Job Description
We are looking for a Talent Business Partner to play a key role in attracting and hiring top talent and building diverse, high-performing teams that drive the future of digital solutions in the energy sector. In this role, you will help shape the teams, skills and leadership needed to accelerate the digital transformation of our business, enabling leaders to succeed through people and supporting the long-term development of our organization.
This role combines talent attraction and acquisition with close business partnering, with a strong focus on talent management, including recruitment of leaders, critical hires, and succession in a highly specialized, fast-evolving organization. You will also support the creation of growth paths and internal mobility opportunities, ensuring talent is developed and deployed where it creates the greatest impact.
As a trusted advisor to business leaders, you will guide key people and talent decisions, while strengthening our employer brand and delivering a strong candidate and line manager experience across the talent lifecycle. Working closely with colleagues across the Global People team, this role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your expertise, contribute to cross-functional initiatives, and work with a truly global perspective.
What will you do:
- Partner with business leaders globally to strengthen a high-performance culture, aligning people and talent practices with business priorities and long-term strategic ambitions.
- Enable effective performance management, supporting leaders in goal setting, performance dialogues, and consistent application of MIP and IDP frameworks to drive accountability, development, and results.
- Support leadership and team effectiveness, coaching leaders in building engaged, inclusive, and collaborative teams that perform in complex and fast-changing environments.
- Design and drive high-quality, inclusive recruitment processes, including structured interview plans and objective assessment methods that enable fair, unbiased, and well-informed decision-making.
- Lead talent acquisition for critical roles, ensuring hiring decisions strengthen both immediate performance and future capability in specialized and fast-evolving domains.
- Strengthen succession planning, growth paths, and internal mobility, ensuring key skills and talent are developed, retained, and deployed where they create the greatest organizational impact.
- Promote collaboration and DEI across teams and functions, identifying barriers to performance and inclusion, and working with leaders to improve ways of working and cross-team effectiveness.
- Collaborate closely with the Global People team, contributing to people initiatives, continuous improvement of people practices, and consistent execution of the people strategy from a global perspective.
- Strengthen our employer brand, contributing to external positioning, using market insights to stay competitive, and collaborating on internal communication to ensure consistent and compelling talent messaging.
Our benefits package is specifically designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being:
- Great atmosphere of working together with professionals and some of the most engaged and knowledgeable people in the industry,
- Receive guidance from colleagues through coaching, mentoring and participating in international networks,
- Advance your professional skills and technical expertise, through individual competence development plans and tailored training,
- Be part of a world growing and renowned organization with origins dating back to 1864.
Other than you can expect:
- Medical Scheme,
- Commuting Allowance,
- Life Insurance,
- Pension Plan,
- Kindergarten Allowance,
- 40 hours per week with a flexible schedule. Friday
- Home working allowance (up to 2 days per week),
- 23 days of annual leave,
- Employee Referral scheme.
DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.
What do you bring:
- Master’s degree, preferably in Psychology, Human Resources, or a related field
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in end-to-end talent acquisition within an international or matrix organization, ideally in technology, energy, or other technical environments
- Proven expertise in full-cycle recruitment, including talent sourcing, candidate assessment, and offer management, with a strong focus on quality, effectiveness and candidate experience
- Hands-on experience leveraging social media and digital channels for talent sourcing and employer branding, including tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter and Glassdoor
- Experience using market intelligence, talent insights, and data-driven approaches to inform hiring strategies, guide decisions, and continuously improve outcomes
- Strong capabilities in structuring interviews and assessing talent, with a solid understanding of fair, inclusive, and bias-aware hiring practices
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
Behavioral competencies:
- Strong ability to partner with and influence senior stakeholders, building trusted relationships and acting as a credible and collaborative advisor to the business
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to coach, guide, and upskill hiring managers, combining empathy with clarity and professionalism
- A proactive, solution-oriented, and resilient mindset, able to anticipate challenges, navigate ambiguity, and deliver results in fast-paced environments
- Strong focus on quality and continuous improvement, with a drive to enhance processes, elevate standards, and deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes
- Passion for talent attraction and employer branding, with a strong focus on creating engaging candidate experiences and delivering high-quality outcomes
- High level of organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and ensure consistent execution.
Security and compliance with statutory requirements in the countries in which we operate is essential for DNV. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates as part of the offer process, in accordance with applicable country-specific laws and practices.
