Project Manager, Branded Channels Construction

Lego Group; Billund; On-site; 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 is seeking a Project Manager for our Branded Channels team to oversee retail construction projects worldwide, including new stores, remodels and maintenance, across third-party channels.

You will collaborate with external vendors and internal cross-functional teams to establish priorities, manage budgets and inventory, and ensure projects are delivered on time, within quality, cost and service targets.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in retail construction or project management.
• Experience managing multiple projects and priorities.
• Built partnerships with franchise partners and vendors.
• 2–3 years in a global/international environment.
• Experience presenting to senior stakeholders with credibility.
• Proficient with MS Office, MS Project, PDFs and CAD in project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Deliver retail construction projects including new stores, remodels, refurbishments and maintenance initiatives.
• Manage external consulting teams and vendor partners to achieve project milestones.
• Strengthen processes that improve quality, cost control and efficiency across retail development activities.
• Support major growth initiatives globally.
• Maintain and develop vendor and partner relationships to maximise service, quality and value.
• Coordinate resources across architects, contractors, project managers and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Retail project management

Vendor & partner management

Stakeholder communication

Global / international experience

Multi-project handling

Budget awareness

Tools

Microsoft Project

CAD

Microsoft Office

PDF tools

Job description

Job Description

As a Project Manager within our Branded Channels team, you'll help deliver profitable, high-quality retail environments that support the LEGO Group's growth plans.

You’ll oversee new store buildouts, refurbishments, remodels, maintenance activities and special international retail projects across third-party channels. Working closely with external vendors internal cross-functional teams, you’ll establish priorities, manage processes, budgets and inventory, and ensure projects are delivered to plan while maintaining quality, cost and service standards.

Required Qualifications

• Delivered 3-5 years of experience in retail construction, project management or business development.
• Managed multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Built partnerships with franchise partners and their vendors.
• Worked within a global organisation or international business environment for 2-3 years.
• Created and presented information to senior stakeholders with professional credibility.
• Used Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, PDF and CAD files within a project delivery environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Applied experience interpreting drawings, blueprints, as-built drawings and shop drawings.
• Supported budget monitoring, tracking and reporting activities.
• Coordinated work with external vendors across multiple projects.
• Travelled internationally as part of a project delivery role.

What you’ll build

• Deliver retail construction projects including new stores, remodels, refurbishments and maintenance initiatives.
• Manage external consulting teams and vendor partners to achieve project milestones.
• Strengthen processes that improve quality, cost control and efficiency across retail development activities.
• Support major growth initiatives globally.
• Maintain and develop vendor and partner relationships to maximise service, quality and value.
• Coordinate resources across architects, contractors, project managers and internal stakeholders.

If you've worked in a role where you've balanced multiple retail projects, managed external partners and collaborated across international teams, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is your ability to deliver results, maintain high standards and navigate complex stakeholder environments.

Life on the team

You'll join a team of five colleagues based across the UK, Denmark, the US and China. Projects are shared across the team and delivered collaboratively, with regular cross-functional partnership across the business. We're looking for someone who's a confident communicator, highly organised, flexible when priorities change, collaborative in their approach, effective at building relationships and motivated to achieve ambitious goals.

What success looks like

Success comes from creating consistency, control and quality across a varied portfolio of retail projects while helping the team scale its impact in key growth markets. Over the next 12 to 18 months, you'll play an important role in supporting international market growth priorities, working closely with external vendors and a wide range of internal teams to deliver retail experiences that support our long-term vision.

What’s in it for you?

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

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 seeksto 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.

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