Marketing Operations Manager

Job Description Just imagine creating a single source of truth for marketing planning data that helps shape smarter investment decisions across the business. Then make it real. About the role As our Marketing Operations Manager, you'll help ensure marketing planning data is accurate, connected and reliable across internal planning platforms and external media agency systems. You'll be responsible for improving data governance, resolving integration challenges and strengthening the processes that support marketing planning and investment decisions across the LEGO Group. Working closely with Product, Digital Technology, Media Operations and external agency partners, you'll translate business requirements into operational improvements, helping teams access trusted data and make confident, evidence-based decisions. Please note: This is a 12-month cover role based at our LEGO Campus in Billund. No relocation assistance is offered. Required Qualifications Implemented data governance standards and data quality controls across planning, reporting or operational systems, ensuring consistent and reliable data for business stakeholders. Managed end-to-end data processing, validation and reporting activities supporting business planning, performance reporting and investment decision-making. Built, maintained and improved data integrations between enterprise platforms, planning systems and external partner technologies, resolving data flow and system connectivity issues. Administered or enhanced marketing planning systems, campaign planning platforms or comparable business applications used across multiple functions or business units. Analysed operational, planning and performance data to identify process improvements, troubleshoot issues and support evidence-based business decisions. Partnered with business stakeholders, product teams and technology teams to gather requirements, prioritise improvements and deliver operational solutions. Preferred Qualifications Developed dashboards, reports and data visualisations that enabled stakeholders to monitor performance, identify trends and take informed actions. Contributed to data architecture, system integration or technology planning initiatives that improved data connectivity across business and digital platforms. Supported marketing planning, marketing operations or media investment processes through data-driven workflow improvements and technology solutions. Led or supported implementation of new systems, processes or operating models, including stakeholder engagement, training and adoption activities. What You'll Build Reliable and consistent marketing planning data across internal platforms and external media agency systems. Strong partnerships with Product, Digital Technology, Media Operations and external agencies to support effective marketing planning processes. Improved governance, documentation and operational processes for marketing planning data flows and system integrations. Scalable approaches to monitoring, troubleshooting and resolving data quality, integration and system issues. Greater confidence in marketing planning and investment decisions through accurate, connected and trusted data. If you've worked in... ...a role where you've managed planning systems, improved data quality, maintained business-critical integrations and translated business requirements into operational solutions, you'll feel right at home here. What matters most is your ability to combine data expertise, operational thinking and stakeholder collaboration to create reliable processes and trusted data that help the business make better decisions. Life on the team You'll join Marketing Data Enablement & Operations within MDIP in Markets & Channels.Our team enables better commercial and brand growth through data, digital tools and AI-powered insights. We work across marketing planning, performance measurement and operational excellence, helping the organisation make informed decisions based on connected and reliable data. While our core team is based in Billund, we collaborate globally across product, technology and marketing functions. We value analytical thinking, practical problem-solving, continuous improvement and strong partnership across teams. What success looks like Success means becoming a trusted operational partner for marketing planning and helping colleagues rely on accurate, connected and actionable data. Over the course of the assignment, you'll strengthen data governance, improve system integrations and establish more efficient operational processes that support marketing planning and investment decisions. You'll collaborate across MDIP, Media Operations, Digital Technology, Product teams and external media agencies to enable the next phase of marketing planning capabilities and data-driven decision-making. #LI-SG2 #LI-Hybrid 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. Just imagine building your dream career. Then make it real. Join the LEGO® team today. We are aware of reports of fraudulent emails and social media messages from individuals falsely claiming to represent the LEGO Group recruitment teams. Please check that recruitment communications are from an official LEGO® email address before responding Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. Our founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen made his first wooden toy in 1932. He persevered against the odds until his business was a success. Constantly innovating, never compromising. Building, rebuilding, and striving for the best. It is this resilience and permanent sense of renewal that drives us forward. We are never still. We will always be creating, inventing, and having fun. Build your career brick by brick and play your part in continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow”.