DE&I Lead Specialist Job Description **_Are you ready to drive impactful change? Do you want to shape the Future of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Grundfos?_** **_At Grundfos, we believe water solutions should reflect and respond to the diversity of the world we serve. We're shaping a global culture where everyone's unique perspective inspires our relentless pursuit of intelligent and sustainable water solutions._** As a Global DE&I Lead Specialist, you will contribute to guide our DE&I approach and initiatives across the entire organization, collaborating closely with both internal and external partners to bring our ambition to life. You will be a key contributor in our DE&I team, connecting on relevant topics with team members. From our thriving ERGs to our inclusive product design approach that ensures water solutions work for all communities, DE&I is already transforming how we work and the impact we make globally. **What is the role about?** You will be responsible for the strategic deployment of our ambition and roadmap across the organization, to cultivate a global culture where everyone unique perspective inspire our relentless pursuit of sustainable water solutions. You will partner with business divisions, functions, Employees Resource Groups and other stakeholders to enable them to own and deploy meaningful DEI and culture initiatives throughout Grundfos, helping to collectively shape the global Grundfos culture. Your efforts will inspire and enable positive impact, through effective operations, tailored solutions, and cross-functional collaboration , ensuring a robust DE&I impact, resilience, compliance, and reporting on mandatory and voluntary frameworks. **Your Responsibilities:** **Strategy Implementation & DEI Expertise** + Drive DEI initiatives aligned to strategic objectives from concept to execution + Design and implement programs aligned with organizational needs + Provide expert guidance on DEI best practices to key stakeholders (ERGs, divisions, functions, value chain partners ) + Monitor progress and ensure delivery of outcomes **Change & Stakeholder Management** + Build relationships across all organizational levels + Partner with internal stakehoders (ERGs, DEI Council, DEI Focal Points, HR, and business leaders) & external ones (industry players, associations, customers and suppliers) + Lead change management for DEI initiatives + Develop and execute communication strategies related to the initiatives **Impact Measurement & Reporting** + Contribute to track and analyze DEI metrics and KPIs + Monitor initiative effectiveness **Coaching and team development** + While the role does not have direct people responsibilities there is an expectation for the incumbent to contribute to team development by sharing experiences and best practices to enable team success and supporting junior resources. **How might a week look like in this role?** A week in this role might include facilitating ERG leaders collaboration sessions, contribute to DEI council activities, analyzing inclusion metrics with HR partners or stakeholders, collaborating with regional teams on localized DE&I approaches or provide guidance on DEI projects, align with reporting teams, and working with Grundfos teams to ensure inclusive principles are incorporated into their daily work. **About you** The ideal candidate brings a wealth of experience and a deep passion for driving DE&I impact within a corporate environment. Your ability to navigate and foster progress in a complex global environment, managing a broad range of priorities will be essential to succeed, along with your change management skills. We're looking for someone who thinks beyond compliance-focused DE&I work to create truly transformational initiatives that connect to business strategy and global impact. Moreover, we are looking for: • Extensive experience in DEI in multinational environments, especially with direct ERG management experience. • High level knowledge of main DEI global regulations and eagerness to learn more as specific needs arises. • Active network and ability to capture insights and deal with emerging DEI trends & evolving global landscape. • Proven ability to think strategically, ‘connect the dots’ and drive strategy roll out and programs deployment in a global environment with cross-functional stakeholders in a matrix organization. • Outstanding partnership skills, with a confirmed ability to identify, initiate, and coordinate efforts both internal and external. • A proactive approach that sees opportunities, identifies solutions, engages partners, and drives action plans to achieve results. • Fluency in written and spoken English. Knowledge of additional languages is a plus **What’s in it for You?** You’ll be joining a global company, leader in water and energy solutions that addresses the world's water challenges. You will be part of a company with a can-do attitude, an innovative spirit and a clear sense of purpose. We support you in navigating your own career and development path. This role offers unique pathways to develop expertise in global DE&I strategy, influential leadership skills, implementation while building cross-functional leadership capabilities. Our DE&I approach integrates with broader Grundfos strategy, allowing you to enable impact both within our organization and through out external impact. In addition, your day-to-day benefits include: + Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly. Culture of wellbeing. + Hybrid working environment with home office support when connecting from home + On top of it, flexible working hours and up to 3 days’ additional paid leave for volunteering. + Annual bonuses, health insurance, parental support, internal well-being consultants, and programs (specific benefits may vary by location). **Do You Want to Learn More?** If you have questions or would like to know more about Grundfos DEI approach please visit Diversity, equity and inclusion | Grundfos If you believe you are the right fit for this role, and you are excited to join , please start your application by clicking “Apply”. To dig deeper into the Grundfos universe, visit us at Grundfos | Water is and has always been at the heart and soul of Grundfos. Our promise to the world is to respect, protect, and advance the flow of water. follow us on LinkedIn or YouTube, and to get to know some of your future colleagues and why they love working at Grundfos, check out Meet our people. _We look forward to hearing from you._ Information at a Glance **Job details** Workplace: Remote Position Job Location: Bjerringbro, Midtjylland, Denmark Contract Type: Full-Time Employment Type: Regular