Head of Growth & Partnerships

Nobel Recruitment; Rotterdam, Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Hybrid work

Job summary

Nobel Recruitment is seeking a Head of Growth & Partnerships to establish trusted private-equity relationships, unlocking portfolio company conversations and making carbon impact visible and actionable.

You will join a compact AI-native team, work directly with the founder, and shape the company’s first commercial role while driving a repeatable European partner approach. Hybrid work from Rotterdam with equity on offer.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of professional experience.
• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to generate meeting pipelines.
• Strategic thinking developed in consulting, entrepreneurship, or similar.
• Proactive, entrepreneurial approach and ability to work autonomously in a small team.

Responsibilities

• Shape the scope of the company’s first commercial role and build partnership experience.
• Work directly with the founder and participate in early customer conversations.
• Own initiatives and collaborate closely with the founder.

Skills

Relationship building

Strategic thinking

Entrepreneurial mindset

Autonomous work

Networking

Job description

As the Head of Growth & Partnerships, you build trusted private-equity relationships that open portfolio company conversations and help businesses make their carbon impact visible and actionable.

Your strategic impact

You’ll build a channel with private equity firms, turning introductions into conversations with their portfolio companies and establishing a repeatable path to growth. Your initial focus will be Europe and private equity; as you learn what works, you’ll have room to explore adjacent segments such as private debt, financial institutions, and pension funds.

The team you'll join

You’ll join a compact, AI-native team made up primarily of engineers and work closely with the founder as the first commercial hire. The company is bootstrapped, financially stable and the team moves quickly. Giving you the autonomy to shape how it builds partnerships and grows.

What success looks like

In your first six months, you’ll learn the product and market, joining customer conversations with the founder, while building a steady rhythm of introductions and meetings with private-equity firms. By 12 months, you’ll have developed a repeatable European partnership approach, built strong relationships with relevant firms, and created a consistent flow of portfolio-company conversations. Based on early results, you can help assess whether to expand into adjacent partner segments.

How you'll develop

• Shape the scope of the company’s first commercial role and build experience in partnership development, go-to-market strategy, and international growth.
• Work directly with the founder and take part in early customer conversations to deepen your understanding of the product, customer needs, and commercial opportunity.
• Hands-on ownership and close collaboration with the founder.

What you bring

• Around 7 to 12 years of professional experience.
• A strong relationship builder who is comfortable approaching people at events and creating their own meeting pipeline.
• Strategic thinking, ideally developed in consulting, entrepreneurship, or a comparable environment.
• A proactive, entrepreneurial approach and comfort working autonomously in a small team.

What's on offer

• Salary: €100K–€130K per year, depending on experience and track record
• Equity: Generous equity package based on a strong performance review
• Office policy: Hybrid, HQ in Rotterdam

We invite you

If you’re ready to move from advising to building, this is an opportunity to shape a company’s first commercial role and grow a partnership channel around sustainability software.