Senior Talent Partner, Data Center (EMEA)

Senior Talent Partner, Data Center - EMEA

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Talent Partner with deep expertise in data center and infrastructure recruitment to lead end-to-end hiring across critical functions. This role will focus on building teams across the full data center lifecycle - including site development, design, construction and operations.

You’ll act as a strategic partner across Data Center, MEP, and Construction owning hiring plans, market mapping, and delivery across senior and specialist roles.

This is a hands-on role, you will personally run high-impact searches, influence hiring decisions with data and market insight, and help build a world-class hiring bar across both digital and physical infrastructure functions.

What you'll be doing

• Own hiring delivery across EMEA Data Center (e.g. Site Development, Design, MEP, Construction, Commissioning, Operations).
• Run full-cycle recruiting from intake, calibration, sourcing strategy, assessment design, interview process, offer management, and closing.
• Build and execute targeted sourcing strategies for niche profiles including MEP engineers, construction project managers, commissioning specialists, and data center operators.
• Bring market intelligence on talent — including compensation trends, competitor mapping, and realistic time-to-fill expectations across infrastructure and technical markets.
• Develop pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill roles across both corporate and site-based functions.
• Improve structured interviewing and selection quality (clear competencies, calibrated scorecards, consistent debriefs).
• Ensure an exceptional candidate experience — timely, transparent, and high-touch where needed.

About you

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, with significant depth in data center, infrastructure, or construction hiring (in-house and/or agency).
• Strong expertise across data center ecosystems, including hyperscalers, colocation providers, engineering consultancies, or construction firms.
• Familiarity hiring across Nordics and navigating location, compliance, and compensation complexity.
• Demonstrated experience hiring for MEP, construction, and technical infrastructure roles (e.g. design engineers, project managers, commissioning leads, operations specialists).
• Proven track record recruiting across a range of seniorities, including senior specialist and leadership roles.
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to influence and challenge senior leaders constructively.
• Demonstrated sourcing capability (market mapping, outreach strategy, talent research) and comfort operating in competitive, talent-constrained markets.
• High bar for quality and process, with a focus on structured interviewing, evidence-based decision-making, and strong candidate experience.
• Comfortable partnering on compensation and leveling discussions, advising on market benchmarks across both technical and construction domains.

What We Can Offer You
At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.

• Highly competitive package (base + equity) with reviews every 12 months. 🚀
• Join the fastest-growing tech startup, your chance to push boundaries, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make your mark on cutting-edge AI. ✨
• Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by trying new things, leading, challenging the status quo, and owning your impact, always with our full support.
• Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.