Manager, Strategic Projects

1001 LEGO System A/S; Billund; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family care leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

The LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark invites a Strategy Manager to shape the strategic agenda across Product and Marketing Development. You will partner with the CMO Leadership Team to translate analysis into actionable initiatives.

Join a six-person Strategy & Transformation team, work across Billund and Copenhagen, and help deliver long‑term priorities linked to the 2028 portfolio and the 2030 plan. Hybrid rhythm with regular collaboration.

Qualifications

• Delivered strategic analysis informing long-term priorities.
• Applied advanced Excel to structure and communicate complex data.
• Developed marketing strategy recommendations in a corporate/ FMCG setting.
• Led multi-workstream projects with clear business outcomes.
• Built experience in top-tier management consulting or marketing strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of strategic priorities across Product and Marketing Development.
• Translate corporate strategy into actionable initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Provide strategic insight and reporting for executive leadership.
• Drive project delivery across key product and marketing priorities.
• Contribute to ambitions linked to future portfolio plans.

Skills

Strategic analysis

Marketing strategy

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional execution

Tools

Excel

Job description

Just imagine shaping the strategic priorities that guide product development and marketing across the LEGO® Group. Then make it real. The role is based in Billund, Denmark and no relocation support will be provided.

About the role

As our Strategy Manager, you'll work closely with the Chief Marketing and Product Officer Leadership Team to help develop and drive the strategic agenda across Product and Marketing Development. You'll support the execution of key corporate strategy streams, provide insight and reporting for senior leaders, and help tackle complex challenges from an end-to-end perspective. This is an opportunity to influence high-impact initiatives while working at the heart of long‑term business planning and execution. If you've worked in a role where you delivered strategic projects linked to long‑term business goals, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is your ability to turn analysis into action, navigate complex stakeholder environments, and help move strategic priorities forward.

Required Qualifications

• Delivered strategic analysis that informed business decisions and long‑term priorities
• Applied advanced Excel skills to structure, analyse, and communicate complex information
• Developed marketing strategy recommendations within a corporate or consulting environment
• Led projects with multiple workstreams and clear business outcomes
• Built experience within a top‑tier management consultancy or a marketing strategy function in an FMCG business
• Managed stakeholder relationships with senior leaders and decision‑makers

Preferred Qualifications

• Contributed to strategic initiatives connected to product development
• Supported executive‑level presentations and strategic reporting

What you'll build

• Support the execution of strategic priorities across Product and Marketing Development
• Help translate corporate strategy into actionable initiatives and measurable outcomes
• Provide strategic insight and reporting for executive leadership
• Drive project delivery across key product and marketing development priorities
• Contribute to ambitions linked to the 2028 portfolio and broader 2030 strategic plan

Life on the team

You'll join the Strategy & Transformation team, a group of six strategy professionals based across Billund and Copenhagen. We work closely together, with regular team touchpoints and weekly peer connections that keep ideas flowing across locations. Our hybrid rhythm combines focused individual work with meaningful collaboration. You'll be part of a team that values clear communication, strong analytical thinking, and a strategic perspective when approaching challenges.

What success looks like

Success means becoming a trusted partner on strategic initiatives that shape the future of Product and Marketing Development. You'll help deliver critical priorities tied to the organisation's long‑term ambitions while building strong relationships with senior vice presidents, vice presidents, and colleagues across the business. Over time, you'll be recognised for bringing clarity to complex questions and helping the team make progress on its most important strategic goals.

Benefits

• 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.

Company Culture and Inclusion

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.