HR Business Partner

Job title: HR Business Partner

About the Role The HR seat for Dentsu's Norwegian business. You’ll be the trusted partner leaders call when they need a thinking partner — the one who coaches, challenges, and helps them turn ambition into action. That might mean helping a manager think through a difficult people decision, or getting hands-on with a sensitive case when needed. You take clear ownership of the local people agenda from start to finish. You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our HR expert network across the Nordics and globally — drawing on their depth, but bringing the local fluency that keeps things grounded in Norwegian reality. Strategy and operations both land on your desk, and you’re equally at home with both.

What You'll Do

• Be the trusted partner to leaders
• Coach managers through the full employee lifecycle — onboarding, follow-ups, performance conversations, sickness absence, conflict, and the harder employee relations cases. You bring calm judgment and a clear point of view, even when the conversation is uncomfortable.
• Translate business strategy into people plans: take what the business is trying to achieve and turn it into HR activity that actually moves the needle. No HR for HR's sake.
• Own the annual people cycle: goal-setting, development reviews, performance management, talent and succession, salary and bonus rounds, engagement surveys — you run the rhythm and make sure the follow-up is meaningful, not performative.
• Keep us compliant — and a good place to work: you’re our expert on the Norwegian Working Environment Act and HSE (HMS). You’ll make sure our Working Environment Committee (AMU) and verneombud structure work as intended, prepare HR content for AMU meetings, and lead on HSE reporting.
• Lead on labor law and ER cases: confident, pragmatic advice on Norwegian labor law. Steady hands on the cases that matter.
• Turn data into decisions: sickness absence, turnover, engagement, compliance, risk — you read the signals, spot the patterns, and bring leaders insights they can act on.
• Guide leaders through change: reorganizations, role clarifications, evolving ways of working — you help leaders navigate it with care and clarity.
• Bring local execution to global initiatives: you implement group-wide HR processes locally in a way that fits Norway — not by bending Norway to fit the process.
• Champion a diverse, engaged, high-performing team: partner with business leaders to build the kind of workforce we’re proud of.

What We're Looking For

• 5–7+ years as an HR Business Partner, HR Manager, or similar — ideally inside a global matrix or group structure
• Solid grounding in Norwegian labor law and HSE (HMS)
• Track record in organizations going through change
• Higher education in HR, organization, law, economics, or equivalent. A relevant master’s is a plus.
• Fluent written and spoken Norwegian and English
• Strong leadership presence and solid project management chops

Nice to Have

• A relevant master’s degree is a plus

Compensation & Benefits

• Attractive pension and insurance schemes
• Subsidized staff restaurant
• Subsidized gym membership and other fitness activities
• Flexible remote work arrangements
• Discounts and benefits with partner companies