Talent Manager

Overview

We are looking for a Talent Manager to join our Talent Management team in Germany. Full-time, permanent contract. The position is remote, you can be based in Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia or Germany.

Talent Management connects what the business needs with the people we have. We make sure the right person is on the right project at the right time, and we help projects shape their demand instead of just filling requests. In 2026 our German business opened more than 560 roles in ten months, more than in all of 2025. We are growing the team from two to three Talent Managers so we can keep up and spend more time advising, not just firefighting. You will own a set of client accounts end to end. You will be the first person the account's managers call about staffing, and the person who knows what is coming before the request lands.

About Nortal

For over 25 years, we’ve been shaping digital transformation, delivering complex solutions for global enterprises and public sector organisations. Today, we are at the forefront of an AI-driven transformation era, helping organizations turn data into real business value. By combining deep domain expertise with data and AI, we design solutions that create immediate impact while scaling for the future.

Responsibilities

• Own staffing for your accounts. Take each resource request from intake to closure: check what is needed, why and when, match internal people, and agree the decision with project managers and capability leads. 
• Plan demand ahead. Turn sales pipeline and forecasts into staffing needs, spot risks early and challenge unrealistic timelines or role definitions.
• Manage the talent pool. Maintain a forward-looking view of availability, skills, experience and development interests. Identify internal opportunities before looking externally, support people moving between projects and help minimize avoidable bench time.
• Resolve staffing conflicts. When several projects compete for the same people or skills, bring the relevant stakeholders together, assess the options and drive a transparent decision. Escalate where priorities cannot be resolved at account level and follow up on agreed actions.
• Work with Talent Acquisition. Decide when external hiring is needed, turn project needs into realistic profiles and track the hiring pipeline with recruiters.
• Support bids and pre-sales. Check availability, propose profiles and give an honest view when the sales ambition goes beyond what we can staff.
• Partner with capability heads. Share insight on skills gaps, upskilling needs and internal mobility.
• Advise your stakeholders. Use staffing data, market signals and your knowledge of the talent pool to help account and capability leaders make realistic decisions about team setup, timelines, internal mobility and hiring.
• Keep the data right. Maintain allocations and plans in Certinia and iCIMS, and turn the numbers into clear insights for management.
• Improve how we work. About 20% of your time goes to strategic topics, such improving demand forecasting, talent visibility, internal mobility or our bridge program for people between projects.

Qualifications

• Fluent German (C1 or higher) and very good English. Most of our clients and stakeholders work in German.
• Several years of experience in resource management, staffing, talent acquisition or talent management, ideally in IT services or consulting.
• A good grasp of IT and business vocabulary, enough to discuss roles, skills and team setups with project managers.
• Experience with demanding stakeholders. You can negotiate, find a solution both sides accept and talk to directors with confidence.
• You stay calm under pressure and in a fast-changing environment, and you have handled escalations before.
• You are well organized and work independently, and you know when to ask for help.
• You are comfortable working with imperfect data. You can combine forecasts, staffing data and stakeholder input, recognize where assumptions are weak and still turn them into a clear recommendation.
• Curiosity about AI tools and new ways to work with data.

Don’t tick every box? Apply anyway. We’d still love to hear from you.