Senior Manager, Global Novelty Development Lead

LEGO Gruppe; Billund; Hybrid; DKK 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing programs

Colleague discount

Bonus program

Hybrid work model

Job summary

LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark, seeks a Senior Manager to lead a team of specialists delivering special novelties through the LEGO novelty development flow. You will oversee decoration and assembly solution introductions from design handover through implementation in running production, balancing quality, cost, and timing.

You will guide complex projects, manage stakeholders, and drive risk reduction while transforming designs into scalable solutions across global sites.

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 responsible for delivering special novelties according to business case commitments.
• Drive risk reduction across the novelty portfolio and support successful novelty introductions.
• Ensure continuous improvements are implemented 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 management

Stakeholder management

Technical guidance

Quality, cost, timeline

English communication (C1+)

Scrum experience

Tools

Scrum

Job description

LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark, seeks a Senior Manager to lead a team of specialists delivering special novelties through the LEGO novelty development flow. You will oversee decoration and assembly solution introductions from design handover through implementation in running production, balancing quality, cost, and timing.

You will guide complex projects, manage stakeholders, and drive risk reduction while transforming designs into scalable solutions across global sites.