Job Description

Join us in shaping the commercial performance of one of the LEGO Group's largest global investment portfolios, ensuring that every major capital investment delivers sustainable value and supports our future growth ambitions.

Core Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing global Commercial Management function, developing talent, strengthening capabilities, and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Own the commercial governance of the global factory expansion portfolio, ensuring robust cost management, financial transparency, and disciplined decision-making across the project lifecycle.

• Define and drive the commercial strategy, standards, and governance framework for large-scale capital projects, establishing best practices in cost management, reporting, and portfolio oversight.

• Set the direction for cost estimating, forecasting, and commercial performance management, ensuring high-quality insights that support executive investment decisions.

• Drive the continuous evolution of commercial capabilities, digital tools, and processes to improve forecasting accuracy, cost performance, and portfolio visibility.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and project organizations, providing commercial insight, constructive challenge, and strategic guidance on risks, opportunities, and investment priorities.

• Champion commercial excellence by embedding consistent governance, strengthening cross-functional collaboration, and driving performance across a global portfolio of complex capital projects.

Play Your Part in Our Team Succeeding

The Commercial Management function sits within GWP Portfolio Development & Excellence and plays a pivotal role in delivering our global factory expansion portfolio. We provide the commercial governance, cost management expertise, and portfolio transparency that enable confident decision-making across a multi-billion DKK investment portfolio.

As Director, Head of Commercial Management, you will lead a global team while shaping the function's strategy, operating model, and future capabilities. You will establish world-class commercial standards, strengthen governance, and build a high-performing organization that drives commercial excellence across every stage of project delivery.

This is a unique opportunity to influence some of our most complex and strategically significant investments. By bringing clarity to complexity, challenging convention, and enabling informed decisions, you will help shape the manufacturing footprint that supports our long-term growth ambitions.

Do You Have What It Takes?

We're looking for an experienced commercial leader who thrives in complex, global environments and is passionate about building high-performing teams.

You bring:

• Proven experience leading and developing multinational, geographically dispersed teams.

• Significant experience in commercial management, cost management, project controls, or commercial governance for large-scale capital or construction projects.

• Strong commercial acumen with expertise in cost estimating, forecasting, reporting, and portfolio performance management.

• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex global matrix organizations.

• A solid understanding of the construction project lifecycle, including design, procurement, contracting, sustainability, and project execution.

• Experience with standard forms of construction contracts and industry tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, BIM, Power BI, and Microsoft 365.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills, combined with sound commercial judgement and a results-oriented mindset.

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

It will be an advantage if you have:

• Leadership development or people leadership certifications.

• Project Management certification (PMI, IPMA, or equivalent).

• Professional certifications in commercial management, construction management, or project controls.

• Experience leading Centres of Excellence or driving organizational transformation and continuous improvement.

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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.

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