Project Manager

As our Project Manager, you'll play a vital part in driving consumer products and experiences from idea to launch balancing business ambitions, innovation, and value chain excellence across a global stakeholder landscape.

As the Project Manager, you'll have responsibility for creating clarity and momentum across the project team. You'll own end-to-end project planning, risk management and governance, while continuously looking for opportunities to optimise processes and ways of working.

Working across the LEGO® Group's Licensing & Extended Line organisation, you'll collaborate with a diverse global stakeholder network to keep projects progressing through critical milestones.

Please note that relocation assistance is not available for this position. Some flexibility in working hours will be required due to the global nature of the role.

• Strong Project Management toolbox and craftmanship e.g. building strong project plans & excellent risk management to drive proactivity
• Proven experience leading novelty product development projects
• Resilient mindset with a demonstrated ability to remove roadblocks and find alternative pathways to achieve objectives
• Strong team leadership skills to ensure a highly motivated team with clear direction & priorities
• Collaborated with global teams across multiple functions and time zones
• Self-driven with a positive, proactive and analytical mindset
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with proven ability to engage at all organizational levels and with cross functional colleagues
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

• Completed a recognised project management certification such as SCRUM Master, IPMA, PMI, or PRINCE2
• Understanding of supply chain management, operations, planning, or procurement
• Worked within physical product development environments

The LEGO Group’s Licensing & Extended Line (LEL) department is responsible for growing our unique reach with consumers and deepening engagement through extended line and licensed products. As Project Manager, you will take responsibility for strategy deployment, project planning, resource and budget management, process optimization, ways of working, and securing overall project progress to meet critical milestones. You will lead projects across LEL and in collaboration with other parts of the LEGO Group.

You'll join the Project Management & Portfolio Enabling team within Licensing & Extended Line - a team who make things happen. We drive projects forward, bring people together, create structure in complexity, and keep momentum when things get challenging. At the same time, we create transparency and overview across our project portfolio and help enable the wider organisation to succeed. We believe that a good laugh, a bit of humour, and having fun along the way are just as important as delivering great results.

Success means driving projects forward while enabling strong collaboration across the value chain. You'll work closely with colleagues across e.g. design, packaging engineering, graphics, marketing, and other specialist functions to deliver successful launches and continue strengthening how projects are planned and executed across the organisation.

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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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