Director, Talent Strategy & Attraction

Pandora; København; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LEED Gold Certification office

Head Office in Copenhagen

Job summary

Pandora is seeking a strategic leader for the Global Talent Center of Excellence in Copenhagen to shape the executive talent agenda and drive transformation across Talent Strategy and Talent Attraction. You will partner with senior leaders and own the enterprise hiring and assessment standards globally, including governance and platforms.

You will align 11 TA leaders across the matrix organization, deliver KPI-driven milestones, and enable EVP activation and pre-boarding excellence in a dynamic,

Qualifications

• Strong business strategy experience with structured transformation tracking.
• Expertise in Talent Attraction and Assessment governance and standards.
• Proven ability to align TA leaders across a global matrix organization.
• Data-literate, able to drive decisions with hiring KPIs.
• Hands-on approach with ability to manage multiple tasks independently.
• Credible with senior stakeholders and confidential executive topics.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the VP Talent to enable the executive talent agenda and transformation milestones.
• Coordinate the annual talent wheel and KPIs tracking for the COE.
• Own enterprise hiring and assessment strategy, governance, and platforms globally.
• Lead multi-year Talent Attraction transformation in processes, tools, and data.

Skills

Executive talent strategy

Stakeholder management

Transformation roadmaps

Data-driven decisions

AI savvy

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

In the Global Talent Center of Excellence, reporting to Pandora's Vice President of Talent, you will play a dual role with high strategic impact.

In Talent Strategy, support the VP Talent on the executive talent agenda; coordinate the annual executive talent wheel with strong preparation and sharp insights, contribute to the Talent COE milestones and KPIs tracking, and support strategic projects for the Executive Leadership Team and the Board through critical moments of transformation.

In Talent Attraction, be the subject matter expert and own the enterprise hiring and assessment standards, processes and tools, enabling global high-quality hiring.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with the VP Talent to enable the executive talent agenda, supporting the Executive Leadership Team and the Board through critical moments of transformation
• Support the executive talent agenda: coordinate the annual talent wheel and associated processes, ensuring relevance, strong preparation and sharp insights
• Support the VP Talent in prioritizing initiatives and tracking milestones and KPIs of the COE
• Be the subject matter expert in Talent Attraction and Assessment for Pandora, worldwide
• Own the enterprise hiring and assessment strategy, governance, standards and operating model, including the global assessment capability - frameworks, methodologies and platforms
• Lead the multi-year Talent Attraction transformation roadmap: processes, tools, technology and data to support hiring decisions
• Own candidate and hiring manager experience, EVP activation and pre-boarding excellence
• Align 11 TA leaders through the global matrix organization, creating coherence, governance and accountability, as well as leveraging globally best practices

What you bring

• Ideal for candidates with strong business strategy experience and a highly structured approach to defining, tracking and reporting major transformation initiatives
• Motivation to expand business strategy impact through subject matter ownership in Talent Attraction and Assessment
• Highly successful TA leaders will be considered only with a proven track record on their organization's executive talent agenda. TA delivery experience alone is insufficient, given the Executive Talent agenda side of the role
• Experience co-creating effective standards and governance that meet market needs and drive adoption across the matrix organization
• Strong project leadership on multi-year transformation roadmaps
• Data-literate and AI savvy, using hiring KPIs to drive decisions and creating outstanding executive-ready materials
• A hands-on approach and willingness to take on and deliver multiple tasks independently
• Highly credible with senior stakeholders and confident supporting confidential executive topics

What you will deliver

• An executive talent cycle that is well prepared, insight-led and supported to run on time
• Talent COE priorities, milestones and KPIs supported, tracked and reported
• Strategic talent projects and initiatives supported, helping senior leadership through critical moments of transformation
• Decision-ready talent insights prepared for the ELT on succession, critical roles and leadership capability
• Hiring standards, processes and tools adopted globally
• TA transformation delivered, strengthening hiring effectiveness and capability
• Accurate leadership and critical talent decisions through best-in-class assessment
• Global consistency across recruitment and assessment practices
• Candidate and hiring manager experience standards and pre-boarding toolkit in place
• EVP activated across all markets and populations

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

Pandora is the world's largest jewellery brand, specialising in the design, crafting and marketing of accessible luxury jewellery made from high-quality materials. Each piece is created to inspire self-expression, allowing people to share their stories and passions through meaningful jewellery. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 7,000 points of sale, including more than 2,800 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs around 39,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery with 100% recycled silver and gold. Pandora is committed to leadership in sustainability and has set out to halve greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2030. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated revenue of DKK 32.5 billion (EUR 4.4 billion) in 2025.

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,cultivatingand preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued.