Job Description
Are you an experienced engineering leader who thrives on building strong teams, enabling reliable delivery, and creating the conditions for engineers to do their best work?
Do you want to help shape how The LEGO Group builds, governs, and scales trusted data products across a modern global Data Platform?
We are looking for Senior Engineering Managers to join our Data Platform organisation. We have open roles across multiple platform teams, including:
Data Compliance – focusing on data privacy, governance, and trusted data usage
Build & Publish – focusing on tooling and capabilities for data ingestion, transformation, and publishing
In these roles, you will lead engineering teams working on critical platform capabilities, while creating healthy, high-performing teams and ensuring predictable, high-quality delivery.
*Please note that no relocation support is offered for this position*
Core ResponsibilitiesLead, coach, and develop a team of engineers, with accountability for engagement, growth, and overall team health
Create strong team environments with psychological safety, sustainable workload, and inclusive ways of working
Drive core people processes such as performance management, development planning, and recognition
Support career development through structured feedback, coaching, and growth conversations
Own the reliability and predictability of team delivery and translate priorities into executable work
Partner with Product Managers and Lead Engineers to turn strategy into clear execution plans and backlog outcomes
Balance delivery with engineering fundamentals such as stability, security, maintainability, and technical debt
Manage team capacity and remove organisational friction to support sustainable delivery
Use insights and metrics to support transparency and informed decisions
The Data Office builds and runs The LEGO Group’s central Data Platform and acts as a Centre of Excellence for data, governance, and AI.
You will work in a shared leadership model where Product Managers focus on strategy and roadmap, Lead Engineers provide technical leadership, and Senior Engineering Managers are accountable for people leadership, execution, and delivery.
Do you have what it takes?An experienced engineering leader with a strong track record of leading teams in complex technology environments and driving execution through others
Strong delivery and execution experience in product or platform environments
Ability to balance people leadership with operational discipline
Experience collaborating with Product Managers and technical leaders
Good communication and stakeholder management skills
A collaborative leadership style and genuine interest in helping teams succeed
Advanced English both written and verbal would be ideal as we are an internationally gathered team.
Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group."Bring your tech talent and people passion into play and become part of a big IT community and get the chance to spar with other specialists that share interest!"
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.
Skills Required
- Proven experience leading engineering teams in complex technology or platform environments
- Strong delivery and execution experience in product or platform environments
- Experience collaborating with Product Managers and technical leaders
- Ability to balance people leadership with operational discipline (performance management, development planning)
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience building psychologically safe, inclusive, high-performing teams
- Experience with data privacy, governance, or data platform capabilities
- Advanced English both written and verbal
The LEGO Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The LEGO Group and has not been reviewed or approved by The LEGO Group.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive across many roles and markets, with benchmarking against local markets and an expressed commitment to equal pay. Total compensation is often framed as stronger when considering the full package rather than base salary alone.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described as notably expansive, with substantial fully paid time for primary and secondary caregivers and additional paid caregiver leave. Leave is also described as continuing to accrue other rewards such as vacation and bonus eligibility during the leave period.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Benefits are described as extending beyond core insurance into mental health and wellbeing support, including assistance programs, mindfulness resources, ergonomic setups, and fitness-related offerings. Brand-specific lifestyle perks such as sizable product discounts are highlighted as a meaningful part of the overall rewards experience.
The LEGO Group Insights
What We Do
We are the LEGO Group, the company behind the world’s most loved LEGO® bricks. Our brand name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean “Play Well”. We’ve been sparking imaginations and inspiring the builders of tomorrow since 1932. This is our mission and what motivates our colleagues around the world every day. Today, we remain proudly family-owned with headquarters in Billund, Denmark. We have regional hubs in Boston, USA; London, UK; Shanghai, China; and Singapore, as well as 7 manufacturing facilities around the world. These places are home to 28,000+ colleagues in everything from design and engineering to digital technology and marketing. Together we learn, imagine and build – creating play experiences that are sold in over 130 countries worldwide. A purposeful and responsible global brand where creativity helps to inspire builders all around the world. Just imagine being part of that!
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