Experimental Research Lead (Director)

Job Description

Are you an innovation and product development expert
...then get your application ready this one is for you!

The Creative Play Lab is The LEGO Groups innovation department tasked with inventing the future of LEGO play! The Experimental Research Team are kids experts pioneering new ways to understand kids andensuring our new play experiences satisfy and delight the builders of tomorrow!

Responsibilities

• Evolve the experimentation and research capability.

• Set the vision strategic priorities and OKRs for the Experimental Research Team ensuring we are derisking the new propositions we bring to market pioneering how we experiment test and learn and championing the child in our development process.

• Identify key initiatives tools training etc. required to deliver on the vision and work with ERT members and other Capability Leads to deliver them.

• Manage and resource a team of 1015 Innovation Researchers based in London Billund & Singapore from diverse professional backgrounds including market research design and academia. Conduct performance reviews and all other People Leader responsibilies. Hiring onboarding coaching new team members.

• Build and maintain an experimentation toolbox that supports agile and iterative testing and learning and manage the budget vendors etc.

• Foster a culture of curiosity experimentation and datadriven decisionmaking across the organization developing training and resources that enable everyone to test and learn.

• Champion audiencefirst innovation and help the organization get close to kids to ensure our new propositions satisfy their needs and make a meaningful difference in their lives.

• Measure and communicate the impact of research and insights on innovation outcomes and business performance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience working in experimentation design research insight data business intelligence etc. ideally with experience from agencyside and brandside and with a diverse learning toolbox including agile testing & learning as well as large scale studies (multimethod multimarket).

• Significant experience working in innovation and product development.

• Experience building and scaling a new capability area and team in a large complex business.

• Experience leading a team of 10 people remote/hybrid.

• Experience managing senior stakeholders from diverse areas of the business including Design Marketing Engineering and Manufacturing

• Experience managing a large budget and toolbox

Nice to have

• Experience working in toys and games industry

• Workshop design and facilitation skills

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.

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