Job Description Summary

The Lead Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for providing strategic recruitment support throughout the hiring process, partnering with designated client groups to identify, attract, and hire top talent. This role focuses on shaping and driving the recruitment strategy for Services and Commercial roles across Central Europe, sourcing high-quality candidates, and ensuring a seamless, efficient, and high-quality hiring process aligned with business priorities.

As a strategic partner to senior stakeholders, the Lead Talent Acquisition Partner develops long-term talent acquisition strategies, influences hiring decisions through data and market insight, leads complex searches and critical offer negotiations, and helps strengthen the overall Talent Acquisition function through mentoring, best-practice sharing, and continuous improvement. This role requires deep expertise in sourcing, candidate assessment, stakeholder management, and pipeline building for critical and future-ready capabilities.

Job Description Responsibilities:

Recruit:

• Develop and execute hiring strategies for high-complexity, high-visibility Services and Commercial roles across Central Europe.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment delivery for strategically important and hard-to-fill positions, with a strong focus on proactive sourcing and passive talent engagement.
• Build and maintain robust pipelines of external talent using advanced sourcing tools, market mapping, and sophisticated search methodologies.
• Anticipate talent and workforce risks and proactively advise leaders on mitigation actions and future-ready talent strategies.
• Ensure the recruitment process is inclusive, equitable, and delivers a positive candidate experience.
• Be a subject matter expert in the area of recruitment through deep knowledge of talent markets, market trends, talent availability data, compensation benchmarks, and strong understanding of business needs.
• Lead and negotiate complex, high-stakes offers, ensuring alignment with business requirements and market conditions.
• Champion the company’s employer brand both internally and externally, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

Advise & Lead:

• Act as a strategic talent advisor to senior stakeholders, offering insights and recommendations on talent acquisition strategies, market trends, workforce needs, and hiring priorities.
• Influence senior leaders on recruitment strategies, talent market dynamics, and hiring decisions through data-driven insight and sound judgment.
• Translate talent, market, and business data into compelling insights that support informed hiring decisions and workforce planning.
• Provide expert guidance on hiring processes, metrics, and best practices to ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes.
• Challenge conventional approaches where needed and bring credible, strategic recommendations that strengthen talent decisions and business outcomes.
• Partner closely with HR and business leaders to align recruitment activity with functional and enterprise priorities.

Innovate & Continuous Learning:

• Use and champion Lean methodology in daily work in line with set KPIs, managing requisitions with high accuracy and timeliness to ensure data integrity.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, leverage technology, and enhance hiring outcomes at scale.
• Participate in projects, implement best practices, act as a change champion for peers, and help improve the overall Talent Acquisition function.
• Mentor and coach Talent Acquisition colleagues, sharing best practices and helping strengthen TA capability and maturity across the team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or equivalent knowledge or experience.
• Significant experience in Talent Acquisition/recruitment with a strong track record recruiting complex, high-visibility roles across multiple business functions and markets.
• Advanced expertise in innovative sourcing, talent mapping, and passive candidate engagement.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and shape recruitment strategy.
• Strong strategic mindset with the ability to connect immediate hiring priorities to long-term workforce needs.
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to translate data and market trends into actionable insight.
• Exceptional negotiation and closing skills, especially in complex or high-stakes offers.
• Demonstrated leadership through mentoring and coaching recruiters.
• Deep knowledge of industry trends, talent markets, and compensation benchmarks.
• Experience recruiting within Services, Commercial, industrial, energy, or similarly complex business environments is preferred.
• Experience supporting multi-country hiring across Central Europe is preferred.
• Fluent in English and German, both written and spoken.

Benefits:

• Dynamic team with extensive resources and training opportunities to support continuous skill development.
• Collaborative Environment: A supportive and inclusive culture that encourages creativity and teamwork.
• Career Advancement: Opportunities for long-term career growth and progression into leadership roles within the organization.
• Employment Package: Unlimited-term employment contract with 30 days of annual leave, a competitive compensation package, and corporate benefits, including a company pension scheme and additional social benefits.

Additional Infomations:

GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with approximately 75,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world. Supported by the Company’s purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova technology helps deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future.