Group Strategy Manager/Senior Manager

Group Strategy Manager/Senior Manager

Carlsberg is now embarking on its new and ambitious growth strategy Accelerate Sail! And we need the very best talent to help transform Carlsberg and to ignite our future growth.

If you are curious, ambitious and an individual that likes to challenge boundaries so that individuals, groups, and teams can push beyond and accelerate, then this journey is for you. Carlsberg is looking for the next generation of talent able to lead cross-functional project teams with impact, enthusiasm, and with a constant drive for excellence.

What you’ll be doing

Group Strategy is responsible for Carlsberg Global Strategy, solving real-time business issues, and providing insight and guidance to our top leadership team – ExCom. We report to the Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer, and we sit strategically within the CEO office. The new strategy – Accelerate Sail - is about unlocking and fueling organic and inorganic growth expansion opportunities.

Our responsibilities:

The primary focus of Group Strategy is fourfold:

• Ensuring that Carlsberg stays on course for our new growth strategy Accelerate Sail, as this will be fundamental for success and in reaching our targets.
• Delivering high impact projects related to Accelerate Sail enabling Carlsberg to grow and to further amplify its ambitions.
• Supporting our M&A team with the inorganic growth agenda, here under strategy as well integration.
• Writing/re-writing our next corporate strategy to take us beyond Accelerate Sail

Your key accountabilities:

• Helping with following up on our Strategy (PMO) and deliver high impact ExCom sponsored projects accretive to our new growth strategy – Accelerate Sail
• Providing thought leadership and guidance to ExCom as well the broader organization on a broad range of business-critical topics (incl M&A)
• Spearheading the annual strategy review process.

What we’re looking for

As a person you are ambitious and a vibrant team player with a strong track record in delivering results. You have natural drive and strive for excellence in everything you do with the bandwidth to take on several complex problems in parallel. You also have the aptitude to both appreciate and translate complex business issues into tangible workable solutions for the broader organization. It will be critical for you to have superb stakeholder management skills including the ability to read the room, but also bring the broader organization along on the journey. You have high integrity, act with respect and actively work with our core values and compass.

Furthermore, we are looking for a candidate who:

• Has 2-4 years of strategy consulting background (or M&A advisory) and ideally combined with a stint in the FMCG industry.
• Works with Corporate Strategy, PMO, Go to Market Strategy, Portfolio Strategy, M&A, Integration, etc.
• Understands the full value chain, key commercial metrics, and has a solid financial acumen.
• Comfortably collaborates and communicates at all levels (ability to go high/low) and thrives operating cross-functionally and managing a complex matrix of stakeholders.
• Excels in strong leadership and is a team player who tackles issues with humble confidence.
• Communicates clearly, drives things forward with a passion, and understands when there is a need to be pragmatic to push ahead.
• Graduated from a leading university or has an MBA from a top-tier business school.

What you can expect

In Carlsberg, we are brewing for a better today and tomorrow and what we can offer you is an equal opportunity to grow across our company. We believe that each employee drives their own seat in designing their career path and we fully support them endeavouring to create as many development opportunities as possible through internal promotions, Short / Long Time Assignments (STA/LTA), and horizontal moves within different markets.

All of this is taking place in culturally diverse environment, where we celebrate our successes together and where no matter where you are from, who you are, or what experiences you bring to the table, all we say is: WELCOME YOU!

We encourage you to visit and learn more about our DE&I Strategy: Sustainability » Our ESG programme » Diversity, Equity and Inclusion « Carlsberg Group

If you join our team, some of the benefits you’ll enjoy are:

• Flexible, hybrid work model
• Annual bonus based on company and individual performance
• Unlimited soft and coffee drinks in the office
• Monthly beer and soft drink allowance
• Well-equipped and comfortable office in the heart of Carlsberg City District in Valby, Copenhagen
• Opportunities to have fun together during regular Friday bars
• Being part of a company with an enormous heritage and a strong connection with Denmark’s Capital City

At Carlsberg, we pride ourselves on being Purpose-led and Performance focused in everything we do. Our diverse perspectives, unique abilities, and experiences don’t just shape our Performance, they make us who we are across the Group.

With so many iconic brands, we know our differences are what make us stand out. And while we are different, we are unified by our shared Purpose: Carlsberg should be a force for good, dedicated to brewing for a better today and tomorrow.

Interested?

Apply through the link. Please notice that this is the only way we accept applications.

The deadline for applying is the 14th of November 2025. We read applications continuously, and vacancies may be filled sooner than the deadline, so we encourage you to apply as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Carlsberg Group: Brewing for a better today and tomorrow

For us success has always been in the diverse mix of our people, our beers and our brands. At Carlsberg, we want to recruit and develop people with a global mindset, cultural understanding, and international experience to ensure that our organization stays agile, inclusive and prepared for future growth. Only by acknowledging and harvesting from different perspectives and experiences, will we gain competitive advantage and leverage the effect of diversity for business growth. Carlsberg aims to create equal access to opportunity regardless of social identity, and we encourage everyone to apply regardless of gender, nationality, race, religion or any other characteristics protected by law.