Senior Manager, Europe: Government & Public Affairs, Education Sector (m/f/d)

Job Description

Are you ready to join the dynamic and bold Government and Public Affairs (GPA) Team in the LEGO Group in Europe?

Here’s an awesome job opportunity to provide outstanding stakeholder relationship management for a world-famous brand, whilst helping to grow our reach and make real impact with governments and in turn, hands on learning in classrooms across Europe!

Core Responsibilities

1. Monitor, analyse, and disseminate legislative and policy trends on core public policy education issues in Europe important to LEGO Education and LEGO entities.
2. Develop and deploy a targeted European government affairs strategy, initially focusing on Germany, to advance policies supporting equitable access to high-quality education, emphasizing STEAM and hands-on learning through LEGO Education’s solutions.
3. Design, lead, and implement engagement events with policymakers, educators, and decision-makers in Germany and other key European markets (e.g., Spain and Italy) to drive advocacy efforts, support LEGO Group’s annual activations, and advance policy recommendations for learning through play.
4. Collaborate across LEGO Education, LEGO Brand entities, and internal functions to enhance corporate reputation and commercial objectives, reaching more children with hands-on learning in priority European markets.
5. Lead and optimise partnerships, associations, and coalitions to enhance LEGO Education’s impact and thought leadership, while developing strong relationships with political, regulatory, civil society, and business communities.

Play your part

In Government & Public Affairs (GPA), we have a purpose that we live by: be the purveyors of the magic, calming seas and shaping play-filled futures!

This role facilitates this by enabling LEGO Education, the LEGO Group and LEGO branded entities to thrive and grow through strategic engagement with governments and related partners; growing market opportunities, protecting our business from political and legislative risk, and enhancing our reputation.

This team focuses on issues across EMEA specifically related to business priorities and our social responsibility agenda. The team delivers impact through driving market specific plans in the region to enable our operations, while achieving our mission of inspiring the builders of tomorrow.

Do you have what it takes?

1. Proven ability to drive government and public affairs programmes, with experience in achieving public policy objectives and delivering outcomes within global or local organisations or government institutions.
2. High integrity, prioritizing the best interests of the company and children, and capable of working independently with strong prioritisation skills.
3. Excellent collaborator with success in matrix organizations, adopting a One Team approach, and possessing a robust network, combined with the ability to establish relationships with governments, and other external partners.
4. Background and strong interest in education, early childhood, STEAM development, curriculum, and assessment, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
5. Preferred studies in public policy, government affairs, law, education, or related fields, though equivalent experience is considered. Language skills required: sophisticated English and German, with additional European languages (French, Italian, or Spanish) as a bonus.

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:

1. Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
2. Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
3. 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.
4. Colleague Discount – We know you’ll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
5. Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
6. 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.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, if you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO team today.

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