Chief of Staff for CEO

Field of work: General & Corporate Affairs

Posting Date: 9 Dec 2024

Application deadline: 02-Jan-2025
Location: Ballerup 2750, , Denmark
Contract type: Permanent
Job ID: 2793

Role Description
Are you a talented and bright individual with a strong understanding of the pharmaceutical business, seeking a role that offers significant growth, impact, and influence working among C-level executives and the Board?

LEO Pharma has embarked on an ambitious journey to become the preferred dermatology care partner improving people’s lives around the world – and that is why we need you.

Your role
As the Chief of Staff for LEO Pharma’s CEO, you'll be the orchestrator of LEO Pharma's strategic objectives, ensuring alignment and execution at the highest level. Here, your expertise will influence LEO Pharma’s future on a global scale.

• Serve as the right hand of the CEO and a key contributor in collaborating and steer discussions with all the C-suite stakeholders and Board of Directors to define and execute the strategic agenda.
• Owner of the annual wheel for the CEO and Global Leadership team, drive accountability in the Global Leadership Team and ensure commitments are met.
• Proactively direct organizational focus to key topics and initiatives, ensuring robust tracking and follow-up to ensure success.
• Proactively adjust the strategic focus in response to emerging opportunities and challenges.
• Step in as an ad-hoc task force if and when corporate needs arise.
• Support the professionalization of ways of working across the organization and provide governance support for the CEO.
• Prepare and refine presentations for high-impact internal and external events.
• Track and follow up on key initiatives, providing takeaways and insights for the CEO.
• Drive strategic projects related to the CEO agenda when needed.
• Prepare monthly non-financial reports.
• Liase with Chief of Staff network to ensure alignment and collaboration across Global Leadership teams.

In this role, you'll ensure that strategic priorities are not just discussed, but brought to life across the organization.

Your qualifications
To succeed in this role, we expect you to have the following qualifications:

• Master’s degree in business administration, Marketing, Economics, Finance, or related field with a high-level grade.
• 5-7 years of pharmaceutical experience from inhouse or consultancy, alternatively from MedTech or regulated industry.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects and stakeholder relationships.
• Experience in leading analyses and creating decision-making materials.
• Great communication skills at all levels.
• Can translate complex set of information into clear slides, workstreams and is reliable in following up.
• High integrity, curiosity, high pace, and a keen eye for detail.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written.

An ideal candidate will also possess strategic thinking, interpersonal savvy, resilience, and adaptability, thriving under pressure and able to pivot as needed. If you believe this role is the most exciting opportunity for you, please apply, even if you do not meet all the qualifications.

Your new team
You will be working very closely with the CEO, his Executive personal assistant and the VP, Corporate Strategy. You all support the CEO in every aspect of the CEOs daily work to secure alignment in the GLT and with the Board. You'll also join a team of Chief of Staffs at LEO, where you have a small community.

Workplace is onsite at LEO Pharma headquarters in Ballerup, Denmark.

Application and contact
Please apply before the deadline by following the application process outlined here to be considered for the role. You do not need to upload a cover letter, but feel free to include a few sentences in your resume or CV explaining why you are interested in this position. To respect the CEO's time, please direct all further questions to Executive Search Lead Helle Nordved at +45 31424126 (and be aware of Christmas holidays coming up for responsetime).

For headhunters: We appreciate your interest, but we are fully capable of managing this recruitment process internally. Kindly respect that our time is dedicated to candidates only.

Beyond the skin
Join LEO Pharma, a global leader in medical dermatology, as we go beyond the skin to make a lasting impact. Our innovative approach sets us apart. We are dedicated to leaving a legacy that positively impacts patients, colleagues, and our planet.

At LEO Pharma, we believe in the power of individuals to drive change. Our flat organizational structure empowers you to make a visible impact and offers versatile roles for professional growth. We value diversity and welcome applications from all qualified candidates, recognizing that our different perspectives, backgrounds, and attitudes enable us to make the best decisions. Join our passionate team at LEO Pharma and be yourself as we work together to make a difference.

For certain positions, LEO Pharma might complete a background check conducted by a third party.