Advanced Development Programme Manager

Job Description

Help shape the future of play by turning the Advanced Technology roadmap into a connected programme of projects and technical workstreams. Bring people, plans and decisions together so engineers and partners can explore boldly, learn quickly and mature promising technologies. You do not need every technical answer: bring curiosity, good questions and enough structure to create clarity and momentum without crowding out discovery. 

What you will play a part in

Connect hardware, software, systems, engineering, manufacturing and product development through 12 practical elements of programme management:

• Programme leadership: Unite projects and workstreams around shared capabilities, outcomes and strategic priorities.
• Integrated planning and roadmapping: Own the roadmap linking experiments, demonstrators, milestones, maturity, integration and decisions.
• Governance and decisions: Keep governance light, with clear ownership, decision rights, evidence and escalation routes.
• Dependencies and integration: Expose interfaces, resolve cross-project conflicts and coordinate shared integration activities.
• Investment and financial management: Make investment, forecasts, pressures and funding choices clear as evidence develops.
• Resources and capability: Align people, specialist skills and suppliers to priorities; flag gaps and competing demands.
• Risk and uncertainty: Manage delivery risks and turn unknowns into learning through research, prototypes and experiments.
• Technology maturation: Guide validation, scalability, reuse, manufacturability and transition into products or platforms.
• Stakeholders and partners: Align sponsors and teams with suppliers, technology partners, start-ups, universities and researchers.
• Benefits and outcomes: Track capabilities and future value, not just activity; make learning, progress and trade-offs visible.
• Change and strategic control: Test changes against outcomes, roadmap, resources and investment while leaving room to explore.

• Programme capability and improvement: Build practical ways of working, capture lessons and strengthen the programme-management community.

How you will lead

• Be curious: Listen, explore and connect the dots; let evidence guide the next question.
• Be brave: Challenge assumptions, surface tough choices and turn unsuccessful experiments into learning.
• Be focused: Bring the right people together around important outcomes, with purposeful action rather than unnecessary process.

What you will bring

• Strong programme or technical project-management experience in engineering, R&D, advanced or new-product development, connecting related workstreams through an integrated roadmap.
• Technical depth and curiosity to engage credibly with engineers and partners, using experiments and evidence to assess maturity, assumptions and investment choices.
• Practical command of planning, governance, dependencies, risk, change, resources and investment, with judgement about when structure helps and exploration needs space.
• Collaborative leadership across organisational boundaries without direct authority, and clear, engaging communication that makes complex technical work understandable.

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.

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