Senior Director, Leadership & Team Development

Job Description

Want to define, develop, and elevate leadership excellence on a global scale?

At the LEGO Group, leadership development is not about programmes, it is about setting clear expectations, creating meaningful growth experiences, and holding ourselves accountable to the standards we define.

This position will drive the definition and enterprise embedding of the LEGO Group’s Leadership Philosophy, partnering closely with the VP, Global People & Leadership Development to establish clear leadership expectations, aligned development pathways, and measurable leadership impact globally.

This is a unique opportunity to shape leadership excellence across a globally recognised brand with a powerful purpose.

Please note: This is a Senior Director role, located in either Billund or Copenhagen, Denmark.

Core Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the VP, Global People & Leadership Development to define and embed a distinctive LEGO Leadership Philosophy, translating strategic ambition and cultural values into enterprise-wide behavioural expectations.

• Design and govern an end-to-end enterprise leadership development architecture, spanning emerging leaders through executive level.

• Integrate and elevate executive development, including internal programmes and external partnerships (e.g., IMD), ensuring coherence, rigour, and strategic alignment.

• Create aligned leadership pathways by level, clarifying expectations, capability standards, and progression criteria.

• Own and evolve the Upward Feedback Survey (UFS), ensuring robust design, governance, analysis, and meaningful integration into leadership development, succession, and performance conversations.

• Translate leadership insight into action, leveraging UFS and other data to inform targeted interventions and systemic improvements.

• Partner with Talent Management and Succession Planning to ensure leadership development strengthens bench strength and readiness.

• Define and measure leadership capability growth, establishing clear impact metrics and executive-level reporting.

• Lead and develop a high-performing leadership development team, building enterprise credibility and operational excellence.

Play your part in our team succeeding

Strong, values-driven leadership is central to the LEGO Group’s long-term success. As we bring all leadership development activities into one unified enterprise model, we are creating clarity and coherence in how leadership is defined, experienced, and strengthened across the organisation.

This role operates at the centre of that shift, working in close partnership with the VP, Global People & Leadership Development to shape leadership standards and ensure they are consistently developed, measured, and reinforced. By integrating philosophy, development architecture, executive programming, and feedback mechanisms, you will position leadership development as a strategic lever for performance, culture, and long-term growth.

Do you have what it takes?

Core requirements:

• Proven experience leading enterprise leadership development in a complex, global organisation.

• Deep expertise in executive development and senior leader interventions.

• Demonstrated experience defining leadership frameworks or philosophies at scale.

• Experience owning and interpreting leadership feedback mechanisms (e.g., 360 or upward feedback).

• Strong credibility and presence with senior and executive leaders.

• Experience integrating development with succession planning and talent strategy.

• Strong strategic thinking combined with operational discipline.

• Ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives in highly matrixed environments.

Great to have:

• Experience partnering with leading business schools (e.g., IMD, INSEAD, LBS or equivalent).

• Coaching qualification or executive coaching experience.

• Background in organisational development or systemic leadership approaches.

• Experience embedding behavioural expectations into performance systems.

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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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