Global Operational Excellence PMO – The Maersk Way Deployment - Copenhagen, Denmark
Turn strategy into execution. Embed the way we work.
At Maersk, we are transforming into the global integrator of logistics. At the heart of this journey is The Maersk Way (TMW) - our global operating model designed to drive consistency, performance, and continuous improvement across our business.
To bring TMW to life at scale, we need structured, disciplined deployment. We’re looking for a Global Operational Excellence PMO to play a critical role in turning ambition into action, ensuring TMW is not only rolled out, but truly adopted, embedded, and sustained across the organisation.
This role sits at the centre of our transformation, combining programme management, capability building, and gemba improvement activities to drive meaningful, measurable impact.
The RoleYou will lead and support the structured global deployment of The Maersk Way, translating strategy into clear, executable plans and ensuring consistent rollout across regions, functions, and teams.
This is not a purely central PMO role. It requires presence at gemba, working directly with teams to drive behaviours, routines, and performance outcomes.
You will combine disciplined programme management with hands-on lean facilitation, ensuring that tools, practices, and mindsets are adopted in real operational environments.
Key responsibilities include:
- drive the structured rollout of The Maersk Way across the organisation
- Develop and execute multi-year deployment plans with clear milestones, timelines, and tracking mechanisms
- Champion implementation of key TMW elements, including Action Plans and performance routines
- Deliver training and capability-building sessions on TMW tools, behaviours, and performance management
- Facilitate continuous improvement activities, including:
- Kaizen workshops
- Structured problem-solving sessions
- Work directly with leaders and teams to translate TMW into local and functional execution plans
- Track adoption, progress, and risks — ensuring visibility, governance, and structured escalation
- Continuously refine deployment approaches based on feedback, performance, and organisational readiness
What You’ll Be Accountable For
- Effective and timely deployment of The Maersk Way in line with global standards and rollout plans
- Clear, high-quality tracking, reporting, and governance of deployment progress
- Sustainable adoption of TMW practices across teams and functions
- Visibility of risks, gaps, and opportunities, with proactive mitigation and escalation
- Tangible impact on operational performance and continuous improvement outcomes
What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience in Operational Excellence, Lean, or Continuous Improvement environments
- Proven programme or project management capability, particularly in large-scale transformation or rollout initiatives
- Hands-on experience delivering training and facilitating workshops with diverse audiences
- Solid expertise in structured problem solving (e.g., A3, root cause analysis)
- Experience designing and facilitating Kaizen events in both operational and transactional environments
- Data-driven mindset, able to link performance metrics to improvement actions
- Confident communicator with strong facilitation and storytelling skills
- High level of ownership, discipline, and execution focus
- Ability to operate effectively in a global, matrixed organisation
- 5 days a week onsite in the office, with willingness to spend significant time at gemba, with frequent global travel required
Why Maersk?
This is a unique opportunity to play a hands-on role in one of the most ambitious transformations in global logistics.
You won’t just manage a programme - you’ll help embed a new way of working across our business. From frontline operations to leadership routines, your work will directly influence how we execute, improve, and perform every day.
If you thrive in environments where structure meets action, and where impact is measured in real operational change - we’d love to hear from you.
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Skills Required
- Strong experience in Operational Excellence, Lean, or Continuous Improvement environments
- Proven program or project management capability, particularly in large-scale transformation or rollout initiatives
- Hands-on experience delivering training and facilitating workshops with diverse audiences
- Expertise in structured problem solving, such as A3 and root cause analysis
- Experience designing and facilitating Kaizen events in operational and transactional environments
- Data-driven mindset with the ability to link performance metrics to improvement actions
- Strong communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills
- High ownership, discipline, and execution focus
- Ability to operate effectively in a global, matrixed organization
- Availability to work onsite five days per week and spend significant time at gemba
- Willingness to travel globally frequently
Maersk Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Maersk and has not been reviewed or approved by Maersk.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare and medical coverage are presented as comprehensive across many locations, with core inclusion of medical care and insurance. Feedback suggests some regions add extras like annual health checks and strong insurance support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement savings plans and employer contributions are part of the core package. Feedback suggests this area is a consistent strength even as details differ by country.
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Parental & Family Support — Some locations offer paid maternity or adoption leave, flexible return-to-work arrangements, and childcare reimbursement. Feedback suggests family-oriented policies can be particularly generous where available.
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What We Do
A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated transport and logistics company; going all the way, together, for our customers and society. ALL THE WAY is our commitment to connect the world so that everyone has both the possibility and the ability to trade, grow and thrive. The company employs roughly 80.000 employees across operations in 130 countries.
