Global Employee Shares Manager

Are you driven to develop top-tier equity programmes? Do you excel at engaging with various stakeholders, both internally and externally, across different functions to design, implement, and manage employee share plans? If you answered Yes to the questions above, then apply now and join the journey of the Novo Nordisk Total Rewards & Mobility team.

The position

Within this role you will manage and administer the company's global employee share plans. This role ensures adherence to relevant regulations, manages daily operations of the plans, and communicates with employees and other stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

Administer the global employee share plan, including equity award management, vesting schedules, and related transactions across various jurisdictions.

Collaborate with TRM, P&O, Legal, Finance, and other departments to ensure seamless communication & integration of share plans with employee compensation and benefits.

Monitor and interpret updates to laws and regulations affecting employee share plans and ensure company compliance.

Oversee the coordination of global share plan events, including grant and vesting periods.

Ensure compliance in assigned countries including but not limited to statutory filing requirements.

Develop effective equity communications; deliver participant information sessions to live audiences either in person or via TEAMS.

Lead or participate in various projects as determined by business need and critical initiatives, such as Corporate Actions & equity benchmarking.

Partner with finance, accounting, and tax for annual forecasting, recharge, and reporting, including ASKA reporting in Denmark.

Utilise reporting and analytics to assess the effectiveness of employee share plans and recommend improvements as necessary.

Participate in the development and enhancement of policies and procedures related to employee share programmes.

Qualifications

We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following qualifications:

Hold a bachelor’s degree preferably in a Human Resources or related field.

A minimum of 6 years of professional experience; with at least 3 in Human Resources or Finance.

Preference for 3 years of equity compensation or Total Rewards & Mobility experience.

This role requires fluency in English but there is also a preference for Danish language proficiency.

Ability to build and maintain trusting, collaborative relationships and alliances with others inside and outside the organisation.

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and share plan systems.

Strong collaboration skills in working with all internal and external teams to successfully achieve goals and project deliverables.

About the department

Our core purpose is to enable Novo Nordisk to attract, retain and reward the right people in the right place through sustainable, competitive, flexible and compliant reward practices.

The Global Employee Shares team is part of the Global People & Organisation area called Total Rewards & Mobility Center of Excellence (CoE). The team was formed due to the growth of equity in Novo Nordisk in terms of participants and programmes. We provide globally attractive and compliant Employee Share Programs by creating and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships to enable an ownership mindset throughout Novo Nordisk. We are a truly global team and are based in different geographical locations, meaning we work as a virtual global team, with a footprint across all geographical regions.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 72,000 employees around the world. We recognise the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we're working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we're life changing.

Contact

For further information, please contact Kevin Haimovitz on

Deadline

18th May 2025

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We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.