Overview
Company Overview: LEGO Digital Play will bring the LEGO brand into digital entertainment in new, innovative, and wholly-owned ways. Our mission is to ensure the LEGO Brand remains as powerfully a part of children’s lives in the coming decades as it has ever been. We aim to reach every kid on the planet, their parents, and adult fans of LEGO—and provide them with meaningful, magical, and playful new experiences.
We are at the earliest phases of this new company, offering a unique opportunity to build a new entity for the world’s most beloved and trusted brand. Our culture is open, collaborative, intellectually rigorous, and creatively vibrant.
Position Overview
We are seeking a proactive and people-centred People & Culture generalist to join our People & Culture Operations team at LEGO Digital Play. We are looking for a People & Culture generalist with employment law expertise, as this role will be the go-to expert on all employee relations/employment law matters, providing strategic and hands-on support to managers and employees across the business. You will play a key role in fostering an inclusive, fair, and positive workplace culture while managing general people queries from onboarding through to offboarding, be confident in independently handling all employee relations (ER) cases and working with the Director of People & Culture Operations on complex ER cases. You will support in shaping policies that reflect our values and ways of working. If you are passionate about building trust, resolving conflict, and creating environments where people do their best work, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of exceptional employee experience from onboarding through to offboarding
- Develop, review, and maintain global people & culture policies and procedures, ensuring they are up to date, legally compliant, and aligned with company culture and values
- Be the first point of contact for all employee queries across all our locations
- Act as the primary point of contact for all employee relations matters, providing expert advice and guidance to employees, managers and leadership on disciplinary, grievance, performance management, and absence cases
- Manage complex and sensitive ER cases end-to-end, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes.
- Design and deliver Leader training and toolkits on key ER topics including handling difficult conversations, managing performance, and promoting inclusive behaviours
- Partner with the People & Culture leadership team to proactively identify trends in employee relations data and recommend interventions to improve employee experience and reduce risk
- Ensure all employment contracts and other contractual documents across all jurisdictions are updated and remain compliant with legislative changes
- Ensure compliance with employment law in all jurisdictions and stay current on legislative developments, advising the business on potential impacts
- Support organisational change initiatives including mergers & acquisitions, restructures, and other programmes, providing ER and change management expertise throughout
- Build strong relationships across the business and with people partners, acting as a trusted advisor and champion of a positive workplace culture
Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent experience in Human Resources or Employee/Labour Relations with solid knowledge of European and global labour laws, employment regulations and standard practices in employee and labour relations
- Experience in an employee relations role, with demonstrable experience handling and resolving complex ER case in a global, fast-paced, tech start-up or scaling environment
- Strong negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build solid relationships with functional leaders and effectively interact with employees at all levels
- Strong mediation and conflict resolution abilities, with the ability to handle sensitive cases with empathy, discretion, and professionalism
- Proven ability to influence and coach leaders at all levels, building capability and confidence in people management skills
- Experience developing and implementing people policies and frameworks from scratch is highly desirable
- A calm, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to balance employee advocacy with business needs
- Employment Law certifications highly desirable
- Experience in the digital gaming, technology, and/or digital sector
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