Employee Success Business Partner Nordics

Salesforce; Denmark; On-site; DKK 1,100,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce in Denmark is seeking a Senior Manager, Employee Success Business Partner for a 12-month assignment to deliver HR strategy and advisory support across the Nordics. You will partner with ESBP teams, COEs, and leaders to shape People Strategy, organizational design, engagement, and leadership development while aligning with regional goals.

This role requires building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, driving change initiatives, coaching executives, and ensuring execution

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years HRBP experience or 6+ years with a Master’s degree.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders across diverse teams.
• Strong business acumen and change management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Advise and partner with senior leaders to shape People Strategy across Nordics.
• Lead organizational design, succession planning and leadership development initiatives.
• Drive engagement, retention, equity considerations and coaching at top levels.
• Collaborate with COEs and regional HR to deliver seamless HR programs.
• Provide data-driven insights on organization health and talent trends.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Change leadership

People strategy

Organizational design

Executive coaching

English fluency

Nordic employment law

Data analysis

Presentation skills

COE partnership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

Google Sheets

Google Slides

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Employee Success

Job Details

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Role Description

We\'re seeking a Senior Manager, Employee Success Business Partner (ESBP) for a period of 12 months, to provide a full range of HR business support to our Nordics organization. This hire will work closely with fellow ESBPs, Centers of Excellence (COEs), and vital team members to advise, drive strategy, and influence the business leaders and employee groups they support (\"client groups\") on People Strategy, Equality, Organizational Design & Development, Change Leadership, Engagement & Retention, and Leader Development & Coaching - while orchestrating solutions across the region. This role reports into the Senior Director, ESBP Northern Europe, based in Amsterdam. Additional EMEA-wide activities may be assigned as applicable, in agreement with the EMEA SVP, Employee Success. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, wants to make a significant impact across critical business areas, and is looking to work with a strong ESBP team.

Your Impact

• Operate as a trusted advisor, using professional credibility and strong relationships with senior leaders across the Nordics to influence key priorities
• Strengthen the leadership team of each organization through coaching and development of senior leaders
• Act as a change agent as the business reshapes itself to deliver a world-class customer and employee experience
• Lead complex initiatives with significant impact on client group needs, including employee retention, talent assessment, succession planning, organizational design, compensation planning (equity, bonus, merit), and leadership development
• Promote People Strategies aligned with business goals, focused on the talent needed to realize the vision
• Deliver results through development, succession planning, career development, and skills-gap analysis
• Partner between COEs and regional HR teams to deliver seamless HR processes and programs across the Nordics
• Leverage HR programs, policies, processes, and systems effectively
• Provide client groups with analysis of organizational \"health\" - trends in performance, employee satisfaction, attrition, diversity, etc.
• Demonstrate proficiency in, and partnership with, other functional areas of HR
• As part of the ESBP team, contribute to cross-functional initiatives beyond your immediate client group

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent experience plus a minimum of 8+ years of related HRBP experience; or Master\'s degree or equivalent experience plus a minimum of 6+ years
• Demonstrated track record of building effective relationships across all levels of the organization and diverse client groups, ideally within Nordic markets
• Strong business acumen and ability to drive major initiatives, influencing decision-makers at all levels
• Ability to be proactive - anticipating and providing alternatives and options to the business
• Ability to diagnose and successfully handle organizational development issues
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills - an eloquent, persuasive communicator (English required; Nordic language(s) a plus)
• Excellent interpersonal, group, process, and influencing skills
• Ability to prepare and deliver senior-level presentations, building a narrative from data collection and analysis
• Working knowledge of Google products (Sheets, Slides, etc.)
• Ability to facilitate groups and coach/counsel management at all levels
• Experience in leadership development and acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders
• Ability to partner with COEs to build equality strategy and other key initiatives
• Strong teamwork skills, effective across onsite and distributed teams
• Knowledge of Nordic employment laws, statutes, and regulations governing employment policies and practices
• Knowledge of staffing and compensation strategies, practices, and processes

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