Director, Business Lead, Commerce, Our LEGO Agency

**Job Description**Are you a strategic business leader looking for your next career challenge? We’re looking for a seasoned global business leader to lead our account team within **Our LEGO Agency (OLA), Commerce**. This is a Director-level role for someone with an advertising, marketing or digital agency background at a senior leadership level. If you have strong people leadership experience and senior-level agency experience with a focus on commerce and retail then this could be the role for you. You’ll lead a small team of **Business Partners** — our account leads who work with our partners at the LEGO Group — and who take responsibility for and champion the delivery of high-quality creative and experience work, always thinking about the value we bring as an in-house agency.You will do this through a tireless passion for the LEGO brand, effective team leadership, and by meeting our marketing partners’ needs while helping address their business challenges.Reporting into the VP, OLA LEGO Commerce, you’ll be a key part of the leadership team and help ensure we have amazing relationships and optimal operational set-up, working alongside a leadership team responsible for creating the conditions where high-quality thinking, great creative campaign & experiences, and our people can flourish.**Core Responsibilities*** As a natural navigator with experience in complex stakeholder landscapes, you will help guide agency teams through the complexity of working with multiple partners across the LEGO Group. You’ll read the signals of the business and ensure OLA Commerce is able to respond with agility.* True partnership is about trust. As a leader of Business Partners, you will build strong relationships based on mutual respect, commercial understanding and a clear view of the difference between what a marketing partner wants and what they need.* You’ll develop a deep understanding of the full commerce ecosystem including partnering with our LEGO Retail, Trade Shopper Marketing and In-market partners — their regions, their business priorities, their challenges and the environments in which they need to deliver.* On the operational side, you will help us develop the best agency set-up to respond to the evolving needs and ambitions of the business, including overseeing agency budget and capacity planning.* You will define, train and nurture the Business Partner team, championing the LEGO Group People Promise through your leadership style.* You’ll bring a calming influence, with enthusiasm and energy regardless of what is going on around you, keeping a cool head while helping others do the same.* All this with a deep passion for the power of commerce and elevating our retail experiences both digitally and in-store.**Play your part in our team succeeding**This is an opportunity to join the **OLA Commerce & Digital team** as **Director, Business Lead**, playing a pivotal role in how the LEGO Group shows up across eCommerce, digital channels and shopper touchpoints globally, with a focus on our LEGO Retail and third-party retailers.You’ll lead multi-market briefs across a wide range of digital and commerce-driven channels, partner closely with teams across the business, and help orchestrate standout creative work.We’re only as strong as the team dynamic we create. We work closely together, supporting and inspiring each other and, importantly, having fun along the way. We’re excited by the opportunity to bring in someone with a fresh perspective who can help strengthen the OLA Commerce & Digital team and add to the widerOur LEGO Agency community.“I joined the LEGO Group a year ago, and I couldn’t be loving it more. These roles don’t come up very often, so this is a great opportunity for someone who is hungry to learn and get stuck in. There is an open and respectful culture, a deep ambition for the work, and a real passion for the role of play in developing the builders of tomorrow — it doesn’t get better than that!”**Do you have what it takes?*** You will bring significant agency leadership experience, either from an external agency or in-house agency environment with a focus on commerce and retail experiences.* You’ll be a proven people leader with a nurturing, inclusive approach, bringing positivity, energy and determination.* You’ll show strong business maturity, building trusted relationships with key stakeholders and bringing the gravitas needed to influence at senior levels.* You’ll be an outstanding presenter of work, with strong communication and influencing skills.* As part of a global agency network, you’ll be an excellent cross-agency collaborator, helping build bridges across regional hubs and the global team.* You’ll bring demonstrable experience improving agency operations, ways of working, processes and team structures.* You’ll be able to travel internationally when required. As part of a global agency, teamwork, collaboration and networking will be fundamental to your day-to-day work. **Compensation**The salary for this position has a range of $169,031.00 - $253,547.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalisation of the employment offer.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 are some of what to 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 you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based**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**Your 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.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, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.” 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.We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.Online Application Accessibility Statement; which is intended for people with disabilities - LEGO systems endeavors to make accessible to any and all users. 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