Global Rewards Partner

LEO Pharma; Ballerup; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

LEO Pharma is seeking a Global Rewards Partner to shape Reward strategies across a global organization. You will partner with HR and business leaders to translate needs into pragmatic Rewards solutions, governance, and execution.

This role offers exposure to base pay, incentives, benefits, and job architecture within a Danish-rooted, globally connected company. You will collaborate with Finance, Legal, Tax, Payroll, and affiliates to drive consistent decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Psychology, or another relevant field.
• Significant (+5 years) experience in Rewards, compensation, benefits, total rewards consulting, or HR advisory roles, preferably in a multinational environment.
• Strong knowledge of compensation principles, market pricing, salary structures, incentives, benefits fundamentals, job evaluation, and job architecture.
• Experience translating business needs into practical Rewards solutions within a business advisory or HR partnering context.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, including experience with HR systems, compensation tools, survey platforms, and Mercer IPE or similar methods.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted Rewards advisor to HR and business leaders across broad topics such as base pay, incentives, benefits principles, grading, benchmarking, pay equity, performance management and recognition.
• Translate business challenges and workforce needs into clear Rewards recommendations that balance engagement, retention, affordability, fairness, governance, and strategic impact.
• Collaborate with global Rewards process owners to design, improve, and implement Rewards frameworks, policies, tools, and recurring processes such as annual compensation review and job architecture.
• Conduct market and internal analysis to assess competitiveness and effectiveness of Rewards initiatives, and convert insights into actionable recommendations and decision papers.
• Drive consistency and governance in Rewards decisions while partnering with HR, Finance, Legal, Tax, Payroll, and other stakeholders to ensure compliant and operationally feasible solutions.
• Support and drive global Rewards projects in collaboration with the Global Rewards team and HR colleagues.

Skills

HR advisory

Rewards consulting

Base pay & incentives

Market pricing

Job architecture

Compensation principles

Analytical skills

Communication

Global collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in HR/Business/Finance

Tools

Mercer IPE

Job description

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Role Description

Shape how we reward talent across a global organization and help turn Rewards into practical, business enabling solutions. As Global Rewards Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to HR and business leaders, to support fair, competitive, and consistent Rewards decisions. This is an opportunity to work across a broad Rewards agenda in an international company with Danish roots and strong global collaboration. If you are looking for making a real impact for our leaders and employees while also having an opportunity to impact on setting the Rewards strategy, this could be your next step.

Join us in creating a future legacy in medical dermatology

At LEO Pharma, we are global leaders in medical dermatology. We have 115 years’ experience in bringing innovation to healthcare. And we are eager to do much more. Each year, close to 100 million people have a better day because of our medicines.

Your role

As Global Rewards Partner, you will partner with business leaders and HR globally to translate business needs, market insights, and Rewards strategy into pragmatic advice, recommendations, and execution support. Working closely with global Rewards process owners and the broader HR organization, you will contribute to the design, governance, communication, and implementation of global Rewards solutions, while helping HR and line managers apply LEO’s Rewards principles consistently.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Act as a trusted Rewards advisor to HR and business leaders across broad topics such as base pay, incentives, benefits principles, grading, benchmarking, pay equity, performance management and recognition

Translate business challenges and workforce needs into clear Rewards recommendations that balance engagement, retention, affordability, fairness, governance, and strategic impact

Collaborate with global Rewards process owners to design, improve, and implement business relevant Rewards frameworks, policies, tools, and recurring processes such as annual compensation review and job architecture etc.

Conduct market and internal analysis to assess competitiveness and effectiveness of Rewards initiatives, and convert insights into actionable recommendations and decision papers

Drive consistency and governance in Rewards decisions while partnering with HR, Finance, Legal, Tax, Payroll, and other stakeholders to ensure compliant and operationally feasible solutions

Support and drive global Rewards projects in collaboration with the Global Rewards team and HR colleagues.

To succeed in this role, we imagine that you have the following qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Psychology, or another relevant field

Significant (+5 years) experience in Rewards, compensation, benefits, total rewards consulting, or HR advisory roles, preferably in a multinational environment

Strong knowledge of compensation principles, market pricing, salary structures, incentives, benefits fundamentals, job evaluation, and job architecture

Experience working in a business advisory or HR partnering context, with the ability to translate business needs into practical Rewards solutions

Strong analytical and communication skills, including experience with HR systems, compensation tools, survey platforms, and ideally Mercer IPE or a similar methodology

You value collaboration, and can enable consistency together with balancing global standards with pragmatic solutions when business needs require it.

LEO Pharma is built on collaboration, innovation and curiosity. Is this you? Can you bring this and a holistic, commercially minded, and solutions-oriented approach, along with the integrity, influence, and curiosity needed to challenge constructively and support consistent global decision-making?

Your new team

You will join Rewards & Mobility and report to the Head of Rewards and Mobility. The team works closely with the broader HR organization, including HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, People Services, and business leaders across functions and affiliates. In this role, you will collaborate with colleagues across Finance, Legal, Tax, Payroll, and external partners, helping to strengthen a globally connected Rewards function that supports LEO Pharma’s people and business ambitions.

The team is globally spread but closely connected allowing you to have an impact across the full spectrum of Rewards. LEO Pharma is a global company, however, still with a size allowing you to be closely connected and ‘reaching beyond’.

Your application

You do not need to upload a cover letter, but feel free to add a few sentences in your resume or CV on why this position has your interest. Please refrain from adding a photo to your CV.

Beyond the skin

Become part of LEO Pharma, a global leader in medical dermatology, as we go beyond the skin to make a lasting impact. We are the legacy-builders of the future – enabling people to have a better today and tomorrow. With the world as our lab, we are transforming innovative ideas into more effective and easier-to-use medicines. Through collaboration and partnerships, we can do much more.

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 fundamental difference.

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

Join us and make an impact in, on and far beyond the skin.