Vice President- Head of LEGO Fortnite ecosystem

Job Description

This role must be based in Denmark full time

Are you passionate about contributing to the future of family-friendly digital play?

Your ability to think on your feet whilst paving the way for a long-term ambition will be critical to lead this strategic project for the LEGO Group. Acting like a GM and owning the P&L, you will own our strategic partnership with EPIC Games, ensuring constant mutual value creation and reaching both short and long-term goals.

The LEGO Fortnite partnership is multifaceted, from standalone licensed games to self-developed and published games, to user-generated games, and you will lead and establish a meaningful presence inside the ever-growing and changing Fortnite environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Strategic Partnership management with EPIC Games
• P&L ownership
• Portfolio development across 1st, 2nd and 3rd party games
• Publishing, marketing and UA experience
• Driving short and long-term integration with the LEGO owned ecosystem
• Continuous development of in-house capabilities

Play your part in our team succeeding

The LEGO Group has decided to dramatically expand its footprint in the gaming world. The EPIC Games partnership sits at the core of this strategy, establishing a long-term presence in open platforms.

You will drive the choices to accelerate the growth of our Fortnite audience, making the most out of what Fortnite has to offer, developing valuable business cases for EPIC Games to invest in, and building in-house capabilities to create meaningful LEGO gaming experiences within Fortnite.

Making difficult decisions and negotiating with our partners, you will be strong in navigating uncertainty whilst remaining driven by a unique goal - delighting as many players as possible with LEGO Experiences

Do you have what it takes?

• Deep experience in digital platform management and/or gaming industry
• Successful experiences in maintaining and developing strategic partnerships
• P&L and digital product development experience
• Understanding of legal and financial considerations, including internal collaborator management
• Deep gaming industry knowledge
• Understanding/interest for kid-focused experiences
• Program management
• Marketing and branding strategy
• Creator community management

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 (e.g. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, if you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

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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