Legrand North America

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Position Description Legrand has an exciting opportunity for an Innovation Program Leader to join the Legrand Team remotely. The Innovation Program Leader is a pivotal new role responsible for driving LNCA’s (Legrand North & Central America) enterprise-wide innovation agenda. As the operational architect of the Innovation Enablement Framework, this individual ensures disciplined execution, cross-functional alignment, and a continuous flow of insights and experimentation that fuel Legrand’s 2030 Ambition. This role is the connective tissue across divisions, the pulse-keeper of innovation, and a visible champion of high-visibility innovation efforts. Primary responsibility will be to program manage the delivery of key milestones in the innovation enablement road map creating an innovation eco-system that will enable organic growth in support of Legran’s growth ambition. Key Responsibilities & Deliverables • Drive the innovation system and lead LNCA’s enterprise innovation roadmap, maintaining milestone progress, transparency, and recurring reporting cadences with steering committees. • Codify and steward innovation standards (e.g., VOC protocols, experimentation templates, KPI dashboards). • Facilitate cross-business unit alignment, organization-wide communication, development and prioritization of innovation objectives & key results. • Identify, socialize, and scale successful practices using tools such as Kaizen, Design Thinking, and Lean Canvas. Build Capability Across LNCA • Coach divisional Innovation Owners and business unit champions in experimentation, rapid iteration, and customer insight integration. • Partner with external innovation strategists on training, toolkit development, and capability-building. • Advance project kill switch discipline, enabling trade-offs, stopping low-impact work, and amplifying what works. • Curate and share learning stories and case studies that highlight experimentation outcomes and inspire culture change. Support and Operationalize Incubation • Ensure innovation teams are prepared, resourced, and unblocked for incubation cohorts. • Translate emergent learning from incubator projects into anticipated value to Divisional Presidents. • Partner with external strategic design and facilitation teams to evolve cohort design and maturity. Qualifications Skills & Experience • 7+ years of experience in innovation program management, transformation, R&D, or operations within a matrixed or global organization. • Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and translating strategy into execution. • Fluency in innovation and delivery methods (Agile, Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Phase-Gate, OKRs). • Exceptional communication and storytelling skills—able to synthesize complexity into clear, compelling narratives. • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and influencing without formal authority. • Strong cultural awareness with the ability to sustain energy and alignment across functions. • Influence without authority while showcasing organizational dexterity. What Success Looks Like • Each division has a healthy, visible innovation pipeline supporting Legrand’s organic growth goal by 2030. • A consistent innovation operating rhythm is established and adopted across divisions, with transparent portfolio reporting. • Cross-functional teams are actively shipping validated concepts, not just ideas. • Innovation KPIs and dashboards drive focus, accountability, and better decisions. • Leaders and teams experiment more confidently, share insights faster, and stop low-value initiatives sooner. • The innovation system sustains momentum—and you are recognized as the person who keeps it moving. Company Info About Legrand Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en About Legrand North and Central America Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us http://www.legrand.us http://www.youtube.com/legrandna http://www.linkedin.com/company/44580 http://twitter.com/legrandNA Equal Opportunity Employer