Director, Technology Portfolio Management Office

Job Description

Do you want to drive excellence in E2E product technology development?

Bring your electronics, broad business understanding and leadership skills to the table, and help shape executive level product technology decisions for the LEGO Group!

You will be heading up a small central team overseeing how we plan, resource and make trade-offs on the development of technology in our product portfolio – hardware, software and firmware. You will be helping teams, leaders and Technology Project Managers across our engineering teams in product development, process engineering and external manufacturing  to set clear priorities, resource effectively against those – and then to execute development and scaling effectively, addressing risks and impediments along the way.

Core Responsibilities

• Facilitate end-to-end planning, decision making and strategic alignment of the portfolio of technology in LEGO products – hardware, software and firmware
• Build visibility for executive stakeholders on progress, risks and costs of the technology portfolio
• Establish clear decision criteria, decision process, documentation and business case requirements for portfolio decision making – elevating the focus on Return of Investment and technology resource trade-offs
• Own and develop the Technology Development Process for product technology – designed for platform thinking, end-to-end effectiveness, quality and risk management
• Lead a team of 5 portfolio and process specialists within technology - as part of a Portfolio Management team managing the full product portfolio for the LEGO Group

Play your part in our team succeeding

You will join the Portfolio Management team in our Product & Marketing Development organization, a team enabling planning and executive decision making of the LEGO product portfolio - through:

• Facilitating strategic decision-making and establishing targets balancing strategic and commercial objectives, development capacity and operational constraints.
• Enabling effective resource planning and portfolio trade-offs to be made at the right time, by the right people, balancing business value, workload and risk
• Building and developing E2E business processes and portfolio systems, designed for simplicity, effective collaboration and team empowerment.
• Re-defining how we work to empower cross organizational teams to deliver innovation and business value in a dynamic environment

Do you have what it takes?

• Experience: Extensive experience in electronics development at scale from early ideation to full scale production; having established effective processes and structures for development and scaling
• Leadership and Communication: Demonstrated leadership, executive stakeholder engagement, decision-making, and excellent  communication skills.
• Collaboration and Adaptability: Strong collaborator with both functional experts and senior stakeholders; adept at navigating complex innovation environments and creating both structure and room for innovation
• Additional Qualities: Strong financial acumen, continuous improvement mindset, and someone who thrives in team-oriented settings.

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.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

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.

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