Sr. Director Design to Value (DTV)

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an enterprise-wide Design To Value strategy, aligning with corporate financial, innovation, and operational goals.
• Champion DTV methodologies (should-cost modeling, value engineering, teardown analysis, benchmarking, etc.) across the organization.
• Establish DTV governance, annual pipeline creation, prioritization frameworks, and savings tracking mechanisms.
• Lead multi-functional DTV workshops focused on product simplification, material optimization, design standardization, and alternative technology adoption.
• Drive the creation of should-cost models and provide insights that guide engineering and sourcing decisions.
• Conduct global competitive product teardowns, synthesizing insights into actionable recommendations.
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing to evaluate supplier innovations and cost-optimized solutions.
• Work with Product Management to incorporate DTV considerations into early-stage product development.
• Serve as the connector between engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, and commercial teams to ensure end-to-end alignment.
• Influence key stakeholders on cost/performance trade-offs by leveraging robust financial and technical analysis.
• Support Operations in identifying manufacturing productivity and process optimization opportunities.
• Deliver annual cost savings targets through DTV initiatives, ensuring transparent financial validation with Finance.
• Evaluate cost-benefit analyses for proposed design changes, including ROI, payback, and lifecycle value.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive intelligence to support long-term value creation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Design, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in product development, value engineering, strategic sourcing, or operations leadership.
• Demonstrated track record leading DTV, should-cost, or value engineering programs with measurable P&L impact.
• Strong analytical capability and familiarity with tools such as should-cost software, CAD, DFMA, or cost-modeling platforms.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects with executive visibility.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and storytelling skills—able to influence at all organizational levels.

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).

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.