Join us in shaping the maritime future

An exciting opportunity as Director People Development has come up!

Our people and our culture are critical enablers to support Kongsberg Maritimes winning business in making a difference and shaping the maritime future. Improving the way our leaders and organization develop and grow, is imperative to our success and this role will lead us in doing so!

The role will work globally and liaise with a broad range of internal stakeholders as well as external partners. Director People Development works with teams and leaders at all levels in the organization, supporting other HR professionals, leaders and teams across the whole of Kongsberg Maritime in developing the organization and its people.

People Development is set up as a separate team within the HR family. The team works globally and across the companys divisions and in close collaboration with the remaining HR team. The People Development team is also responsible for delivering defined leadership courses across the Kongsberg Group.

Director People Development reports to EVP HR & Business Support in Kongsberg Maritime and is a central part of the HR team.

Key accountabilities include

• Culture and work environment
• Performance enablement
• Leadership Development
• People and Competence Development
• Organizational development and change

Qualifications and experience

• Preferably you hold a degree in psychology, organization development or another relevant area and have several years of relevant work experiences 
• You efficiently translate strategy to actions and have experience in leading and implementing strategic organizational and people development projects
• Having strong business understanding is key to success in this role, and you need to connect business challenges and needs, to people development activities
• You are comfortable with presenting to and interacting with small and large audiences mainly in English and you have experience and background as trainer and/or facilitator
• Experience from other fields within HR is a benefit
• We expect that you have managed global projects from development to implementation across a matrix organisation and across different cultures.

You are able to

• act on your own initiative, make things happen and accept responsibility for the results
• develop people through delegation, empowerment, coaching and promote self-development
• use a methodical and systematic approach in leading, coordinating and planning in a large matrix organization with varied requests and situations
• plan ahead, define clear priorities and allocate resources effectively
• demonstrate specialist knowledge and expertise in the area of people and leadership development
• communicate in a clear, precise, and structured manner
• collaborate well with others, share knowledge, experience and information and support others in the pursuit of team goals

What we can offer you
With us, you will be offered good development opportunities in an international environment. You will be able to influence how we reach company targets. We value role rotation and collaboration within the team so with us you will be able to develop and grow also in other fields of HR. We have flexible work hours and hybrid working solution in addition to a good pension and insurance scheme. We offer an inspiring and safe work environment and the possibility to work with sustainable and exciting solutions for the future.

Work location
The role will be located at one of the companys locations in Norway, but there is not a requirement to be Norwegian. The company head quarter is located in Kongsberg. 

Point of contact
Margitt Tømmerbakk, +47 93251059, margitt.tommerbakk@km.kongsberg.com

Our Business Support Division manages a large of range of supporting functions, with the responsibility to provide support to divisions according to divisional needs, while facilitating for divisional independence. Business Support covers HR, Compliance, Security, Export Control, Sustainability, HSE, Quality, Supply Chain, and Communication & Public Affairs

At Kongsberg, we believe in tackling challenging problems and delivering extreme performance for extreme conditions.  We do that through excellent products and services developed for delivering the greatest benefits to our customers.

WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication