Director, Sustainable Materials Strategy, 12-month temporary position

Ciwmjobs; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life & Disability Insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague Discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

The LEGO Group is seeking a strategic leader to shape sustainable materials and packaging strategy, with a focus on resin, influencing decisions across business and sustainability domains. This temporary role collaborates with Sustainability, R&D, Procurement, and Operations to turn complex challenges into actionable pathways.

You will translate market developments and emerging technologies into credible, scalable solutions, driving progress while ensuring alignment with broader sustainability

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in sustainability, sustainable materials, strategy, or related fields.
• Degree in Business, Engineering, Materials Science, Sustainability or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with sustainable materials, circularity, and related certification schemes.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic work on sustainable materials and resin, translating ambitions into pathways and recommendations.
• Assess trade-offs balancing environmental impact, technical feasibility, scalability and business priorities.
• Develop recommendations and materials for senior leaders on alternative feedstocks, advanced recycling, mass balance and certification.
• Define positions, standards, policies and decision-making principles guiding our approach to sustainable materials.
• Collaborate with Sustainability, R&D, Procurement, Operations and other functions to align perspectives and drive progress.
• Monitor developments across the materials value chain and identify collaboration opportunities.
• Ensure the materials strategy remains ambitious and grounded in the latest science and market developments.
• Build networks and partnerships across industry and initiatives to accelerate progress.

Skills

Sustainability strategy

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in Business, Engineering, Materials Science, Sustainability or related discipline

Tools

Life-cycle assessment

Job description

Job Description

Are you passionate about sustainable materials and excited by the challenge of turning complex sustainability questions into clear strategic choices? Do you thrive at the intersection of business strategy, sustainability and materials innovation?

Then come join our Sustainable Products & Packaging Strategy team in a temporary position. In this role, you will help shape the LEGO Group's approach to sustainable materials, with a particular focus on resin, influencing strategic decisions that support one of our most important sustainability ambitions.

Please note that no relocation assistance is offered for this position.

Core Responsibilities

• Leading strategic work on sustainable materials and resin, translating sustainability ambitions, emerging technologies and market developments into clear pathways and recommendations
• Assessing complex trade-offs and identifying solutions that balance environmental impact, technical feasibility, scalability, and business priorities
• Developing recommendations and decision materials for senior leaders on topics such as alternative feedstocks, advanced recycling, mass balance, certification, and materials circularity
• Defining positions, standards, policies, and decision‑making principles that guide our approach to sustainable materials
• Collaborating closely with experts across Sustainability, R&D, Procurement, Operations, and other functions to align perspectives and drive progress
• Monitoring developments across the wider materials value chain and identifying opportunities for collaboration and strategic partnerships
• Ensuring our materials strategy remains ambitious, credible, and grounded in the latest science, technology, and market developments
• Building networks and partnerships across industry, value chains and relevant initiatives to accelerate progress and gain outside‑in perspectives

Play your part in our team succeeding

Joining the Sustainable Products & Packaging Strategy team, you will help shape one of the LEGO Group's most important sustainability agendas. We bring together environmental, technical, and commercial perspectives to define the strategic choices that support our long‑term sustainability ambitions.

In this role, you will work closely with specialists and senior leaders across the business, helping translate complexity into direction and ensuring we make informed decisions on the future of sustainable materials. Your leadership will contribute directly to advancing our sustainability journey and driving meaningful impact at scale.

Do you have what it takes?

We are looking for a strategic and influential leader who combines sustainability expertise with strong business judgement. You excel in navigating ambiguity, challenging conventional thinking and building alignment.

• Extensive relevant experience within sustainability, sustainable materials, strategy, or related fields
• A relevant degree in Business, Engineering, Materials Science, Sustainability, Environmental Science or a related discipline or similar experience
• Strong knowledge of sustainable materials and circularity, ideally with expertise in plastics and resin systems
• Familiarity with topics such as alternative feedstocks, advanced recycling, mass balance, certification schemes, and life‑cycle assessment
• Experience developing strategies, positions and recommendations on complex sustainability topics and presenting them to senior decisionmakers
• Strong influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical, commercial and sustainability disciplines
• Experience from a complex global organisation and/or a leading management consultancy
• Excellent analytical, communication and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to translate complex technical topics into clear and actionable insights

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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