Senior Corporate Counsel, LEGO Education Americas

Job Description

Are you a skilled, commercial and curious lawyer that is passionate about improving children’s education?

Come join the LEGO Education Legal Team and help our fast-growing US business enable every student to succeed!

Core Responsibilities:

You will partner closely with LEGO Education’s US sales and marketing teams to:

• Deliver best-in-class and scaled legal support across sales and marketing, with a focus on sales of products and professional development to US public education systems
• Drive excellence in risk management and compliance across all US operations, including sales, marketing (including digital marketing), data and insights, operations, grant funding, and government and political affairs
• Drive a culture of ethics and integrity, and related frameworks, including policies, self-service tools, toolkits, and impactful training
• Identify, educate on, and address emerging legislative and regulatory developments
• Draft and negotiate contracts relating to partnerships, vendors, contractors and consultants across the US sales and marketing ecosystem
• Collaborate closely with global colleagues to share knowledge, optimize processes and implement systems, with a focus on government-related activities

Play your part in our team succeeding.

You’ll be part of a team dedicated to managing legal issues for the LEGO Group’s fast-growing LEGO Education division, and sit within the LEGO Group’s global legal function.

You’ll work on scalable solutions to transactional and regulatory matters, mitigate critical risks, and be a key strategic partner to LEGO Education’s US team.

Look forward to working at the LEGO Group’s Americas Head Office in Boston and contributing to LEGO Education’s quest to give children the best possible learning experiences through purposeful play. Through engaging hands-on learning solutions, LEGO Education aims to enable every student to develop the knowledge and skills they need to succeed at school and in life.

Do you have what it takes?

• Law School Degree (J.D., LL.M.)
• Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience in private practice or in-house with US government contract negotiation and related regulatory compliance
• Deep understanding and experience of ethics and lobbying related matters with strong personal integrity and ethics
• Strong partner, collaborator and team contributor across regions and thrive in a changing environment
• Positive and curious approach with distinct can-do attitude
• Balance commercial, strategic and organization priorities and works towards the big picture
• Understand complex business domains, explain key trade-offs, and makes clear recommendations
• Some travel expected (likely less than 30 days per year).

Please note that relocation support is not offered for this role.

The salary for this position has a range of $120k - $180k a year based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints.

The definitive compensation may vary in alignment with the selected candidate’s professional background, experience, operational needs and other considerations permitted by law.

The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.

Join the global LEGO family

The LEGO® Group recruits and develops people entirely on merit. If you are confident you have what it takes to succeed in this role – and you share our commitment to creativity, collaboration, and quality – use the APPLY NOW button above or below. Please remember to attach your application and current CV.

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 proud to be an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”

Build your career brick by brick at The LEGO Group.

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