LEGO Education Senior Manager Business Development (m/f/d) – Partnerships

Job Description

Just imagine how you can drive impactful partnerships, transform the reach of LEGO Education, and make inclusive learning available to all students! LEGO® Education is a global leader in the education sector, offering playful learning experiences designed to help every student succeed. We are thrilled to announce a new position Senior Manager Development Manager – Partnerships, joining our EU Commercial Team!

Core Responsibilities

• Own the development and implementation of the private partnership strategy for LEGO Education in Europe. Focus on the K12 market and build a scalable model to unlock new funding streams.
• Identify, prioritize, and secure strategic partnerships involving corporations, foundations, CSR organizations, and other private-sector partners.
• Develop partnership structures and value propositions that align corporate objectives with the goals of LEGO Education’s educational programs, resulting in co-funded STEM and learning initiatives.
• Build and cultivate positive relationships across internal teams and external partners to ensure effective teamwork and delivery.
• Develop and document case studies and evidence of successful partnerships and initiatives to demonstrate impact and inform future strategies.
• Monitor market developments in corporate giving, philanthropy, CSR, and social-impact trends, identifying opportunities for growth.
• Track performance metrics and partnership outcomes, ensuring visibility, accountability, and continuous improvement.

What It Takes

• Proven experience in a B2B, partnership, business development, or strategic commercial environment, ideally with a focus on building and scaling multi-stakeholder partnership.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally when required (approx. 10–20%).
• Partnership Skills – Proven track record to identify, engage, and secure strategic partnerships with corporates, foundations, NGOs, or large institutional stakeholders.
• Leadership & Influence – Success in navigating complex stakeholder ecosystems, with strong skills in influencing, negotiating, and building trust at senior levels.
• Strategic Thinking – Strong strategic and analytical abilities, including market sizing, opportunity assessment, financial modeling, and revenue growth planning.
• Project Management – Ability to lead multiple initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced, matrixed environment, ensuring clarity, alignment, and measurable outcomes.
• Interpersonal Skills – Excellent collaboration skills across cross-functional teams (sales, marketing, academy, legal, operations).
• Commercial Acumen – High degree of commercial awareness, resilience, self-direction, and ownership mentality.
• Interest – Preferred interest in education, edtech, STEM, technology, or social impactful learning initiatives.
• Language Proficiency – Fluent in English, both verbally and in writing (Level C1–C2). German (Professional Fluency/C1-C2 level preferred).
• Technical Skills – Proficient in MS Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

What’s in it for you?

• 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.

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