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Associate Director, Corporate Strategy

Does it excite you to work with enterprise-wide strategic initiatives in a global pharmaceutical company? Are you energised by turning complex insights into clear strategic choices? And do you excel in cross-functional environments where your insights help shape the future direction of the company? If so, you might be our new colleague. 

As Associate Director in Corporate Strategy at ALK, you will play a critical role in shaping the company’s long-term strategic agenda. You will help drive transformative initiatives that support business growth, optimise portfolio decisions, and unlock innovation across the company. This is a unique opportunity to influence decisions at the highest levels of the organisation and contribute meaningfully to ALK’s mission of improving the lives of people living with allergies. 

The position 
In this role, you will lead and contribute to high-visibility strategic initiatives that require structure, insight, and strong cross-functional collaboration. Your key responsibilities include: 

  • Leading strategic large-scale, cross-functional projects, ensuring clear objectives and impactful outcomes.
  • Applying structured problem-solving and analytical rigor to assess business challenges, explore scenarios, and generate fact-based recommendations.
  • Synthesising commercial, scientific and competitive insights to identify growth opportunities, strategic risks, and translating these into corporate priorities.
  • Developing executive-ready strategic narratives that clearly articulate rationale, risks, options, and recommendations for senior leaders and the Executive Leadership Team.
  • Translating strategy into actions by converting complex insights into simple, operationally relevant recommendations that support decision-making.
  • Collaborating closely with key functions spanning from Commercial to R&D to align strategic initiatives with organisational priorities.

Your profile 
We are looking for a strategic thinker with strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to navigate complexity with clarity and confidence. The ideal candidate brings: 

  • A master’s degree in a relevant field such as business, economics, science, or similar.
  • Approximately 6-8 years of experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, corporate development, or an equivalent strategic role.
  • Proven analytical, strategic, and presentation skills, with the ability to create clear storylines from complex information.
  • Experience engaging with senior leadership and C-suite stakeholders, guiding discussions and influencing decisions.
  • A strong track record of delivering results in a complex, cross-functional corporate environment.
  • Experience in the pharmaceutical or life-science industry is an advantage, though not a requirement.
  • Exceptional communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and alignment across diverse teams.
  • A mindset that thrives in a high-pace, results-oriented environment, where high-quality deliverables and strategic accuracy are essential.

ALK Corporate Strategy Team 
You will join a dynamic team of five strategy professionals with a mixed background spanning from consulting, pharma industry experience to M&A – dedicated to shaping ALK’s future direction. The department’s core mandate includes spearheading high-impact strategic projects incl. formulating the five-year corporate strategy (Allergy+) and driving key strategic projects exemplified by recent partnership deals. Furthermore, we collaborate closely with the entire organisation – including Commercial, BD, R&D, Finance, Product Supply, P&O – across all levels and markets. 

Become a part of ALK 
ALK is a global pharmaceutical company specialised in allergy immunotherapy. We are driven by a high level of professionalism, integrity, an openminded approach and contributing to an inspiring and fun working environment together with our colleagues. We provide an attractive working environment for individuals looking for both personal and professional development. You will be part of an engaged and informal team who values skill and knowledge creation.  

Our offices in Denmark offer a green view of the DTU Science Park in Hørsholm. We believe that physical presence enforces strong teamwork and collaboration and creates success, so it is important that you enjoy coming to work at our site with a degree of flexibility to also work from home. 

Do you want to learn more about our company, we encourage you to visit us at www.alk.net. 

Apply 
Apply by attaching your CV and a short letter of motivation, no later than 7 January 2026.   

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. Hence, we prefer that you do not add images in your application documents. We evaluate applications and call for interviews on an ongoing basis, so don't wait to apply! We reserve the right to take down the advert when we have found the right candidate.  

For further information regarding the position, please contact Head of Corporate Strategy, Morten Jarlstrup, on phone +45 2461 3033 (from 29 December). We kindly ask you not to contact us with commercial inquiries.

We are looking forward to hearing from you! 

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  • Region Hovedstaden

Job type:

Permanent

Working hours:

Full-time

Working days:

Day

Industry sector:

Data Management

Job level:

Director

Position type:

Specialist

Application deadline:

07/01/2026

Location:

Hørsholm, Denmark

Company homepage:

http://www.alk.net

Office address:

Bøge Allé 1 2970 Hørsholm

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