HR Lead

Bonzer; København; On-site; DKK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Bonzer in Copenhagen seeks an HR lead responsible for the full HR function across Denmark, Sweden and Norway. You’ll own recruitment, contracts, onboarding and people processes across three markets while reporting to the CEO & CFO.

The role blends strategic oversight with hands-on execution, including payroll support and multi-country labor-law compliance. You’ll guide managers through performance and culture initiatives in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Few years of HR experience acceptable; judgment and follow-through are valued.
• Solid understanding of HR and labor law in at least one Scandinavian country.
• Highly organized with real autonomy from day one.
• Empathetic and direct when needed; candour with respect.
• Fluent in English and at least one Scandinavian language.

Responsibilities

• Own HR across Denmark, Sweden and Norway, including recruitment and onboarding.
• Draft and manage employment contracts and maintain HR records across markets.
• Support payroll, vacation and leave administration per country.
• Be the trusted HR contact for managers and drive culture initiatives.
• Ensure handbook, performance framework and office-first work style are practiced.

Skills

HR generalist

Labor law (Scandinavia)

Organizational skills

Fluent English

Scandinavian language

Education

Bachelor’s in HR or related field

Job description

Bonzer is a specialist SEO agency on a mission to be the clear Nordic leader in search – the partner ambitious businesses in Denmark, Sweden and Norway turn to first. We work from our offices in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo, and we take our culture as seriously as our craft.

We're looking for someone to own HR across all three markets. Not to sit above the work – to do the work, with the mandate to match.

The role

This is a rare shape of role: full responsibility for the HR function, and full ownership of its execution. You'll be the one running recruitment, writing the contracts, answering the questions, and making our people processes work across three countries – while also being the person accountable for the function as a whole. Our Office Manager reports to you, and you report directly to our CEO & CFO.

One thing we want to be upfront about: we're not hiring someone to tell us what our culture should be. Our foundation is in place – a written handbook, the Bonzer Code we hire and grow people against, a clear performance and career framework, and an office-first way of working we believe in. Your job is to make all of it succeed in practice: lived in every hire, every onboarding, every review cycle. If you read that as a constraint, this isn't your role. If you read it as a head start, keep going.

What you'll do

• Recruitment & onboarding – own the hiring process end to end: job posts, candidate coordination, interviews alongside hiring managers, and an onboarding experience that makes people effective and at home fast.
• HR administration – employment contracts, employee records, and our HR system, kept accurate across Danish, Swedish and Norwegian employment frameworks.
• Salary, vacation & leave – support payroll, and administer vacation, parental leave and absence correctly in each country, helping people get everything the law entitles them to.
• Employee relations – be the trusted, approachable HR contact for everyone at Bonzer, and a practical support for our managers.
• Culture & frameworks in practice – steward the handbook, keep our quarterly performance rhythm running, and make sure the way we say we work is the way we actually work.

What we're looking for

• You don't need many years of HR experience – we care far more about judgment, structure and follow-through than tenure. Recent graduates with some HR exposure are genuinely welcome.
• Solid understanding of HR and labor law in at least one Scandinavian country, and the appetite to build working knowledge of the other two.
• Highly organized and self-driven – you'll have real autonomy and real responsibility from day one, and no one standing behind you doing the work.
• Empathetic and approachable, with the backbone to be direct when it matters. Candor with respect is one of our principles, and HR has to model it.
• A genuine feel for culture as something you protect and operationalize – not a deck you present.
• Fluent in English and at least one Scandinavian language.

What we offer

• A role with unusual ownership for its level: the whole function, a direct line to the CEO, and the trust to run it.
• A specialist company that knows exactly what it is, with a written, honest handbook instead of tribal knowledge.
• A great office in the heart of Copenhagen (Farvergade), plus offices in Stockholm and Oslo you'll work closely with.
• Social events, snacks and drinks in the office, and colleagues who care about doing things properly.
• Employment: Full-time, start as soon as possible
• Process: 30-min intro call → 45-min interview at the office → 30-min final interview