Technology Projects Director, R&D Packing & Packaging / Platform Technology

Job Description

Just imagine leading a global team to turn innovative packing technologies into successful projects. Then make it real.

This Director position is based in Billund. Relocation isn't offered.

About the role

As our Technology Projects Director, you'll lead and develop the global team responsible for delivering strategic Packing Technology projects, ensuring clear expectations, approved project plans and disciplined execution throughout all project phases. Beyond project delivery, you'll foster a proactive and innovative mindset, encouraging automation and technology solutions that deliver operational savings and improve production performance. Working closely with Platform Management, Engineering, Innovation, production sites and external partners, you'll ensure projects deliver the expected quality, on time and in line with agreed business objectives.

Required Qualifications

- Led people and technology project teams for 8-10 years, including coaching, capability building and team development, ideally within the packing and packaging industry.
- Organized and delivered technology, automation or industrial projects, ensuring quality, timing and commitments were achieved.
- Established project objectives, deliverables and success criteria while maintaining accountability and disciplined project follow-up.
- Managed project plans, milestones, resources, risks, deviations and corrective actions throughout project lifecycles.
- Proven ability to identify opportunities for cost savings through technology improvement, automation and innovation.
- Led industrial automation, digitalization or technology development initiatives that delivered operational savings and improved production performance.
- Worked within engineering, manufacturing or industrial technology environments.
- Demonstrated excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with experience working across global organizations.
- Fluency in English, both verbal and written.
- Willingness to travel internationally – 8-10 weeks yearly.

Preferred Qualifications

- Led global, multidisciplinary technology project teams.
- Delivered complex, large-scale technology development and deployment programs.
- Established project governance practices, methodologies and portfolio management approaches across multiple projects.
- Built project management teams, processes and delivery capabilities within a global organization.

What you'll build

- Lead and develop the global Technology Projects team of 14, including consultants, building project management capabilities, accountability and execution excellence.
- Deliver strategic Packing Technology projects that achieve agreed quality, timing and business outcomes.
- Establish clear project expectations, objectives, deliverables and success criteria with key stakeholders.
- Ensure project plans, milestones, resources and commitments are reviewed, aligned and approved at the right decision points.
- Maintain oversight of project execution, monitoring progress, risks, deviations and corrective actions throughout all project phases.
- Encourage innovative automation and technology solutions that deliver cost savings, reduced operational effort, smaller equipment footprints and higher throughput.
- Lead technology development and automation projects through your team, delivering innovative packing solutions and measurable operational savings
- Build strong partnerships with strategic suppliers, ensuring technical quality and delivery against commitments.
- Establish consistent project management practices and governance across the global Technology Projects team.
- Share priorities, resources and capabilities across Platform Technology department to support common objectives and global collaboration.

If you've worked in a role where you led technology project teams, delivered automation initiatives and balanced project quality, timing and stakeholder expectations, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is your ability to develop people, create accountability, challenge existing solutions and turn technology ambitions into successful project deliveries.

Life on the team

R&D Packing & Packaging (R&D P&P) provides the technology foundation for global packing production through technology development, platform management, standardization and capability building. As one global organization, we share priorities, capabilities and resources to deliver robust, scalable and future-ready Packing Technology. You'll work closely with colleagues, production sites and partners across our global organization, where collaboration, innovation and shared accountability help turn technology ambitions into successful project delivery.

What success looks like

Success in this role means building and leading a high-performing global Technology Projects team that consistently delivers on quality, timing and agreed business outcomes. You will develop people and project management capabilities, establish clear accountability and ensure disciplined execution across all project phases.

Beyond successful project delivery, you will foster a proactive and innovative mindset, encouraging the team to identify automation and technology solutions that deliver cost savings, reduce operational effort, minimize equipment footprint and increase throughput.

Working closely with Platform Management, Engineering, Innovation, production sites and external partners, you will strengthen our global project delivery capabilities and help shape the future of Packing Technology.

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.

Your workplace: Your workplace will be the office, store or factory specified in this advert.

Hybrid Working: Our hybrid work model, Best of Both offers you the option of flexibility to work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of the model, including how this option applies to your role and team.

Learn more about our benefits, culture and workplace experience here

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.