- Senior
- Ufficio in Munich
Job Description
Join the LEGO® Team and Shape the Future of HR in a Dynamic, Global Environment!
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact on a 12-month role as a Senior People Partner? Based in vibrant Munich, you'll drive cultural shifts, support leadership development, and improve engagement throughout the German-speaking regions of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Embrace this opportunity to work alongside international colleagues, spark progress, and lead HR initiatives in a world-renowned organization dedicated to creativity and innovation.
This position is on a 12 month fixed-term contract basis until end of January 2027 based in our LEGO® Sales Office in Grasbrunn, close to Munich and will follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and up to 2 days remotely. Relocation support is not offered.
Please note: The internal title will be Senior People Partner and the internal level will be Senior Manager (no people leadership responsibilities).
The closing date for applications will be Wednesday 3rd December 2025.
Core Responsibilities
As a Senior People Partner & Site Lead for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, you support the GM EUC and LT. You are effective in applying core HR processes and facilitate organizational changes like culture shifts, restructuring, and capability assessments. In this role, you will also support, develop and advance the engagement agenda.
Provide people partnering support to GM EUC and LT such as strong and impactful deployment of fundamental HR activities, facilitate change management processes (cultural shifts, restructuring, capability assessments, and building processes).
Develop the leadership team as an effective team, alongside the unit leader.
Act as a coach and sparring partner for people leaders to drive performance and team effectiveness.
Accountable for recruitment, prioritization, and organizational governance of the business unit.
Leverage the Centers of Excellence as business needs emerge that can be supported through our Operational teams (e.g. Global Rewards, BSO & Global Mobility).
Maintain a trustful and constructive relationship with the German entity’s works council.
Drive the social agenda for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Collaborate with global partners on business and HR side to provide regional insights and drive a cascade of global processes into country specific deployment if needed.
Closely collaborate with shared services and operational HR departments for detailed execution of end-to-end employee cycle processes.
Play your part in our team succeeding
LEGO`s People, Places & Culture (PPC) organization includes the following main areas: Talent, Reward & Insights, Diversity & Inclusion and the People Partnering function, Workplace Experience, Social responsibility and Corporate Communications. People Partnering organizations cover HR (PPC) Business Partnering as well as Employee Relations, including employee relations, benefits, policies and execution. The partnering organization is responsible for developing and deploying the people & culture agenda in line with the LEGO Group´s strategic direction!
Do you have what it takes?
Experienced working in HR within a global matrixed organization.
Experience working with Works Councils and resolving legal and compliance cases.
Strong partner leadership skills are evidenced through proven written and verbal communication ability, leading partners across various tiers of the organization and external institutions as well.
Understanding of the Market & Channels business with some experience in project work and project tools.
Working with data to inform, make proposals and influence decisions, particularly with compensation data and statutory reporting.
Open minded, dedicated to solutions and outcomes, organized, and strong collaborative attitude.
Capable of establishing and leading good relations with many different units and people at all levels of the organization.
Preferred experience in working with a digital, commercially focused business model.
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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.
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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