Senior Global Initiative Manager

LEGO Group; Whitehall; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global toy manufacturer is seeking a Project Lead to spearhead initiatives that enhance their mission to promote learning through play. This role requires strong project management skills, collaboration with SR teams, and engagement with UNICEF to drive impactful initiatives. Ideal candidates will possess excellent communication capabilities, and the ability to lead complex projects. The position offers a hybrid work model and a variety of employee benefits, including enhanced paid leave and insurance coverage.

Benefits

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid work environment

Qualifications

• Experience developing global initiatives with local implementation.
• Proven ability to lead complex projects with multiple collaborators.
• Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Act as collaboration partner for global initiatives.
• Lead projects integrating World Play Day into existing initiatives.
• Drive alignment between SR teams and UNICEF partnership.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Creative problem-solving

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

Help the LEGO Group become a global force for learning through play. Bring your expertise and positive attitude in play to bring the LEGO vision and mission to life and create impact for children and families globally! Reporting to the Senior Director of the Global Initiative team within the Social Responsibility (SR) organization, this position will play a meaningful role in setting strategic direction for impactful execution of both current and future portfolio of global initiatives. Please note: No relocation is offered for this position. Across all responsibilities, there is a need to take a co‑creative and inclusive approach with SR regional teams, LEGO Group teams, and external partners...

Responsibilities

• Act as touch point and collaboration partner for the Global Brand team and Our LEGO Agency to ensure an integrated proposal on World Play Day (WPD) cutting across external brand moment, employee engagement and social impact activation, in alignment with company strategy for social impact.
• Act as touch point and collaboration partner for Corporate Brand Communication and Government & Public Affairs teams to ensure alignment with the annual direction of WPD and support SR activation of WPD.
• Act as conduit between global vision and regional SR teams, ensuring objectives are clear and partner closely with regional and global SR colleagues to facilitate and drive the integration of WPD into existing work and OSIS pilots/initiatives as well as ensure activation in line with WPD global direction.
• Partner closely with the SR Play Engagement team to ensure strong integration with employee WPD.
• Equip and enable regional and global teams with resources and ideas needed to activate World Play Day with partners, in close collaboration with Play Engagement team.
• Lead other Global Initiative projects and ensure project management and execution, partnership development, evaluation, and communication to raise visibility.

IDOP/UNICEF Partnership

• Be the LEGO Group's touch point for the LEGO Foundation on WPD/IDOP and for the UNICEF partnership to drive delivery according to plan.
• Lead partnership with UNICEF with specific focus on private‑sector coalition for IDOP and LEGO Group support.
• Drive alignments across SR (regional teams, Play Engagement team) to integrate IDOP effectively.
• Create alignment across business functions (GPA, Brand, CBC) to integrate IDOP into wider business objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience with developing global initiatives in co‑creation with colleagues and partners and enabling local implementation.
• Proven ability to lead and drive complex projects with multiple collaborators.
• Mature experience with driving a team of specialists towards a shared delivery.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Patient, flexible, proactive self‑starter with proven ability to creatively solve problems based on high‑level objectives – no roadmap.
• Curiosity to explore, learn, and seek solutions from multiple sources.
• Proficient written and verbal communication (in English) skills, including the ability to deliver engaging, impactful presentations.

EEO & Child Safeguarding

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (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.

Application Process

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. Please apply as soon as possible.

Benefits

• Family Care Leave – enhanced paid leave options for important times.
• Insurances – life and disability insurance coverage.
• Wellbeing – resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing, along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
• Colleague Discount – generous discount from day 1.
• Bonus – reward scheme when goals are reached and eligibility criteria are met.
• Workplace – assigned primary workplace location; average of 3 days per week in the office under the hybrid work policy.

Company Culture

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.