the LEGO Group · 2 months ago
Senior Programme Director, Social Responsibility
London Hub
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/ExecutiveThe LEGO Group is committed to creating meaningful impact for children through their Social Responsibility team. The Senior Programme Director, Social Responsibility will lead the Global Initiatives team in developing and implementing impactful social initiatives that align with the company's strategy and values.
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Responsibilities
Build and lead the development and global delivery of a portfolio of social impact initiatives. This will include a combination of:
Delivery of existing programs to meet external important metrics, including number of children impacted
Development of new social impact initiatives through a series of approved OSIS pilots that build on existing programs and knowledge
Be responsible for the transition from existing to new social impact initiatives, in line with OSIS. Across all, ensure and/or create impactful and scalable initiatives for implementation across regions, within relevant global LEGO Group functions and the wider LEGO ecosystem. This will involve taking a co-creative and inclusive approach with SR LT, SR regional teams, LEGO Group teams, and external partners
Lead the development of content, e.g., playbooks, guidelines, and concept material, for initiative implementation in regions, global functions and the wider LEGO ecosystem, taking a co-creative and inclusive approach to ensure fit and relevance in local and functional contexts
Ensure our initiatives are impactful by design, in line with existing SR MEL framework and ensure they are creating shared value and delivering on critical metrics
Working closely with the Strategic Portfolio & Operations team and ensure:
Timely input into annual planning process including delivery of annual plan, forecasting and target setting, budget, and headcounts. This also includes reporting on critical metrics and budget as per LEGO Group annual processes
Ensure smooth grant processes with the LEGO Foundation from concept to reporting
Supervise partnerships with key external partners specific to global programmatic initiative delivery as well as key internal teams, such as e.g., LEGO Education and the Brand team
Through exemplary partner engagement and management, within and beyond SR to ensure initiatives deliver impact for both communities and the business. In addition, ensure close collaboration across SR across the following teams:
Regional SR teams on innovation and implementation fit for local contexts)
Child Rights & Safety team on children’s rights and safety (digital and non-digital), digital parenting and wellbeing, and children’s agency initiative pilot (co-ownership)
Employee Play Engagement team on LtP and World Play Day but also beyond SR, to ensure business value
Manage, develop, and build the Global Initiatives team to enable SR to deliver on OSIS and the SR Aspiration
As part of the SR Leadership Team, contribute to setting direction for SR as one team, and help us deliver on OSIS and the SR Aspiration
Qualification
Required
Seasoned leader with experience working in a global organization (corporate) and with experience in managing and inspiring a team of initiative specialists in a global context
Global social impact program development and management experience from a global business with proven track record of innovating, developing, delivering and evaluating impactful global initiatives and enabling local contextualization and implementation
Strong partner management skills to work holistically across own team, other business functions and with external partners
Benefits
Family Care Leave
Insurances
Wellbeing
Colleague Discount
Bonus
Workplace
Company
the LEGO Group
The LEGO Group is a family-owned company that specializes in the development of children's creativity through playing and learning.
Founded in 1932
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Niels B. Christiansen
CEO
Jesper Andersen
Chief Financial Officer
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