Innovation Mission Lead

Job Description

Are you a product innovation expert and do you thrive leading multidisciplinary teams?

Then get your application ready, this one is for you!

Creative Play Lab is here to inspire and delight children with lasting play experiences, through innovative solutions that cultivate the future of The LEGO Group. Our aim is to Pioneer Play and this role is key in driving a specific mission as part of the broader innovation portfolio and pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Create an ambitious product vision, strategy and roadmap to innovate and pioneer Play for the LEGO Group.
• Connect the dots between the LEGO Group values and ambition, changing consumer expectations, industry trends, and foresight on Play, to inform strategic direction and identify emerging opportunities for innovation.
• Develop close collaboration with other Mission Leads, and establish a network of key stakeholders inside Creative Play Lab and beyond.
• Represent the mission to the broader organisation and inspire others to align with the cause.
• Encourage bold ideas and visionary thinking while promoting small-scale experiments and rapid prototyping to validate concepts quickly and efficiently, minimizing risk while maximizing learning.
• Foster an environment where hands-on experimentation is key, allowing team members to gain insights through real-world application and iterative development, turning ideas into tangible results.
• Build, lead and empower cross-functional mission team with a “one mission mindset” fostering collaboration among individuals with diverse expertise.
  
  
  
  

Requirements

• Deep experience in leading cross functional teams through the journey of innovation.
• Proven track record in tunning product visions and ideas into desirable, viable and feasible product propositions.
• Fluid workshop facilitator in the digital space and who thrives working in a global, remote, virtual team set up.
• Ability to create exciting innovation visions and bring them to life through storytelling in a way that inspires and motivates others to join the mission.
• Experience applying lean principles to design, conduct, and analyze experiments that validate hypotheses and inform product development decisions.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret data from tests. experiments and pilots, utilizing insights to drive informed decisions and iterate on products or processes.
• Strong commercial understanding from consumer goods or entertainment industry is a plus.
  
  
  
  

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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

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Join the LEGO team today.