Senior People Experience Associate
JOE & THE JUICE
JOE & THE JUICE is a people-centric food and beverage company built around culture, not just juice, sandwiches, coffee, and much more. When joining us, you step into a high-energy community where the music is loud, the bar is your stage, and your personality matters as much as your skills.
We believe in four simple virtues that shape everything we do:
- Positive Attitude
- Inclusion
- Social Ties
- Growth
From your first day, you’ll be part of an international network of Juicers who support each other, celebrate wins together, and push each other to grow. You will learn by doing, move through our Moneyball career path, our internal system that tracks your performance and fast-tracks you toward promotion, and be part of a company where most leaders have earned their stripes behind the bar (fun fact: over 75% of our employees started as Juicers!).
If you love fast-paced service, music, people, and the idea of turning a job into a lifestyle, JOE can become a place to build skills, friendships, and a career that can take you across cities, countries, and roles.
YOUR MISSION
This is a global senior position within our People & Development department, based at our Global HQ in Copenhagen. The role works closely with People Business Partners and CoEs, and reports to the People Experience Director, acting as the trusted operational backbone of the employee lifecycle. It combines structured process and project ownership with hands-on execution, ensuring consistency and quality across markets. There's real scope here to take the lead on select global projects and help shape how our People operations scale alongside the business. This role may require occasional travel to our global offices.
The role reports to the People Experience Director.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and evolve end-to-end onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring a consistent and high-quality employee experience across markets
- Lead selected global People projects from initiation through completion, taking full ownership of timelines and outcomes
- Manage and maintain employment contracts, addendums, changes, leaves and HR documentation with a high degree of accuracy
- Oversee employee data integrity across HR systems, proactively identifying and resolving discrepancies
- Partner with Finance and Payroll to ensure accuracy and timeliness
- Act as an escalation point for complex employee inquiries regarding policies, benefits, and processes
- Ensure compliance across our processes within HQ and support our global offices with implementing similar processes across their regions.
- Drive clear, structured communication of HR policies, procedures, and updates across the organization
- You have 4–6 years of experience in a similar role, and you're ready to bring that experience into a new context with global impact. You thrive as an individual contributor, but you're also a strong team player who genuinely cares about the performance and success of the wider team, not just your own results. You're organized, curious, and confident speaking and presenting to people at all levels of the organization. You care about doing things properly, but you also know how to move quickly when the situation calls for it. Most importantly, you believe that employee listening is one of the most powerful leadership tools for driving performance.
- Self-Driven Execution: strong time-management skills with a proven track record of meeting deadlines and following through on tasks
- Structured & Solution-Oriented: a methodical approach to problem-solving, with the ability to bring order to ambiguous situations
- Genuine Passion for Support: a real drive to support people and help others succeed
- Adaptable & Growth-Minded: self-motivated, growth-oriented, and comfortable collaborating across multiple markets and business functions
- HR Generalist Experience: solid grounding in HR generalist work, ideally including exposure to Danish employment law
- Stakeholder Management: strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across functions and seniority levels
- Technical Skills: comfort navigating multiple HR systems
- Language Requirement: fluent in English and Danish - other languages are a bonus!
We offer a benefits package that includes a paid pension plan, health insurance, parental leave, and additional vacation. Besides that, we provide some JOE-ified benefits:
- Our global headquarters is conveniently located in the heart of beautiful Copenhagen, where over 200 friendly faces come together!
- Fantastic office facilities, including a fully staffed JOE & THE JUICE bar, where we serve delicious breakfast, daily lunch, refreshing juices, and top-notch barista coffee.
- At JOE, we embrace a flat hierarchy that values every opinion, creating a welcoming space for your ideas and suggestions to thrive.
- Lively monthly social calendar filled with fun activities like running club, wine tasting, creative evenings, and Friday bars-there's always something exciting happening!
- As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to take on a BTC (Behind the Counter) shift in one of our bars twice a year, adding a unique touch to your experience.
About Joe & The Juice
JOE & THE JUICE is a healthy fast-casual concept founded in Copenhagen in 2002. Since then, we've grown to more than 500 locations across 20+ countries, employing more than 4,500 people worldwide, with our sights set on 1,000 stores by 2028. From day one, our ambition has been to prove there's no trade-off between taste and health.
We serve high-quality, freshly prepared juices, shakes, coffee, and sandwiches in relaxed, contemporary cafés that combine convenience with distinct urban atmospheres. JOE & THE JUICE goes beyond products towards the full experience around the bar, creating one consistent universe for guests and Juicers across every location.
Our people-centric culture and sustainability agenda are part of our Nordic heritage, and remain central to our commitment to a better future.
Leadership & Educational Programs: Access continuous learning and growth opportunities through our comprehensive internal programs, workshops, training sessions, and mentorship designed to build your professional and leadership skills.
Travel & Development Opportunities: Experience diverse cultures and locations while developing your career. Take advantage of exchange programs, international assignments, and advancement opportunities that let you grow within the company and explore new horizons.
Ready to embark on this exciting journey? Apply today and become a part of JOE & THE JUICE!