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Gitte Søgaard

Sharpshooter · DISC type CD
Talent Acquisition Team Lead at Novo Nordisk
📍 Denmark

Gitte is a strategic talent acquisition leader with a passion for transforming hiring in the Life Science and IT industries. At Novo Nordisk, she specialized in competency-based recruitment and digital transformation, successfully leading large-scale hiring campaigns. She is a certified trainer in Crucial Conversations and Hogan Assessment Systems.

Fueled by an entrepreneurial spirit, Gitte founded Grow Perspective to help individuals and organizations realize their potential through coaching and structured development. She is passionate about personal growth, believing opportunities await beyond the comfort zone, a principle she also applied as a mentor coach for an ICF accredited program.

In a recent public post, she shared with transparency and optimism that she was released from her role at Novo Nordisk.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Talent Acquisition Team Lead
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Denmark
Personality Overview

How Gitte shows up

Precise But Practical
Thorough Evaluator
Fast But Analytical

They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships. They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They respond well to strong and respectful communication.

Priorities

Topics Gitte cares about

TA Transformation
Passionate about shaping the future of hiring by designing digital, human-centered solutions and using AI to create fairer, faster, and more meaningful assessments.
Competency-Based Hiring
Implemented a global Competency-Based Recruitment framework at Novo Nordisk, moving from traditional psychometric testing to a structured, competency-focused interview model.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Talent Acquisition Team Lead
Novo Nordisk
7-2023 - 12-2023
Talent Acquisition Partner
Novo Nordisk
1-2020 - 6-2023
Talent Acquisition Partner
Novo Nordisk
1-2018
Founder
Grow Perspective
3-2019 - 9-2019
Mentorcoach
Mindjuice
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2017 - 2018
Master's degree
Mindjuice
2019 - 2019
Certified Trainer
Crucial Learning
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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