Director, Executive Recruitment

Job Description

Just imagine helping shape the future of the LEGO Group, one critical leadership appointment at a time. Then make it real.

About the role

As the Director, Executive Recruitment, you'll lead the global function responsible for VP+ leadership appointments. You'll deliver an insight-led approach across executive leadership teams (ELTs), connecting executive recruitment closely to succession and leadership pipeline priorities. Leading a team and a global ecosystem of best-in-class partners, you’ll strengthen our executive recruitment capability, bring deep external market insight, and enable world-class leadership hires.

Please note: Relocation support is available for this role.

Required Qualifications

· Led a global Executive Search function responsible for VP or C-suite appointments across multiple markets and functions at an enterprise scale.

· Delivered executive assessment, market mapping and talent intelligence that informed senior hiring decisions.

· Built executive search strategies across direct sourcing, proactive pipelines and external search partners.

· Advised executive leadership stakeholders on briefs, assessment and talent decisions.

· Managed and developed executive recruitment teams in a large global organisation.

· Established credibility with executive leadership teams through thoughtful counsel, strong communication and a pragmatic approach.

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience across in-house executive recruitment and executive search firms.

· Connected executive hiring with succession planning, leadership pipelines or broader talent practices.

What you'll build

· Deliver critical VP+ appointments across multiple ELTs and geographies, balancing pace, quality, diversity and confidentiality.

· Strengthen proactive market mapping and executive talent intelligence.

· In partnership with Leadership development team, further develop leadership assessment.

· Integrate external hiring and internal succession as one leadership pipeline.

· Make clear choices about in-house capability and where external partners add value.

· Build a scalable executive hiring model that delivers consistent, high-quality outcomes across markets, while ensuring a best-in-class experience for candidates, hiring leaders and stakeholders.

If you've led executive recruitment teams and global searches across functions and markets, you'll feel at home here. Shaping critical searches, using market intelligence and assessment to influence decisions, and partnering effectively across the People organisation and ELTs will be key.

Life on the team

Global Executive Recruitment sits within Talent, Culture & Organisation (TC&O). Globally connected, the team works with trust, discretion and pace. You’ll lead, coach and develop three executive recruiters, bringing senior stakeholder influence, sound judgement, resilience and pragmatic problem-solving. The role offers exposure to enterprise leadership decisions and global executive talent markets, with real scope to shape and strengthen the capability.

What success looks like

You’ll skillfully operate across ELTs and geographies, delivering critical VP+ appointments of the highest calibre. Over the next 12-18 months, you’ll strengthen executive pipelines, market intelligence and leadership assessment, while building close partnerships with senior leaders, Talent Management, People Partners, Rewards, other relevant COEs, and selected executive search and assessment partners.

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.

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About Us

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do.Our founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen made his first wooden toy in 1932. He persevered against the odds until his business was a success. Constantly innovating, never compromising. Building,rebuilding,and striving for the best. It is this resilience and permanent sense of renewal that drives us forward. We are never still. We will always be creating,inventing,and having fun.Build your career brick by brick and play your part in continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow”.