Senior Construction Commercial Manager

As Senior Construction Commercial Manager in Global Workplace Projects, you'll provide commercial leadership across EMEA brownfield projects while helping strengthen commercial governance, portfolio risk management. You'll oversee cost management, estimating, change control, and commercial reporting while providing insights that support major investment decisions. This is an opportunity to influence how the LEGO Group delivers large-scale workplace and infrastructure projects and ensure investments create lasting value.

This role suits an experienced commercial professional who's comfortable operating independently and serving as the primary commercial lead within a geographically dispersed team. You'll have the support of a global network of colleagues while taking ownership of commercial outcomes across your area of responsibility.

Please note: Relocation support is not available for this role.

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in commercial management, quantity surveying, construction management or cost management within large-scale capital, industrial, infrastructure, or construction projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in design and construction tender process, cost planning, cost control, forecasting, contract administration, and change management across the project lifecycle.
• Skills in influencing key commercial and investment decisions through value engineering, cost optimization, and robust commercial recommendations.
• Applied strong analytical and financial acumen to translate complex project cost, schedule, and commercial data into actionable business insights and executive-level recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience building strong cross-functional partnerships and managing key stakeholder relationships across Finance, Construction, Procurement, Engineering, Operations, and Program teams to drive successful commercial outcomes and project delivery.
• Willingness to travel approx. 20-25 days yearly.
  

• Strong commercial foundation through hands-on involvement in the delivery of major construction projects, bringing practical experience from within project organizations rather than solely advisory or consulting environments.
• Delivered benchmarking and value engineering initiatives within construction projects.
• Supported sustainable construction projects, including embedded carbon considerations.
• Experience delivering projects across multiple countries and working within diverse regulatory, commercial, and cultural environments.
  

If you've worked in a role where you've reviewed project costs, challenged contractor change requests, managed commercial risk, and supported major capital investments, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is your ability to combine practical construction experience with strong commercial judgement and translate complex financial and project data into actionable business insights.

• Manage commercial activities for EMEA brownfield projects, ensuring effective cost governance, financial transparency, risk management, and adherence to approved budgets.
• Lead cost planning and forecasting, including change management, estimate reviews, cashflow forecasting, and contingency oversight.
• Drive cost optimization and value engineering initiatives to maximize value across projects.
• Develop commercial reporting and dashboards that provide insights into cost, risk exposure, and project performance.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Operations, and external partners to ensure consistent commercial governance.
• Support Discovery Projects through early-stage cost validation and land readiness assessments.
• Provide commercial insights and recommendations to senior leadership on governance,
  

You'll join Global Workplace Projects, a team responsible for enabling the future growth of the LEGO Group through new production facilities and large-scale infrastructure projects around the world. We work closely with colleagues across Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Operations, and external partners to deliver long-term value. You'll be part of a smaller global team while owning the commercial agenda for your area of responsibility. We value curiosity, initiative, collaboration, and a continuous improvement mindset as we work together to solve complex challenges and support the LEGO Group's future growth.

Success means becoming a trusted commercial partner across a portfolio of major construction investments. You'll strengthen governance, improve forecasting quality, and increase transparency around commercial risks and opportunities. Working closely with senior leaders and cross-functional partners, you'll help shape long-term planning, support portfolio risk management, and ensure future workplace projects deliver lasting value for the LEGO Group.

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.

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