Head of Section Solar & Battery Storage Benelux, Renewables Northern Europe

Are you motivated by leading people, working closely with customers and turning ideas into practical improvements? We are looking for an inclusive and proactive leader to guide our Solar & Battery Storage team in Benelux and help shape the next generation of our consulting services.

Business: Energy Systems. Position type: Full Time. Contract type: Permanent Employee.

Head of Section Solar & Battery Storage Benelux, Renewables Northern Europe

• All locations: Arnhem, Netherlands; Groningen, Netherlands; Anvers, Belgium.

About us

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.

About Energy Systems

We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry.

About the role

DNV’s Renewables Service Area supports customers across the full project lifecycle, from early development through construction and operations. We help developers, utilities, investors and other stakeholders make well-informed decisions through independent advice, technical insight and trusted project support. Our services include feasibility studies, energy production assessments, technical due diligence, owner's engineering, measurements and operational support for wind, solar and battery storage projects.

The Solar & Battery Storage Department is one of three departments within Renewables Northern Europe. It provides technical and analytical consulting services that support the development, financing, construction, operation and optimization of solar and battery storage projects throughout their lifecycle. The department is organized across four geographical areas: Benelux, DACH, the Nordics and Poland.

The Benelux section currently consists of 13 colleagues. As Head of Section, you will lead the team and take ownership of the section's people leadership, customer relationships, delivery, commercial performance and operations.

The role reports to the Head of Department Solar & Battery Storage, Renewables Northern Europe, and is based in the Netherlands or Belgium.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You will stay close to customers and projects, support colleagues in resolving delivery challenges and ensure disciplined resource planning, utilization, forecasting, project follow-up and administration. You will create clarity, remove obstacles and help the team deliver high-quality consulting work efficiently and reliably.

You will also bring a consulting-oriented mindset and a critical eye to how our services and ways of working can develop. In particular, you will explore practical and responsible uses of AI, data and digital tools to improve quality, efficiency and customer value. Working closely with the Head of Department, Key Account Managers, Market Area Managers and Segment Leads, you will translate priorities into action, strengthen customer relationships and contribute to sustainable business growth.

Key responsibilities:

• People leadership: Lead, coach and develop a diverse team. Create an inclusive environment with clear expectations, constructive feedback, shared accountability and opportunities for people to grow.
• Customer and consulting leadership: Build trusted customer relationships and support the team in understanding needs, shaping solutions, preparing proposals and delivering high-quality consulting assignments.
• Project and delivery oversight: Stay close to projects, identify risks early, remove obstacles and support colleagues in demanding delivery or customer situations.
• Operational management: Take ownership of resource planning, utilization, forecasting, project performance, quality, financial follow-up and the effective administration of the section.
• Sales and business development: Maintain a strong sales focus by managing the opportunity pipeline, identifying customer needs, supporting key pursuits and proposals, and converting opportunities into order intake and sustainable growth.
• Service development and AI: Challenge established approaches constructively and drive the responsible use of AI, data and digital tools to improve services, delivery models, efficiency and customer value.
• Collaboration: Work across sections, departments, market areas and disciplines to deploy capabilities effectively, share knowledge and provide consistent customer experience.

Location

Netherlands or Belgium. The role requires regular in-person collaboration with the team and customers, with an expectation of working from the office three days per week on average.

What we offer

Why join us?

• Meaningful work: Contribute to the energy transition by helping customers develop and operate better solar and battery storage projects.
• Visible impact: Lead a capable team and directly influence customer outcomes, service development and business performance.
• Learning and innovation: Work in an environment where responsible experimentation, professional development and the practical use of AI and digital tools are encouraged.
• Inclusive collaboration: Join an international organization that values different perspectives, mutual respect and collaboration across disciplines and locations.

About you

Qualification and experience:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience. A technical or engineering degree is not mandatory.
• Several years of experience in consulting, professional services, renewable energy or another relevant customer-facing environment.
• Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including coaching, prioritization and creating the conditions for a team to perform and develop.
• Experience with project delivery and operational management, such as planning, utilization, forecasting, quality or financial follow-up.
• A strong customer and commercial orientation, with the ability to understand needs and turn them into practical solutions.
• An active interest in AI and digital tools, ideally supported by examples of improving services, processes or customer outcomes.
• Fluency in English is required; Dutch language skills are an advantage.
• An inclusive and supportive leadership style, combined with clear expectations and accountability.
• A proactive, pragmatic approach and the willingness to take ownership and follow through.
• A consulting mindset, curiosity and genuine interest in customers and their challenges.
• The confidence to ask critical questions, challenge existing approaches constructively and turn ideas into implementation.
• A structured and reliable approach to operational and administrative follow-up.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across disciplines, cultures and levels of seniority.

Security and compliance with statutory requirements in the countries in which we operate is essential for DNV. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates as part of the offer process, in accordance with applicable country-specific laws and practices.

Benefits

Profit Share

You’ll be part of our global profit share scheme that means we all share in our success as a business. If we profit, so do you. This will be part of our Total Compensation approach each year and depends on our year-end results.

Insurance

Taking care of you with travel, life, and accident insurance.

Pension Schemes

We care about your long-term financial security and prioritize pension and retirement benefits to reflect our caring values.

Professional Development

We believe in the 70/20/10 learning model, where 70% of your learning comes from performing your everyday tasks and working on different projects, new areas and initiatives to gain new skills. 20% from working with others and mentoring and the rest from formal education.

Hybrid Working

Adapting to the changing world of work around the world.

Purpose-led organization

You become part of a world-leading company where we know and live our purpose; to safeguard life, property, and the environment, with the opportunity to tackle global change through your work.

Supportive and caring culture

We offer opportunities to connect through social and professional networks. Our largest community CONNECT, organizes after-work events and informal meetings throughout the year.

Attractive rewards

We focus on work/life balance and offer employees flexible working hours and workplace, annual vacation allowance, competitive pension, insurance, and a global profit share scheme.

Working here

At DNV you can expect to deliver career and industry defining work. You’ll be given the time to build your network, the resources to support your development, and the freedom to satisfy your curiosity and desire to learn.