commercial insights and recommendations to senior leadership on governance and risk.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cost control

Forecasting

Change management

Stakeholder management

Value engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or related discipline

Job description

Job Description

Imagine influencing the commercial decisions behind some of the LEGO Group's most significant construction investments. Then make it real!

About the role

As Senior Construction Commercial Manager in Global Workplace Projects, you'll provide commercial leadership across EMEA brownfield projects while helping strengthen commercial governance, portfolio risk management. You'll oversee cost management, estimating, change control, and commercial reporting while providing insights that support major investment decisions. This is an opportunity to influence how the LEGO Group delivers large-scale workplace and infrastructure projects and ensure investments create lasting value.

This role suits an experienced commercial professional who's comfortable operating independently and serving as the primary commercial lead within a geographically dispersed team. You'll have the support of a global network of colleagues while taking ownership of commercial outcomes across your area of responsibility.

Please note: Relocation support is not available for this role.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in commercial management, quantity surveying, construction management or cost management within large-scale capital, industrial, infrastructure, or construction projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in design and construction tender process, cost planning, cost control, forecasting, contract administration, and change management across the project lifecycle.
• Skills in influencing key commercial and investment decisions through value engineering, cost optimization, and robust commercial recommendations.
• Applied strong analytical and financial acumen to translate complex project cost, schedule, and commercial data into actionable business insights and executive-level recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience building strong cross-functional partnerships and managing key stakeholder relationships across Finance, Construction, Procurement, Engineering, Operations, and Program teams to drive successful commercial outcomes and project delivery.
• Willingness to travel approx. 20-25 days yearly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong commercial foundation through hands-on involvement in the delivery of major construction projects, bringing practical experience from within project organizations rather than solely advisory or consulting environments.
• Delivered benchmarking and value engineering initiatives within construction projects.
• Supported sustainable construction projects, including embedded carbon considerations.
• Experience delivering projects across multiple countries and working within diverse regulatory, commercial, and cultural environments.

If you've worked in a role where you've reviewed project costs, challenged contractor change requests, managed commercial risk, and supported major capital investments, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is your ability to combine practical construction experience with strong commercial judgement and translate complex financial and project data into actionable business insights.

What you'll build

• Manage commercial activities for EMEA brownfield projects, ensuring effective cost governance, financial transparency, risk management, and adherence to approved budgets.
• Lead cost planning and forecasting, including change management, estimate reviews, cashflow forecasting, and contingency oversight.
• Drive cost optimization and value engineering initiatives to maximize value across projects.
• Develop commercial reporting and dashboards that provide insights into cost, risk exposure, and project performance.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Operations, and external partners to ensure consistent commercial governance.
• Support Discovery Projects through early-stage cost validation and land readiness assessments.
• Provide commercial insights and recommendations to senior leadership on governance,

Life on the team

You'll join Global Workplace Projects, a team responsible for enabling the future growth of the LEGO Group through new production facilities and large-scale infrastructure projects around the world. We work closely with colleagues across Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Operations and external partners to deliver long-term value. You'll be part of a smaller global team while owning the commercial agenda for your area of responsibility. We value curiosity, initiative, collaboration, and a continuous improvement mindset as we work together to solve complex challenges and support the LEGO Group’s future growth.

What success looks like

Success means becoming a trusted commercial partner across a portfolio of major construction investments. You’ll strengthen governance, improve forecasting quality, and increase transparency around commercial risks and opportunities. Working closely with senior leaders and cross-functional partners, you