Senior Project Manager (m/f/d) - Organizational Effectiveness & Efficiency

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Senior Project Manager (m/f/d) - Organizational Effectiveness & Efficiency

Requisition ID: 44494

Job Location(s):

Copenhagen, DK Hamburg, DE Kolding, DK Nordborg, DK

Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

Danfoss Business System (DBS) is setting the direction for our One Company approach to Business Excellence. We are collaborating with key stakeholders across the business to identify productivity improvements that enable growth while maintaining a lean, healthy organization. As we scale our high-performing, diverse team, we are looking for the right people to join us on this journey in the Salaried Productivity team as our new Senior Project Manager – Organizational Effectiveness & Efficiency.

“Salaried Productivity is not about working harder or running faster. It’s about being conscious of what you spend your time on, and how you approach your work. We are on a growth journey and need to enable the business to grow significantly while improving our EBITA.”
– Christine Twellmeyer, Head of Salaried Productivity

Job Responsibilities

In this role, you will help Danfoss business areas become more effective, scalable, and strategically aligned by driving organizational effectiveness and efficiency. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across Segments, Regions, and Functions to identify structural inefficiencies, support the redesign of organizational models, and drive productivity improvements in salaried functions

Key responsibilities include:

• You will be working in a multicultural environment, leading projects and initiatives across various departments and value streams worldwide.
• You will analyse current state and drive problem solving activities, develop and implement project concepts that deliver results.
• You will conduct all activities in close collaboration with our team, the selected project teams, leaders, and dedicated support functions
  
  

You will:

• Lead and facilitate organizational efficiency projects including diagnostics and target organization co-design.
• Conduct and facilitate workshops with senior leadership to identify core capabilities, key activities, and define organizational design principles.
• Translate insights into concrete design recommendations, structural changes, and prioritized productivity measures
• Collaborate closely with multicultural project teams, business leaders, and DBS colleagues to implement identified changes and ensure measurable outcomes.
• Share and apply best practices, tools, and methodologies from within DBS and the broader Danfoss system.

To succeed in this role, you should have a strong background in organizational design, business transformation, or consulting — ideally with exposure to salaried functions such as R&D, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, HR, or Finance

You ideally bring:

• Experience in organizational restructuring, operating model design, or business transformation (consulting or in-house).
• Familiarity with organizational diagnostics, productivity levers, and the implementation of structural improvements.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills, with the ability to visualize logic, craft compelling narratives, and build business cases.
• Fluent written and spoken English is required. Additional language skills are a plus.
• The abilityto navigate senior stakeholder environments, align interests, and challenge constructively.
• Excellent facilitation skills, with experience leading interactive workshops and guiding executive-level discussions.
• A structured, analytical approach combined with a pragmatic, hands-on mindset
  
  

You are a people-focused, curious, and proactive team player, driven to deliver tangible results and create lasting impact across the busines

Why Join Us?

By joining the Salaried Productivity team in Danfoss Business System, you will be part of a highly successful organization at a pivotal moment. For over 20 years, DBS has set the direction for our operations, continuously improving performance in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost. Now, as we embark on the journey with Salaried Productivity, we bring these learnings into a new arena. This is a unique opportunity to help Danfoss decouple growth from fixed expenses, enabling us to deliver more sustainable products to our global customers — and help us Engineer Tomorrow for a better future.

Employee Benefits

We are excited to offer y ou the following benefits with your employment

• Bonus system
• Paid vacation
• Possibility to work remotely
• Pension plan
• Personal insurance
• Communication package
• Opportunity to join
• Employee Resource Group
• State of the art virtual work environment
  
  

This list does not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

Danfoss – Engineering Tomorrow

At Danfoss, we are engineering solutions that allow the world to use resources in smarter ways - driving the sustainable transformation of tomorrow. No transformation has ever been started without a group of passionate, dedicated and empowered people. We believe that innovation and great results are driven by the right mix of people with diverse backgrounds, personalities, skills, and perspectives, reflecting the world in which we do business. To make sure the mix of people works, we strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are treated equally, respected, and valued for who they are. It is a strong priority within Danfoss to improve the health, working environment and safety of our employees

Following our founder’s mindset “action speaks louder than words”, we set ourselves ambitious targets to protect the environment by embarking on a plan to become CO2 neutral latest by 2030

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 39.000people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.