Global Executive Recruitment Manager (12-Month Contract)

Job Description

Just imagine shaping the future of the LEGO Group by bringing in the leaders who will build what comes next!

About the role

As our Global Executive Recruitment Manager, you'll lead end-to-end recruitment for VP+ and critical senior leadership roles across the LEGO® Group on a one year fixed-term contract. You'll combine executive search, talent mapping, external market intelligence, and targeted passive sourcing to build strong global leadership pipelines. Working closely with senior hiring leaders and the talent acquisition community, you'll translate business priorities into focused search strategies and provide trusted advice throughout assessment, selection and appointment.

Required Qualifications

• Led end-to-end executive searches across global markets, from intake and search strategy through assessment, selection and appointment.
• Built executive talent maps and proactive passive-candidate pipelines using external market and competitor intelligence.
• Sourced and engaged passive executive talent using LinkedIn, Boolean search, Google Search and other internet sourcing techniques.
• Advised and influenced senior hiring leaders through complex talent, assessment and selection decisions.
• Delivered executive searches within Operations, Retail, FMCG, Finance, Strategy, Education or Digital Technology.
• Experienced in global searches involving candidates, stakeholders, and business partners across regions, cultures, and time zones.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering executive recruitment within a complex, global matrix organization.
• Led executive recruitment for senior Digital Technology and Product Marketing Development roles.
• A strong track record of personally leading high-stakes executive searches spanning multiple functions, markets and regions.
• Proven ability to partner with the most senior leaders in an organization and influence executive talent strategies and hiring decisions.

What you'll build

• Lead end-to-end executive searches with rigor and pace, from intake and market mapping through assessment, offer and appointment.
• Partner with senior leaders and HR colleagues to translate business priorities into clear executive search and talent strategies.
• Build global talent maps and proactive executive pipelines across functions, industries and geographies.
• Identify, engage and assess passive senior talent for active, upcoming, and confidential searches.
• Provide external market intelligence on talent availability, competitor landscapes, industry trends, and executive talent pools.
• Serve as a trusted talent advisor, coaching leaders on market realities, candidate calibration, talent trade-offs and hiring decisions.
• Navigate complex global searches across senior leadership, HR, Total Rewards, Global Mobility and Talent Acquisition, anticipating challenges and developing solutions that keep searches moving forward.
• Increase the diversity and quality of candidate pools through thoughtful talent segmentation and objective assessment.
• Deliver a high-touch executive candidate experience, providing thoughtful guidance through complex offer, mobility, relocation and onboarding decisions.
• Create concise executive candidate briefs, pipeline updates, and market insights that enable informed and timely decisions.
• You'll bring sound judgement, discretion and a highly personal approach to every search, anticipating challenges early, navigating complexity and keeping global hiring decisions moving forward.

Life on the team

You'll join our Global Executive Recruitment & Sourcing team, working across regions to identify and engage senior talent for the LEGO Group. You'll bring curiosity, tenacity, and care while building trusted relationships with executive leaders, candidates, and colleagues. Confidentiality matters, as does know when to challenge thinking, listen carefully and adapt your approach.

What success looks like

You'll establish credible executive talent pipelines, bring relevant external-market perspectives into hiring decisions, and create a consistent, high-quality experience for senior candidates and hiring leaders. You'll be known for strong stakeholder management, practical talent advice, and the ability to move complex global searches forward with clarity and pace.

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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:

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.

Your workplace: Your workplace will be the office, store or factory specified in this advert.

Hybrid Working: Our hybrid work model, Best of Both offers you the option of flexibility to work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of the model, including how this option applies to your role and team.

Learn more about our benefits, culture and workplace experience here

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.