Legal Operations Manager

Job Description

Legal Operations Manager, China
 

Play your part in our team succeeding

At the LEGO Group, our mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow. As our business continues to grow, so does the need for practical, high-quality legal support that enables the business while helping to manage legal and commercial risk.

As a Legal Operations Manager, you will be a key member of the Business Service Operations Legal team, providing legal and contracting support to stakeholders across China. Your primary focus will be supporting our factory operations in Jiaxing.

You will partner with colleagues across the business to provide clear, practical legal guidance, support contracting activity and help manage legal and commercial risk in a way that enables progress.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded legal professional who enjoys working close to the business, solving problems together and improving how legal support is delivered.

Based in Shanghai, with a requirement to work at the LEGO Manufacturing Jiaxing for at least one day per week.

Core responsibilities, agreements and legal operations support

• Act as a trusted Legal Operations contact for LEGO Manufacturing Jiaxing and key business stakeholders in China, with primary support for factory operations and business priorities.
• Provide practical, commercially focused and risk-balanced legal guidance, translating legal topics into simple, actionable advice for non-legal colleagues.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements, working closely with stakeholders to support timely, effective and business-friendly outcomes.
• Advise on agreement risks, obligations and options, and help stakeholders manage obligations through the agreement lifecycle.
• Partner with teams across Operations, Procurement and related business functions to identify, assess and help manage legal and commercial risk in a clear and pragmatic way.
• Help ensure agreements, approvals, legal records and contractual documentation are aligned with applicable laws, company policies and internal governance requirements.
• Support corporate secretarial matters, related governance activities and compliance with applicable Chinese laws and regulations as needed.
• Look for opportunities to simplify, standardise and improve legal processes, workflows, templates, guidance and ways of working.
• Contribute to legal technology, automation, digitalisation, reporting, data quality, metrics and continuous improvement activities.
• Collaborate with and share knowledge across China, APAC and the global Legal organisation where specialist or cross-border input is needed.

Do you have what it takes?

Essential qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in law or an equivalent recognised legal qualification.
• Qualified lawyer admitted to practise in China.
• Fluent Mandarin Chinese is essential.
• Excellent written and spoken English is essential.
• At least 7-10 years of relevant post-qualification legal experience gained in a law firm, multinational organisation or comparable business environment.
• Strong commercial legal experience, ideally with exposure to manufacturing, procurement, supply chain or operational environments.
• Excellent understanding of Chinese contract, commercial and regulatory laws relevant to business operations.

Preferred experience

• Experience working in a multinational, manufacturing, consumer goods or supply chain-focused organisation.
• Experience supporting business operations in China within an international or matrixed environment.
• Experience collaborating with regional and global Legal teams.
• Experience with legal operations, process improvement, contract lifecycle management or legal technology is an advantage.

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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.

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