Senior Programme Director, Social Responsibility in City of London

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The LEGO Group’s Social Responsibility team focuses on creating meaningful impact for children in our communities, both online and offline, and delivering value for the LEGO Group. Working with children, parents, caregivers, educators, employees, partners, experts, and NGOs, we unleash the power of play so children can thrive and build a better world.

Core Responsibilities

• Build and lead the development and global delivery of a portfolio of social impact initiatives, including existing programs and new OSIS pilots.
• Ensure the transition from existing to new initiatives aligns with ONE Social Impact Strategy (OSIS) and create impactful, scalable initiatives for implementation across regions and functions.
• Lead the creation of implementation content such as playbooks, guidelines, and concept material for regions, global functions, and the wider LEGO ecosystem.
• Ensure initiatives meet existing SR MEL framework metrics, deliver shared value, and support critical metrics.
• Collaborate closely with the Strategic Portfolio & Operations team; provide timely input into the annual planning process, including forecasting, target setting, budget, and headcount.
• Manage grant processes with the LEGO Foundation from concept to reporting.
• Supervise partnerships with key external partners for program delivery and internal teams such as LEGO Education and the Brand team.
• Engage and manage partners across broader SR and other departments (e.g., Regional SR teams, Child Rights & Safety team, Employee Play Engagement team) to ensure initiatives deliver impact for both communities and the business.
• Manage, develop, and build the Global Initiatives team to enable SR to deliver on OSIS and the SR Aspiration.
• Contribute to setting direction for SR as part of the SR Leadership Team.

Do you have what it takes?

• Seasoned leader with experience in a global corporate organization and managing a team of initiative specialists.
• Global social impact program development and management experience with a proven track record of innovating, delivering, and evaluating impactful global initiatives.
• Strong partner management skills to work holistically across internal teams and external partners.

What’s in it for you?

• Family Care Leave – enhanced paid leave options.
• Insurances – life and disability insurance for all colleagues.
• Wellbeing – resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing.
• Colleague Discount – generous discount from day one.
• Bonus – reward scheme tied to goal achievement.
• Workplace – hybrid policy with an average of 3 days per week in the office, with a primary workplace location assigned.

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 encourages applicants from all backgrounds 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.