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Legal Operations Manager

LEGO


Job Location:

Shanghai - China

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 23 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 20 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

Job Description

Legal Operations Manager

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality legal support in a dynamic international environment

Join the LEGO Group and play a key role in safeguarding our brand while supporting legal operations across the APAC and China region.

No relocation assistance is provided for this role.

Play your part in our team succeeding.

As the LEGO Group continues to grow so does the demand for high-quality legal support. This role sits within the newly established Tax & Legal Operations team as part of our global Business Services Operations (BSO) function.

As a Legal Operations Manager your primary focus will be to support contract drafting review and negotiation across multiple business areas ensuring efficient and scalable legal service delivery across the addition you will bring the experience and flexibility to assist with intellectual property matters (including trademarks and copyrights) as required while contributing to standardisation and operational excellence.

At the LEGO Group our mission is to inspire and develop the builders of this role you will help safeguard our brand while enabling the business through practical commercially focused legal solutions.

Core Responsibilities
Draft review and negotiate a broad range of contracts across China and APAC region covering areas such as procurement sales marketing and manufacturing.
Ensure legal accuracy alignment with corporate policies and compliance with internal standards and governance frameworks
Proactively identify and escalate material legal risks where appropriate
Provide support on intellectual property matters including trademarks and copyrights in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders as needed
Translate complex legal concepts into clear practical guidance for business stakeholders
Support the standardisation and continuous improvement of legal processes including playbooks templates and negotiation guidelines
Contribute to the development and optimisation of legal tech platforms and tools
Do you have what it takes
Strong hands-on experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts across multiple legal areas
Working knowledge of intellectual property matters including trademarks and copyrights with the ability to provide practical support as required
Experience from a similar role within a corporate legal department or law firm
Collaborative and proactive with a curious mindset strong ownership and a focus on delivering solutions
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to simplify complex legal issues to non-legal stakeholders
Proficiency with MS Office and comfort working with legal technology platforms
Interest in developing expertise in legal operations including process optimisation and legal tech
Curiosity and openness to leveraging AI and digital tools in legal work
Understanding of and curiosity around legal tech and AI solutions for contract work

Nice to have:
  • Familiarity with contract management tools
  • Experience from working in an international environment
  • Experience with Vietnamese law
  • Fluency in additional languages (Mandarin strongly preferred)

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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 youre interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Whats 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 youll 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 youll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team youll 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 Childrens 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 Childrens Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO team today.


Required Experience:

Manager


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