Innovation Program Leader

Legrand North America

1d • Remote

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed