Senior Manager, People Excellence
Imagine leading the project management engine behind Pandora's Kingfisher program and HR transformation across Thailand and Vietnam. If you thrive on turning strategy into governed, measurable outcomes while building a collaborative HR culture, then you might be our next Senior Manager, People Excellence at Pandora Production.
We love that you will…
Project Management
- Lead the deployment of project management best practices, drive project cadence, and oversee the project review forum to track strategic outcomes, risks, and quality gates.
- Manage communications, stakeholders, and change management, working side-by-side with the Change Management team and HR functional leaders on Thailand/Vietnam Kingfisher projects.
- Facilitate collaboration to improve synchronization and interaction between key stakeholders.
- Support the codification and implementation of project management best practices for the HR Kingfisher program, building internal subject-matter expertise.
- Ensure clarity and coordination in resource allocation, accountability, and project timelines to deliver projects on time and on budget.
- Analyse project data and prepare reports and metrics required for project tracking.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of tools, processes, and procedures within the project scope.
- Track project accounting closely, developing, updating, and monitoring business cases and costs for Thailand/Vietnam Kingfisher projects.
- Monitor adoption of project outcomes after handover to the Vietnam expansion program at every milestone.
People Strategy
- Lead HR&C people strategy development, including Vietnam expansion people strategy.
- Support oversight of the Vietnam expansion counsel forum, reviewing progress and outcomes of existing HR&C Vietnam expansion initiatives and informing decisions on continuation, scoping, and timeline.
- Lead internal HR&C engagement initiatives, including HR&C townhalls, to ensure people strategy is well cascaded across the wider HR&C organization.
We love that you are…
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
- 7–10 years of working experience in an HR position, with experience in project management and a solid understanding of overall HR operational processes.
- Certified project management is preferred but not mandatory.
- Self-motivated and hungry to work hard; willing to change.
- Able to drive solutions to the most complex business problems.
- Possess strategic perspective and a track record of creating sustained results for Pandora (financial and non-financial).
- Demonstrated ability to make hard decisions and the right trade-offs.
- Able to effectively plan and efficiently deliver exceptional work while handling both volume and complexity.
- An inspirational leader who practices genuine humility and places the team above their own interests.
- Smart about people; able to lead, manage, motivate, and develop a team of future leaders.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to interact effectively across the organization.
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with the ability to create visually and verbally engaging materials, reports, presentations, and proposals.
- Good English communication and self-confidence.
- Willingness to travel as required.
About Pandora
Pandora is the world's largest jewellery brand, specialising in the design, crafting and marketing of accessible luxury jewellery made from high-quality materials. Each piece is created to inspire self-expression, allowing people to share their stories and passions through meaningful jewellery. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 6,800 points of sale, including more than 2,700 concept stores.
Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 37,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery using only recycled silver and gold. Pandora is committed to leadership in sustainability and has set out to halve greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2030. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated revenue of DKK 31.7 billion (EUR 4.2 billion) in 2024.
About Pandora Production Thailand
Pandora started crafting its jewellery in Thailand in 1989, where our founders fell in love with the delicate craftsmanship of the Thai people. To date, there are two crafting facilities in Thailand, Bangkok and Lamphun, and we employ more than 13,000 skilled craftspeople. By the end of 2024, 113 million pieces sold globally were all hand-finished here in Thailand by our skilled craftspeople using high-quality raw materials and sustainable methods.