Senior Director, Head of Product Lifecycle Management

Job description

Job Description

Do you want to be part of building the future business platform for the LEGO Group?

Bring your PLM experience, end-to-end business understanding and leadership skills to the table, and build the future digital platform for Product & Experience Lifecycle Management in the LEGO Group!

Core Responsibilities

• Set a compelling product vision and strategy for our future PELM backbone – Product & Experience Lifecycle Management – by synthesizing business strategy, stakeholder needs and external insights
• Transform the product vision into actionable Objectives, Key Results and plans for cross-functional product teams developing digital products used to operate the business across the value chain
• Drive enterprise-wide PLM transformation for the LEGO Group – building the platform for the next 10+ years of growth
• Balance the need for preparing the digital infrastructure of the LEGO Group for future business models – while protecting the ERP transition of the current business from SAP Galaxy to SAP S4/HANA
• Work in close partnership with executive stakeholders and partners across the business within product development, operations, markets, finance and digital technology
• Build and support a culture of team empowerment – enabling teams to thrive by giving them challenging problems to tackle, and providing the context and conditions for them to perform
• Directly lead and develop a small of team of product managers responsible for a suite of digital products orchestrating all PELM products across the domains of the digital infrastructure

Play your part in our team succeeding

You will join the Portfolio Management team in our Product & Marketing Development organization, a team enabling planning and executive decision making of the LEGO product portfolio - through:

• Facilitating strategic decision-making and establishing targets balancing strategic and commercial objectives, development capacity and operational constraints.
• Enabling effective resource planning and portfolio trade-offs to be made at the right time, by the right people, balancing business value and workload.
• Building and developing E2E business processes and portfolio systems, designed for simplicity, effective collaboration and team empowerment.
• Re-defining how we work to empower cross organizational teams to deliver innovation and business value in a dynamic environment

You will also join a cross-functional community of Digital Heads of Products accountable for all digital products used to operate the LEGO business, working in close partnership with our digital technology organization.

Do you have what it takes?

• Experience: 10+ years in PLM transformations and product leadership incl practical knowledge of a variety of industry-solutions like SAP PLM, Siemens TeamCenter, PTC Windchill (or similar)
• Leadership and Collaboration: Extensive track record of managing executive stakeholders, leading and motivating teams.
  
  making decisions and communicating successfully.
  
  Skilled in tight-knit collaboration with both functional experts and senior decision makers.
• Adaptability and Innovation: Capable of navigating in a complex, creative environment and excellent at creating order while providing room for innovation
• Initiative and Teamwork: Dedicated and focused individual who takes initiative, acts on opportunities, and thrives in a team-oriented setting.

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.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications.

If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.

Required Skill Profession

Computer Occupations