Senior Manager, Capability Strategy & Portfolio

Are you a strategic thinker who thrives at the intersection of business strategy and organisational capability

Join the LEGO Group as our Senior Manager Capability Strategy & Portfolio-a pivotal role at the heart of our People & Leadership Development(P&LD)function. This isnt a programme coordination job; its an opportunity for someone with a proven track record of shaping how organisations grow and evolve.

Youll design the approaches and methodologies that ensure our most important work is coherent well-sequenced and measurable. Youll also take functional ownership of the One Learning Plan (OLP)-the LEGO Groupsorganisationalcapability roadmap-bringing portfolio discipline and strategic rigour to how we identify plan and deliver capability priorities.

If you love turning big-picture strategy into meaningful action and want to help shape the future of one of the worlds most beloved brands wed love to hear from you.

Core Responsibilities

• Support our ability to runCapability Assessment & Skills Intelligence-Translate future business priorities into clear capability plans. Build the toolsandframeworks that surface emerging gaps and drive insight-led conversations with senior leaders.

• Be adelivery andthought partner to the VP P&LD-Operate as a chief of staff and thinking partner: shaping leadership agendas synthesizing inputs sharpening narrative and translating strategic thinking into things the wider team can use.

• Own theorganisationalcapability portfolio-Lead the strategic coherenceof the organisationallearning roadmap end-to-end. Coordinate planning cycles spot dependencies and produce executive-ready insights that inform investment decisions.

• Curate our partner ecosystem-Shape the P&LD vendor strategy moving us from a fragmented supplier base to a curated network of strategic partners. Manage senior relationships and negotiate strategic terms alongside Procurement.

• Embed the standards that scale us-Define and maintain the playbooks standards and frameworks that drive consistent strategic ways of working across the function.

• Govern measurement and impactSupport the Head of P&LD Strategy and Operations in theROI narrative and measurement frameworks that connect capability investment toorganisationaloutcomes well beyond activity metrics and NPS.

Play your part in our team succeeding

People & Leadership Development sits at thecenterof how the LEGO Group builds the capabilities it needs to deliver its strategic ambitions.

This role works closely with the VP P&LDSkill Development Heads HR BusinessPartnersand senior leaders across theorganization. It is a rare opportunity tooperateat the intersection of strategylearningandorganizationalcapability in one of the worlds most distinctive companies

Do youhavewhat it takes

Were open to a range of backgrounds-strategy consulting organisational development HR business partnering or capability and talent functions in complex organisations. What matters most is how you think and how you operate.

Must-have qualities and experience

• A strategic mind comfortable holding complexity and ambiguity at pace

• Strong analytical instincts-able to translate data into insight and action

• A track record of turning business strategy into actionable plans and frameworks

• Senior-level credibility-facilitating leadership conversations influencing without authority challenging constructively

• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to distil complexity into clarity

• Portfolio programme or planning experience in a complex organisation

• Portfolioprogramor planning experience in a complexorganizationunderstands governance without being defined byit
  

It will be an advantage if you bring:

• Exposure to workforce planning skills intelligence or capability assessment

• Experience in or alongside HR talent or OD functions

• Familiarity with large-scale capability or learning ecosystems

• Experience rationalising supplier or partner networks

• A genuine interest in the future of work and organisational capability