Senior Manager - Next-Gen Pre-Pack Counting Lead

About the role

Just imagine redefining how thousands of LEGO® element shapes are counted, packed, and delivered through the next generation of packing technology. Then make it real.

Join the R&D Pre-Pack Next Gen team, where we're developing advanced technologies and processes that will transform packing operations and help unlock up to a five-fold increase in output per square metre.

This is a Senior Manager position based in Billund. Relocation isn't offered for this role.

About the role

As our new Senior Manager - Next-Gen Pre-Pack Counting Lead, you'll shape counting technology within the LEGO® Group's Next Generation Packing Equipment programme. You'll own the roadmap for our future counting technology and define the future of this technical area. Combining deep automation insight, element insights with a broader systems perspective, you'll advance solutions that improve precision, scalability, and efficiency. You'll also shape the equipment architecture, aligning interfaces, specifications, and performance requirements across connected systems.

Required Qualifications

• Background within mechanical/marine engineering, automation or gained equivalent technical experience.
• Extensive experience and deep functional expertise in automation within high-volume production or mass-manufacturing environments, with high focus on innovation and quality.
• Strong skills in analyzing equipment test data to assess performance and confirm the feasibility of technical concepts and data-driving descisions.
• Delivered operational excellence using LEAN principles to create reliable, scalable, and efficient production solutions.
• Proven functional leadership skills in collaborating with R&D teams, suppliers, and production sites to qualify and implement new manufacturing technologies.
• Strong communication skills being fluent written and verbally in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Used SAP to support manufacturing-equipment planning, implementation or operational readiness.
• Built environmental compliance or sustainability requirements into manufacturing-equipment concepts.
• Ability to mentor and develop talent, fostering continuous learning.
• Built working partnerships with automation suppliers to develop, test or qualify new manufacturing technologies.

What you'll build

• Create and maintain the counting technology roadmap to meet the full LEGO® element portfolio.
• Define how LEGO elements will be counted efficiently, reliably, and at scale.
• Shape the equipment architecture and reduce interface risks between connected subsystems.
• Lead specialist teams and own workstream scope, quality, timing, and cost.
• Gather requirements and align specifications with project leaders, platform owners, automation partners, suppliers, and production stakeholders.
• Ensure new elements and product innovations can be handled by future counting technologies.
• Develop concepts and prototypes, test performance, and confirm technical feasibility.
• Define operating concepts, installation plans, workflows, and manufacturing-readiness requirements.
• Ensure maintainability, scalability, workplace safety, environmental compliance, and alignment with the LEGO Group's standards.
• Travel approximately four to six weeks annually to collaborate with partners, suppliers, and production sites.

Additional information

If you've qualified and have implemented automated equipment in high-volume production, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is your ability to explore functional details while keeping the wider production system in view.

Life on the team

You'll join the Research and Development (R&D) Pre-Pack Next Gen team. We share ideas openly and connect people across technical and business areas. You'll bring positive energy, empower specialists, mentor colleagues, and help others succeed. You'll take ownership when you spot opportunities and encourage practical innovation and continuous learning.

What success looks like

Success means setting a clear counting technology strategy and turning innovation into scalable production solutions. You'll work closely with programme leaders, automation partners, platform owners, suppliers, specialists, and production sites. Together, we'll improve equipment qualification, quality, and efficiency while building the capabilities needed to deliver up to five times more output per square metre in our production sites.

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.

• 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 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.