HR Business Partner - Nordic Cluster (Finland, Sweden, Denmark) | Grid Integration

HR Business Partner - Nordic Cluster (Finland, Sweden, Denmark)

Business Unit: Grid Integration | HBU Europe

About the role

At Hitachi Energy, we are advancing a sustainable energy future by enabling customers to build a more flexible, resilient, and secure power system. Within Grid Integration, people, leadership, and organizational capability are critical to delivering on our growth ambitions.

We are now looking for a HR Business Partner - Nordic Cluster to support Grid Integration across Finland, Sweden, and Denmark.

This role combines:

• Local HR Business Partner responsibility for Finland, and
• Cluster HR Business Partner across Sweden and Denmark, where local HRBP support are in place.

You will act as a strategic HR partner to the Nordic Cluster Management Team, ensuring alignment, consistency, and effective people leadership across three countries, while respecting local realities and labor frameworks.

You will be part of the HBU Europe HRBP team, Grid Integration and work closely with Countries HRBPs, HR Operations, Talent & Learning, and Total Rewards in the countries.

Key responsibilities

Culture & Strategic: HR Support: Work on both operational and strategic tasks with a focus on people, culture, and organization. Understand business needs and proactively suggest HR solutions that add value while ensuring compliance with labor laws and HR policies.

Performance Management: Apply global performance standards, KPIs, and targets to foster a high-performance culture. Provide coaching and guidance to managers on key people management activities.

Talent & Leadership Development: Partner with leaders to identify and build talent bench strength. Utilize Our Leadership Pillars and Diversity360 to shape culture and behaviors, connecting people to potential. Implement learning and development initiatives to enhance technical and leadership competencies in collaboration with HR Talent teams.

Labor Relations & Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with managers, employees, and union representatives. Address current issues through HR practices, processes, and policies to maintain compliance and engagement.

HR Governance & Standards: Ensure adherence to global and local standards, rules, tools, policies, and processes related to operations and project execution.

Support project execution in staffing: Collaborate with project execution by ensuring appropriate staffing in coordination with managers, talent acquisition and global mobility for project workers mobilization based.

HR Operational Support: Assist with day-to-day HR activities requiring HRBP intervention. Support managers in handling HR data and leveraging dashboards and reports for decision-making.

Additional Projects: Participate in projects that support business growth and transformation.

Your background

• Solid experience in a senior HR Business Partner role, ideally in an international or matrix organization.
• Proven ability to operate at both local and multi-country / cluster level.
• Strong understanding of business drivers and the ability to translate them into effective people strategies.
• Experience working with leadership teams across different countries and cultures.
• Sound knowledge of Nordic labor environments (deep expertise in Finland required; Sweden/Denmark exposure is an advantage).
• Strong stakeholder management, coaching, and influencing skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken).

Location

Finland (Vaasa).

More about us

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry, and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions across the value chain. With a strong global footprint and deep local presence, we enable the digital and energy transition toward a carbon-neutral future.
www.hitachienergy.com

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Client-provided location(s): Vaasa, Finland

Job ID: Hitachi_Energy-JID3-183240

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-03-23T23:33:34