Global Head of Performance & Rewards

 

WHY WORK AT 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

For us, this means that when you choose a cup half-full mindset and welcome people form every background, build real friendships across the bar by creating great guest experiences, and use every shift as a chance to learn something new, you become more than just a juicer; like us, you continue to search and mind purpose and meaning in what you do.

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 a clear Moneyball career path, 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 

The role of Global Head of Performance & Rewards is an established position that now enters its next phase of maturity. With core foundations already in place, the focus is on evolving, scaling, and optimizing our global performance and rewards frameworks to support continued growth and increasing organizational complexity.

Based at our Global Headquarters in Copenhagen, the role is part of the Global People & Development function, working closely with teams across People Experience, People Partnering, Talent Acquisition, Learning, and Analytics, as well as regional People teams worldwide.

Reporting to Frederik Rosenstand, Director of People & Development, this role serves as the subject matter expert across performance, compensation, and benefits. It combines strategic ownership with hands-on execution, ensuring that frameworks are robust, scalable, and aligned with business priorities. With a potential IPO on the horizon and a growing strategic focus on this area, the role offers significant scope for further development, including the opportunity to build and lead a team over time.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the global performance and rewards strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and our people-first culture.
• Strengthen and scale existing performance management and promotion frameworks to support growth, clarity, and internal mobility.
• Own and refine the global job architecture and leveling framework, ensuring consistency, transparency, and governance across markets.
• Design and manage compensation structures, including salary bands, bonus schemes, and long-term incentive programs.
• Lead global benchmarking, salary reviews, and internal equity analyses to ensure competitiveness and fairness.
• Oversee and continuously improve benefits offerings across markets, balancing global consistency with local relevance and compliance.
• Ensure compliance with global and local regulations, including evolving pay transparency requirements.
• Partner closely with Finance, Legal, and senior leadership on compensation planning, budgeting, and workforce strategy.
• Leverage HR systems and data to enhance decision-making, reporting, and process efficiency.
• Drive communication and change management initiatives related to performance, compensation, and rewards.

What you’ll bring

• Solid experience in compensation and rewards from a large, international company, ideally within retail or food & beverage.
• Hands-on experience in performance management and HR operations.
• Ability to translate complexity into clarity, mapping out organizational structures and developing scalable frameworks.
• Familiarity with job evaluation methodologies (e.g. IPE) is a plus.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across functions and seniority levels.
• Data-driven mindset with strong analytical capabilities (advanced Excel required)
• Fluent in English - other languages are a bonus!

 

Our benefits

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 130 friendly faces come together!
• Enjoy our 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.
• Join us for our 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.
• Stay fit and healthy with our well-equipped fitness facilities, complete with showers and a relaxing steam room to refresh after your workouts.

Ready to turn a job into a lifestyle? 

 

 

 

ABOUT JOE & THE JUICE

JOE & THE JUICE is a healthy fast casual concept founded in Copenhagen in 2002; since then, we have grown to more than 450 locations across 20 countries and employing more than 4,500 people worldwide. From day one, our ambition has been to prove that there should be no trade off between taste and health. 

We serve high quality, freshly prepared juices, shakes, coffee, and sandwiches in relaxed, contemporary concept cafés that combine convenience with distinct urban atmospheres. JOE & THE JUICE goes beyond products and towards the full experience around the bar, creating a consistent universe for guests and Juicers in all our locations.  

We invest heavily in internal development through our Moneyball career system and a culture where most leaders, including C-suite, VPs, and directors, have started behind the bar. We continue to evolve our people-centric and sustainability agenda that is part of our Nordic heritage and our commitment to a better future.