Senior Partnership Manager, Sustainability - System Change & Insights

Job Description

In this role, you will co-shape and lead innovative initiatives that focus on decarbonizing 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.

Please note, that 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 of relevance for our change strategy and target
• Support the Sr 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 playing our part in building a sustainable future, and we’re on a journey to make our products increasingly more sustainable. Conversely, sustainability represents a strategic driver for our operating environment which is increasingly material and at the same time increasingly complex and fast changing.

This role plays a crucial role in making sure 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, involving multistakeholder brokage and partnership building as a tool in a wider change strategy, including solid sustainability knowledge
• Excellent relationship and collaboration skills building rapport and trust with partners to ensure long term collaboration, including ability to understand interests and aspirations of partners
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills—verbal, visual, and written, including making visually power point slides suite for larger audiences
• Evolved strategic thinking and discernment to ensure alignment with organisation goals and dynamics in the market as well as power relations between key partners
• Good ability to negotiate, read the room and conflict resolution leading to good expectation management and mutually beneficial solutions.
• Bravery to build rapport with senior partners and stamina to excel in challenging internal and external interactions
• A self-starter with strong ability to take ownership of workstream and project manage deliverables
• Ability to travel 40 – 60 days annually

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.

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