Senior Director, Head of GAME Strategic Operations

Job Description

Are you ready to lead a team that transforms the gaming world with creativity and innovation? Do you have a strategic approach to drive operational excellence in a dynamic environment?

Join us in the leadership role leading all aspects of GAME Strategic Operations and play a pivotal role in crafting the future of gaming at the LEGO Group!

Core Responsibilities

As the Head of GAME Strategic Operations, you'll drive key initiatives and ensure seamless execution across various domains. Here’s a condensed look at your core responsibilities:

Operational Strategy & Execution

• Implement strategies aligned with business goals and manage resources to optimize efficiency.

Cross-Functional Coordination & Process Improvement

• Facilitate collaboration across teams and adopt best practices in project management and agile methodologies.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Oversight

• Develop budgets and track key operational and financial critical metrics in partnership with finance.

Leadership, Team Building & Culture

• Mentor teams and foster a high-performance culture aligned with LEGO Group values.

Connected Gaming Ecosystem Execution

• Lead the execution of the gaming ecosystem, coordinating efforts across departments to ensure timely delivery and strategic alignment. Manage and prioritize workflows to support seamless integration.

Play your part in our team succeeding

As Head of GAME Strategic Operations, you will be a key member of the LEGO Group’s GAME leadership team, responsible for scaling and optimizing the day-to-day and strategic operations. You’ll ensure production, infrastructure, finance, and third-party partnerships run smoothly and efficiently, enabling development teams to focus on creating great games. You will define processes, manage resources, and drive coherence across functions with the goal of delivering high-quality games on time, on budget, and aligned with the LEGO Group’s GAME vision.

Do you have what it takes?

• Extensive experience in operations or studio management in the gaming industry.

• Proven track record of leadership in managing cross-functional teams and inspiring change.

• Deep understanding of game development pipelines and live services.

• Strong project management skills, familiar with Agile methodologies and risk management.

• Financial acumen: budgeting, forecasting, and resource management.

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, able to work with diverse teams.

Personal Traits You’ll Bring:

• Strategic attitude with the ability to switch between big-picture thinking and tactical execution.

• Strong leadership presence to inspire teams toward goals and high standards.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, comfortable dealing with uncertainty.
   

Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group.

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.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.