Head of Technical Development

Job Description
Are you a curious Head of Technical Development Programme Manager with an interest in play engineering and its progressive potential?

To bring phenomenal tech enabled toys to life often requires high complex projects. Join us and help build the LEGO Group's future

Core Responsibilities
This role is a key member of the Play Engineering Leadership Team, under the Product Innovation & Marketing department and will have a dotted line to operations External Manufacturing Leadership Team. Both teams are delivering seamlessly integrated digital user experiences at scale in collaboration with the rest of both the Product & Operations organisation:

• Working with Engineering colleagues to ensure the development of software & hardware solutions and technology platforms for the complete life cycle utilising the most relevant technology with a dedicated focus on reusability and scalability.
• Working with Operations colleagues to develop underlying manufacturing and test processes to deliver these solutions and platforms "at scale"
• Leading a team of technical project managers and being aspiring partner for your team, leading delivery of technology-based elements from concept to the entire lifecycle of the elements.
• Be a domain expert on managing technology-based projects towards the work, goals, and requirements defined, Lead the projects to deliver within the agreed frames of time, cost, quality, and scale with partners both internally and externally.
• Establishing and maintaining well-functioning multi-functional teams.
• Plan and review complex project tasks and activities in alignment with multi-functional domain leads from both Engineering, Quality and Operations.
• Identify critical risks and mitigation plans.
• Supervise documentation and change control processes to ensure all significant changes are within time, cost, quality and scale.
• Fulfil people leadership responsibilities to ensure team is engaged, motivated and performs at their best: e.g., workforce planning & management, utilisation, recruitment, on-boarding, performance & reward management, giving feedback, mentoring, coaching, team engagement & motivation, communications, change management and conflict resolution.

Play your part in our team succeeding
Head of Technical Development and Programme Manager is owning the often high sophisticated projects delivering the tech enabled projects in Play Engineering. The team works multi-functional and supports the projects end to end – from idea to actual manufacturing.

Do you have what it takes?

• Extensive hands-on experience in consumer electronics engineering project management and delivery in robotics/ mechatronics, mechanical, electronics, systems, or a closely related field.
• Solid experience in leading a multi-functional team and people in a related field focused on e.g., mechatronics, robotics and/or consumer electronics, in collaboration with multiple cross-organisation teams such as engineering, quality, procurement, and manufacturing.
• Experience in bringing technology development projects to scale by active dealing with Operations teams as receiving party including insight in manufacturing and test processes.
• Demonstrable experience in people leadership including hiring, on-boarding, performance & reward management, coaching & mentoring.
• Willingness to establish and lead a multi-functional team, as part of a larger regional team and foster a positive culture, effective teamwork, and collaboration.
• A can-do attitude, superb communication, and motivational skills.
• Strong collaboration and partner leadership skills.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with passion for new technologies and to drive innovation.
• Strategic and well-rounded problem solver with attention to detail.
• Ability and willingness to travel as necessary (approx. 20-30 days per year).

Nice to have :

• Led a team of 10+ technical project managers.
• Knowledge of professional systems engineering practices & standard processes for the full development life cycle, including planning, risk management, and collaborator management.
• Technically savvy and have educated discussions with the team about cost, quality and scaling.
• Having Project Planning Tool experience (e.g. Microsoft Project Plan).
• Experience in working multi-functionally with internal and external partners.

What's in it for you?
Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children's Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children's Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.
Then make it real.
Join the LEGO team today.

• Location
  Billund, Denmark
• Job ID:
  0000016509
• Category
  Creative & Design