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Senior Director – Head of Engineering – Global Workplace Projects

the LEGO Group

📍Billund, Southern Denmark
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Posted on: March 18, 2026

Job Description

We are looking for a visionary and strategic leader to take overall responsibility for Engineering within Global Workplace Projects (GWP). In this role, you will lead a global engineering organization and play a key role in shaping the future of our factories and workplaces worldwide.

This is a unique opportunity to influence how we design, build, and operate our global facilities while contributing to the continued expansion of one of the world’s most recognized brands!

Core Responsibilities

Global Engineering Leadership

  • Lead and develop a distributed team of engineering leaders and specialists across EMEA, AMS, and APAC.

  • Strengthen engineering capabilities to support global expansion and complex infrastructure projects.

Sustainability & Innovation

  • Drive the sustainability agenda within construction, including green building certifications such as LEED.

  • Lead the renewable energy roadmap and advance innovative solutions in areas - HVAC, smart buildings, and energy systems.

Engineering Standards & Governance

  • Own and evolve global engineering standards across construction disciplines.

  • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, permits, and certification processes.

Operational Excellence

  • Lead value engineering across GWP projects to optimize performance, cost, and long-term efficiency.

  • Continuously improve engineering systems in existing factories to enhance energy and operational performance.

Strategic Leadership

  • Act as a key member of the GWP Leadership Team, contributing to strategy, priorities, and the continued development of the organization.

Play your part in our team succeeding

Global Workplace Projects (GWP) is responsible for developing and constructing new production capacity across the LEGO Group, including major capacity expansions, key sustainability initiatives, and other complex global infrastructure projects.

Within GWP, the Engineering organization (GWP ED&S) acts as the Owner’s technical representative, ensuring strong technical solutions across areas such as supply concepts, MEP - (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing), building management systems, and fire safety. The team develops, maintains, and continuously improves global engineering standards that are applied across projects worldwide.

The team consists of 30+ engineers and specialists with diverse expertise who support both operations and projects across all LEGO sites globally. Working as an integrated part of global program teams across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas, they lead key technical streams in the design and construction of new factories and major retrofit projects.

Together, the team focuses on delivering reliable, efficient, and sustainable engineering solutions, supporting the LEGO Group’s ambition of achieving zero-impact operations.

Do you have what it takes?

  • Proven leadership experience managing engineering and project organizations in complex environments.

  • Demonstrated success in a similar leadership role within a global organization.

  • Relevant experience within Facility Engineering, Construction, or large-scale infrastructure projects.

  • Strong leadership profile with experience leading multinational and geographically distributed teams.

  • Track record of driving both strategic and operational development, with a focus on innovation, challenging the status quo, and continuously improving performance and results.

  • Ability to navigate and lead effectively in a matrix organization, managing complexity and driving solutions to challenging problems.

  • Excellent partner management and communication skills, with experience engaging senior stakeholders across functions and geographies.

  • Willingness to travel internationally (approximately 30 days per year).

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can 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.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

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.

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 highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

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.

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