Director Global Strategy Business Development

Director Global Strategy Business Development City: Copenhagen V Country/Region: DK Application Deadline: 1 November 2024 Are you looking for an opportunity where you’ll have true impact on the strategic agenda of a leading global company? Do you want to put your problem-solving capabilities to work in shaping the future of the Pandora’s corporate strategy while leading and motivating a fantastic team of like-minded professionals?

Develop and drive complex strategic projects

Together with the Global Strategy & Business Development Team, you will develop the function to drive the strategic growth agenda in Pandora. You will lead a strong team and together drive large and complex strategic projects across the organisation to deliver future growth. The role reports into the Vice President of Strategy & Business Development and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Your key areas of responsibility will be to:

• Be a strategic sparring partner and advisor to the senior leadership team of Pandora, backing the decisions with insights and complex problem solving
• Lead and develop team members
• Drive large and complex projects independently with many stakeholders involved, many sub-workstreams / deliverables and high cross-functional project management requirements
• Manage and work together with multiple project resources e.g. other Business Development professionals, colleagues from other departments or external consultants
• Play a key role in identifying strategic challenges and solutions – with active follow through to ensure well-planned execution and full implementation
• Present key findings to senior leadership with impact
• Manage intriguing projects as internal project lead and analytical problem solver to ensure successful delivery and internal anchoring across the business
• Focus on strategy and growth related projects, but also PMO of various multifunctional and transformational initiative

Proactive, visionary and structured leader

We are looking for a professional who thrives in a dynamic, changing and fast-paced environment. You have a proactive, humble and ambitious attitude, and we envision that you are a team player who is keen to make the team and Pandora succeed together as a group. You have proven team leadership skills and strong skills which gives you the ability to develop your team and the wider Business Development function.

You have strong analytical mind-set based on quantitative and qualitative skills, and you have the ability to transfer this knowledge to others in a structured and simple way through good story telling, problem-solving and detail-oriented material reviews.

Furthermore, we hope to see that you can demonstrate:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience working with Top Management Consulting and/or from an in-house strategy unit in a larger company
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a people manager for a team of min. 3-4 people
• Experience from a consumer oriented company (e.g. FMCG, retail, branded consumer goods etc.) is considered an advantage.
• Speaks and writes English fluently (language capabilities in one of our key markets will be an advantage.
• Strong project management skills
• Tech-savviness with excellent skills in PowerPoint and Excel allowing you to ensure high-quality products

Did we get your attention?

If you see yourself in the position and would like to become a part of Pandora’s future, please do not hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible.

You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site www.pandoragroup.com.

Icing on the cake:

You will be working out of our beautiful Head Office in Copenhagen V, established in 2016 and designed to unite and inspire our teams. Besides our beautiful interior design we are also proud of our LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design. This means that we use as few natural resources as possible and that we use them with respect. The result is a professional and dynamic space that is unique, comfortable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here or comes to visit.

About Pandora:

Established in 1982, Pandora designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora’s products are available in more than 100 countries on six continents through more than 6,500 points of sale, including around 2,500 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 32,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery at two LEED certified facilities in Thailand, using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated a revenue of DKK 28.1 billion in 2023.

At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued.

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