Senior Manager, Program Lead, Licensing & Extended Line

Job Description

Are you ready to redefine assortment strategies and lead transformational go-to-market approaches? Can you navigate complex dependencies while mentoring workstream leads to achieve program goals?

Step into the role of Program Lead, Licensing & Extended Line (LEL) in our Billund Headquarter, and transform commercial operations with strategic brilliance and operational excellence!

Core Responsibilities

• Define and implement a new approach to creating curated assortment strategies across licensed and brick products while establishing new ways of working to meet the specific demands of shoppers and retailers, ensuring relevance and engagement.

• Lead the transformation of the go-to-market approach to simplify purchasing for Retail partners, unlocking new opportunities for growth and efficiency.

• Facilitate structured decision-making processes that prioritize transparency, documentation, and alignment among a diverse group of senior partners

• Lead the business case process, continuously monitoring progress and value creation while balancing trade-offs, cost-efficiency, business needs, and risk factors.

• Mentoring and guiding workstream leads to ensure progress and alignment with overall program goals, while identifying obstacles and developing effective plans to overcome them

• Updating Steering Committee, key program touchpoints, and other senior partners on the status of each workstream and the program as a whole.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The LEL organization works across the LEGO Group ecosystem on a mission to amplify this by delivering uniquely relevant reach and engagement through high quality LEGO branded products and experiences

Please note: This is a position based in Billund, Denmark. Our flexible working model allows employees to work 2 days/week from home (3 days in the office). Relocation support is not offered for this role.

Do you have what it takes?

• Proven experience working with Program Management in a global context and organization.

• Ability to comprehend and work with strategic direction and identify relevant program workstreams.

• Knowledge of logistics, inventory management, and procurement processes to recommend and implement transformational initiatives.

• Understanding of the licensing industry, enabling transformational initiatives in this specialized field.

• Understanding how to analyze product categories, consumer and shopper behavior, and market trends to optimize product assortments

• Communicate effectively with diverse audiences while showcasing problem-solving and negotiation skills.

• Capable of managing complex and unknown dependencies between program sub-projects and deliverables as well as external to the program.

• A brilliant communicator with excellent interpersonal skills to work with cross-functional teams.

Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group.

"This role will demand thought leadership and the ability to act as a change catalyst within our workflows, processes, and systems. The ideal candidate will thrive in cross-departmental collaboration, ensuring that goals and resources are aligned to drive the program's success!"

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.

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