Director, Executive Office & Governance (m/f/d) in Hamburg

Director, Executive Office & Governance (m/f/d)

Req ID: 51716 Job Location: Copenhagen, DK, Hamburg, DE, Nordborg, DK Employment Type: Full Time Segment: Group Functions CEO Job Category: Human Resources Work Location Type: On-site Job Description

The Impact You'll Make

As Director, HR Executive Office & Governance, you will play a pivotal role at the center of Danfoss' global HR organization. Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President, Group HR, you will help shape and drive the strategic agenda across a global HR function that supports the company's business ambitions including our LEAP 2030 strategy. This is a unique opportunity for a strategic thinker who thrives in a complex, international environment and enjoys turning ideas into action. You will work closely with senior HR leaders, business stakeholders, and corporate functions to ensure alignment, clear priorities, and strong execution of key strategic initiatives. Success in this role means creating focus where there is complexity, enabling effective decision-making at the highest levels, and helping the HR leadership team deliver on its most important priorities. You will serve as a trusted advisor, connector, and driver of progress across a global organization.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will act as a strategic partner to the EVP, Group HR and the HR Leadership Team, helping ensure that priorities, decisions, and initiatives are aligned and successfully executed.

• Lead the preparation, coordination, and narrative development for executive forums, including HR Board meetings, Business Review Meetings, HR Leadership Team meetings, and other strategic leadership engagements.
• Drive governance and execution of the Global HR Strategic Roadmap, ensuring alignment across HR Centers of Excellence, business segments, and corporate functions.
• Act as a key connector across stakeholders, fostering collaboration, facilitating decision-making, and ensuring strategic priorities are translated into action.
• Lead and deliver high-impact cross-functional projects and transformation initiatives, often in a matrix environment without direct reporting authority.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior HR leaders by providing strategic insights, identifying risks and opportunities, and supporting complex organizational and people-related initiatives.

In addition, you will help establish a consistent operating rhythm across the HR organization, monitor progress against key priorities, and ensure accountability for agreed actions and outcomes.

What We're Looking For

You combine strategic thinking with strong execution skills and are comfortable operating in a highly visible role where you engage with senior leaders across a global organization.

• A master's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Strategy, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• Significant experience in strategy, management consulting, HR leadership, executive office, PMO, or a similar strategic role within a global and matrixed organization.
• Proven experience partnering with senior executives and influencing stakeholders across functions, regions, and organizational levels.
• Exceptional communication and executive storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex topics into clear recommendations and compelling narratives.
• Strong business acumen, strategic agility, and a track record of driving initiatives from concept through implementation.

Experience from industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or from consulting companies operating in complex international organizations would be an advantage. Fluency in English is required, while Danish or German language skills are considered a plus.

What You’ll Get from Us

This role offers a rare opportunity to work closely with the EVP, Group HR and influence strategic decisions that shape the people agenda supporting Danfoss' LEAP 2030 strategy.

• You’ll help engineer a better future by contributing to solutions that make a real difference around the world.
• We’ll support your career growth with mentoring, learning opportunities, and access to global career paths.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You’ll receive benefits like annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about - we think they’re pretty great.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in areas such as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, marine, and on- and off-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for data centers, renewable energy, energy storage, heat recovery, as well as contribute to district energy solutions for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned and employs over 39,000 people. We create long-term value for our customers in more than 100 countries with a global footprint of around 100 factories.