HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner (Vice President, Human Resources)

As an HR Business Partner, you will play a key role in scaling EQT’s Private Capital & Infrastructure business in Europe through hands-on recruitment and close partnership with business leaders. Based in Munich, this role has a strong hiring focus alongside core HR business partnering, working as part of a highly collaborative, international HR team.

About the Private Capital & Infrastructure HR teams

The Private Capital HR team and Infrastructure HR team are two dedicated HR teams supporting EQT’s Private Capital organization across Europe and North America and EQT’s European Infrastructure business line within Real Assets. Each team acts as a trusted people partner to its respective business, supporting leaders and employees with day-to-day people needs, delivering pragmatic and data-informed HR solutions, and ensuring that core people processes run accurately and consistently.

While operating as distinct teams aligned to their business lines, Private Capital HR (PCHR) and Infrastructure HR collaborate closely and share common standards, ways of working and a strong commitment to quality and inclusion. Both teams partner with HR Centers of Excellence and business stakeholders to provide joined-up, high-quality HR support and to contribute to a high-performing and engaging employee experience.

This role will work across both PCHR and Infrastructure HR, supporting leaders and employees across the two divisions and helping to ensure consistency, strong collaboration and excellence in people delivery.

About the role

In this role, you will act as a trusted HR partner with a particular emphasis on recruitment coordination to support continued growth of the Investment teams in Germany. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, the wider PCHR and Infrastructure HR team, and HR Centers of Excellence.

Key responsibilities include:

• Act as recruitment coordinator for Private Capital & Infrastructure roles in Europe, partnering closely with hiring managers, and external search partners.
• Act as an HR business partner to leaders, providing guidance on people topics including; performance, engagement, professional development.
• Provide hands-on HR support across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, performance management, benefits, payroll & employee relations topics.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence on reward, learning and development, mobility & tax
• Gather & analyse people data and insights to inform decisions, highlight trends, and improve hiring and people outcomes.
• Cultivate strong relationships & collaboration between the HR team & the business lines

About you

You are an experienced HR professional who enjoys being close to the business and taking ownership of hiring outcomes. You are comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, influencing senior stakeholders, and balancing a strong service mindset with sound judgment and consistency.

Essential skills and experience:

• Proven experience in HR business partnering or generalist roles, with meaningful exposure to recruitment delivery.
• Strong track record of delivering end-to-end recruitment in partnership with hiring managers and external search firms.
• Experience advising senior leaders on people topics in a dynamic, high-performance environment.
• Solid understanding of HR processes across the employee lifecycle and employment practices in Europe.
• Experience within private capital, private equity, or investment organizations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver quality outcomes under time pressure.
• Fluency in English.

Nice to have:

• German language skills. 

What we offer

At EQT, you will join a purpose-driven, global investment organization with a strong culture of collaboration and ownership. This role offers close exposure to senior leaders, the opportunity to directly shape hiring outcomes during a period of growth, and the chance to develop within a high-performing and inclusive HR team.

Applications reviewed on a rolling basis. Please apply by 2 April 2026.

Inclusion at EQT

Our vision for EQT employees is to build high performing & engaged teams. Our competitive edge comes from fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, empowered, and motivated to drive business impact. Our commitment to inclusion is not just about fairness; We understand and believe that being a great place to work drives the best performance.At EQT, inclusion is a business imperative and it's embedded into our talent strategy, decision-making, and culture to ensure that every individual and team operates at their full potential. By doing so, we unlock better collaboration, stronger innovation, and superior investment outcomes.

About EQT

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization focused on active ownership strategies. With a Nordic heritage and a global mindset, EQT has a track record of over three decades of developing companies across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies. EQT has investment strategies covering all phases of a business’ development, from start-up to maturity. EQT has EUR ‌​​270 billion in total assets under management (EUR ‌​​‌141 billion in fee-generating assets under management), within two business segments – Private Capital and Real Assets.

With its roots in the Wallenberg family’s entrepreneurial mindset and philosophy of long-term ownership, EQT is guided by a set of strong values and a distinct corporate culture. EQT manages and advises funds and vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to future-proof companies, generate attractive returns and make a positive impact with everything EQT does. EQT has offices in more than 25 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas and has more than 1,900 employees.

More info: www.eqtgroup.com
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