Senior Global Initiative Manager

personalise marketing, including social media features. Job Description 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. Core Responsibilities 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. Through exemplary initiative leadership, partner engagement, and strategic thinking, within and beyond SR, this role will ensure initiatives deliver impact for both communities and the LEGO Group. World Play Day/IDOP : In 2023, the UN ratified the International Day of Play (IDOP) which takes place on June 11 each year. The LEGO Group celebrates the International Day of Play through our own World Play Day (WPD). This role will play a key role in driving SR's contributions to both. WPD consists of a brand moment, employee engagement, and social impact activation. This role will: Act as touch point and collaboration partner for the Global Brand team and Our LEGO Agency to ensure an integrated proposal on WPD cutting across external brand moment, employee engagement and social impact activation and the two latter 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 annual direction of WPD and support for SR activation of WPD. Act as conduit between global vision and regional SR teams, ensuring objectives are clear. This includes partnering 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. IDOP/UNICEF : As part of activating IDOP, the LEGO Foundation has entered into a 3-year partnership with UNICEF. This role will: Be the LEGO Group's touch point for LEGO Foundation on WPD/IDOP Incl. as well as the UNICEF partnership to drive delivery according to plan. Lead partnership with UNICEF with specific focus on private sector coalition re IDOP and LEGO Group support for this. 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. Global Initiatives work : As needed, lead other Global Initiative projects and ensure project management and execution, partnership development, evaluation, and communication to raise visibility. Play your part in our team succeeding The role is essential to delivering our mission - inspiring and developing the builders of tomorrow. Children in local communities around the world have a right to quality learning through play experiences, and it is our responsibility to make the magic happen, bringing parents, families and employees on the journey with us. Extensive experience working with social impact initiatives, in corporate settings, and with other business teams. 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. Collaborator with strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills. Patient, flexible, proactive self-starter with proven ability to creatively solve problems based on high level objectives - with no road map. 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. 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.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.Just imagine building your dream career.Then make it real. Join the LEGO team today. Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. Our founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen made his first wooden toy in 1932. He persevered against the odds until his business was a success. Constantly innovating, never compromising. Building, rebuilding, and striving for the best. It is this resilience and permanent sense of renewal that drives us forward. We are never still. We will always be creating, inventing, andhaving fun. Build your career brick by brick and play your part in continuing our mission to "inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow".