Senior Partnership Manager, Sustainability - System & Insights

Job Description Would you like to play your part in driving sustainable change at a global level?

In this role, you will co-shape and lead innovative initiatives that focus on decarbonising materials and encouraging sustainable growth for The LEGO Group. You will manage key relationships with strategic partners, scout emerging trends, and support high-level sustainability agendas. Collaborate with internal teams to build future strategies and contribute to impactful change both within and beyond the organization.

No relocation assistance is offered for this role.

• Co-shape and drive 2–3 key pivotal initiatives in a portfolio of external ecosystem engagement, aiming at enabling sustainable growth for The LEGO Group in the long-term decarbonising our materials.
• Key account manage external relationships with key strategic partners.
• Systematically scout and engage with new trends and potential partners relevant to our change strategy and targets.
• Support the Senior Director and Chief Sustainability Officer on agenda and positioning at key high-level events.
• Assist across the team in shaping and evolving current and future system change strategies.
• Collaborate with internal teams, notably material strategy, public affairs and communication.

We’re building a sustainable future, and sustainability is a strategic driver for our operating environment, which is increasingly complex and fast-changing. This role ensures that our operating environment evolves over time, enabling viable options for phasing out virgin fossil carbon in our materials.

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant area for understanding societal development.
• Proven track record that includes multistakeholder brokerage and partnership building as part of a wider change strategy, with solid sustainability knowledge.
• Excellent relationship and collaboration skills, building rapport and trust with partners to ensure long-term collaboration, and the ability to understand partners’ interests and aspirations.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills—verbal, visual, and written, including creating visually compelling PowerPoint slides for larger audiences.
• Evolved strategic thinking and discernment to ensure alignment with organisational goals and dynamics in the market, as well as power relations between key partners.
• Strong negotiation, conflict-resolution and expectation-management skills.
• Bravery to build rapport with senior partners and stamina to excel in challenging internal and external interactions.
• A self-starter with strong ownership of work streams and project-management ability.
• Ability to travel 40–60 days annually.

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by life and disability insurance.
• Wellbeing – Resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing, and opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
• Colleague Discount – From day 1 you will qualify for a generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – When goals are reached, eligible employees receive rewards through our bonus scheme.
• Workplace – Your primary workplace will be one of our offices, stores or factories. A hybrid policy requires an average of 3 days per week in the office.

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 belongs.

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. 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.