Portfolio Design Development & Governance Lead

FashionUnited; Denmark; Remote; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LEED Gold Certification

Job summary

Pandora is seeking a Manager, Design Development to own the portfolio planning, governance, and operational enablement of Design Development at our Copenhagen headquarters. This role ensures that product development is structured, aligned, and data-driven, enabling leadership visibility and improved delivery predictability.

You will drive planning alignment, monitor delivery performance, and consolidate insights into a clear portfolio view, leading a team of three specialists and integrating

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in portfolio management, PMO, product development operations, or related roles within complex product development environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Design, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
• Proven track record in portfolio planning, governance, and cross-functional coordination, with ability to connect strategy, planning, data, and execution into a cohesive operating model
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience leveraging data, reporting, and analytics tools to drive insights and informed decision-making.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and align diverse teams and senior leaders.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, developing, and empowering high-performing teams.
• A proactive, structured, and outcome-oriented mindset, combined with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity in evolving organizational environments.

Responsibilities

• Own Design Development portfolio frameworks, including SLA principles, Delivery Plans, planning guardrails, and portfolio targets.
• Ensure alignment between portfolio priorities, capacity, delivery commitments, and execution plans to enable realistic and scalable delivery across cycles.
• Drive alignment of project timelines, milestones, and planning activities across Design Development, ensuring consistency, feasibility, and adherence to portfolio priorities.
• Monitor portfolio delivery performance, proactively identifying risks, deviations, dependencies, and impacts, while providing coordination and guidance to support structured execution.
• Establish and maintain consistent planning principles, assumptions, governance standards, and execution practices across the portfolio.
• Consolidate planning, delivery, and performance insights into a clear portfolio view, providing leadership with visibility of status, risks, trade-offs, and decision-making scenarios.
• Own and continuously improve portfolio tools, reporting, and governance outputs, including the NPD Dashboard, Delivery Plans, and portfolio reporting.
• Ensure the integrity, consistency, and usability of product master data across systems to support effective planning and decision-making.
• Lead and develop a team of three specialists across planning coordination, product structure, and data management.
• Establish effective ways of working that integrate data, planning, reporting, and governance into a unified portfolio management approach.

Skills

Portfolio management

PMO

Cross-functional coordination

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Design, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Pandora is seeking a Manager, Design Development to own the portfolio planning, governance, and operational enablement of Design Development at our Copenhagen headquarters. This role ensures that product development is structured, aligned, and data-driven, enabling leadership visibility and improved delivery predictability.

You will drive planning alignment, monitor delivery performance, and consolidate insights into a clear portfolio view, leading a team of three specialists and integrating