Director, Testing & Certification

Job Description

Are you ready to play your part in ensuring that every LEGO® product meets the highest safety and compliance standards and has market access?

We are seeking an inspiring leader to head our Testing & Certification team and play a crucial role in our Product Safety & Compliance Leadership Team!

Core Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the Testing & Certification team, fostering collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

• Set direction and establish clear goals for the team to align with the overall objectives of the organization.

• Analyse deviations and trends in product testing and certification, ensuring that corrective actions are implemented effectively.

• Ensure that all products undergo third-party testing at accredited laboratories, achieve local certifications where required, as well as all legally required technical documentation.

• Manage and execute global agreements with third-party testing laboratories that possess the required accreditations, capabilities, and capacities.

• Plan and control the budget for third-party Testing & Certification, and coordinate productivity initiatives across the broader department.

• Oversee the Digital Roadmap within Product Safety & Compliance and ensure optimal use of relevant internal IT systems for the Testing & Certification area.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce time-to-market.

Play your part in our team succeeding

Product Safety & Compliance protect our consumers, build the LEGO Group’s reputation, and facilitate market access by ensuring that LEGO® products are safe by design and meet or exceed applicable legal requirements globally.

The Testing & Certification team ensures that all LEGO products are compliant, and 3rd party tested at accredited labs and certified with all technical documentation in place. In this position, you will drive innovation in testing strategies, cultivate a culture of excellence within the team, and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to enhance product safety and compliance. Your leadership will ensure that the safety and compliance of our products is verified via 3rd party testing, and that the right certificates and technical documentation is in place. Join us in our mission to deliver safe, compliant, and high-quality products that inspire creativity and imagination in children around the world.

Do you have what it takes?

• Proven experience in product testing and certification, with solid years in a leadership role.

• Documented skilled people leader with strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all levels of the organization, and with capability to build a highly motivated and satisfied global team

• Proven track record of successfully managing testing and certification programs

• Ability to ethically balance business needs, and compliance requirements with excellent analytical skills and data-driven approach to problem-solving.

• Experience from working with regulatory compliance in the consumer product sector with solid understanding of international safety standards and regulations applicable to toys and/or other consumer products

• Skilled network builder across different functional areas

• Interest in budget forecasting and experience with LEAN and/or continuous improvement activities

Please note that there is no relocation assistance provided for this position.

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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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.