Senior Learning & Design Manager (9 month fix contract)

Job Description

Are you interested in inspiring and equipping the LEGO Group’s designers to grow their design skills in general, and their interactive play design skills in particular? Bring your passion and experience to help drive our Skills Development programs for Interactive Play Design, supporting the continuous evolvement of LEGO play experiences and empowering our design community through innovative and impactful learning experiences! 

Please Note:

• This position is on a nine-month fixed-term contract basis until June 2027

• Hybrid working model is 3 days office/2 days home weekly.

• All resumes must be in English. 

Core Responsibilities

As a Senior Learning Design Manager, you will set the directions and be responsible for the skill development and learning curriculum for advancing interactive play design skills, supported by the Head of Design & Innovation Skill Development. In close collaboration with internal partners, you will set priorities for skills development and align the approach to bring it to life in the organization. Moreover, you will: 

• Develop, review and update the tactical learning and skill development plans based on wider L&D strategy as well as the business and design strategy.

• Own the end-to-end learning lifecycle for interactive play design learning experiences, from initial discovery and scoping of skill learning journeys to communication, delivery and measurement of learning experiences.

• Lead the collaboration between skill development specialists, play designers and design team leaders to design and implement high quality learning solutions that drive skill growth.

• Champion a learning through play learning methodology to ensure a fit with the diverse learning audience of both academic and non-academic educated colleagues and inspire a learning culture.

• Play your part in learning delivery and facilitation to stay in close connection with our learners, and inspire with design thought leadership

Play your part in our team succeeding 

The People & Leadership Development organization is driving the LEGO Group’s transformation into a future-ready, skills-based organization. We partner with design leaders to identify the most critical capabilities and ensure that all colleagues have access to the skills they need to grow, adapt, and succeed. 

Based out of Billund, you will play a pinnacle role in expanding the existing design skills building program to boost the LEGO Group’s design and creative skills of the future, via engaging and insight driven learning programs. 

Do you know what it takes? 

To be successful in this role, we imagine that you have proven experience in leading skill development for design disciplines, either in-company or in an education/coaching agency or consultancy. Moreover, we expect to see: 

• Extensive experience in designing interactive play.

• Strong business understanding coupled with strategic thinking.

• Strong communication and presentation skills at multiple levels of the organization.

• Strong co-creation and networking skills with the ability to co-create and develop collaborative working relationships across different functions and teams.

• Competency in project development leadership, ensuring development, execution and delivery of learning development projects.

• Proficient in English (spoken & written) .

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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.

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