About the Position

Team Leader Rail Advisory

Locations: Madrid, Spain | Barcelona, Spain

Company: DNV careers

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Date Posted: 2026-07-26

Overview

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 the Role

Role Description:
DNV Iberia already has a strong platform in rail, with established advisory and conformity assessment activity, recognized customer relationships, and experience across metro, light rail, infrastructure, signaling, RAMS, safety, and systems integration. The next step is to build a strong Centre of Competence that can act as a technical and commercial growth engine for the European region and support global rail project delivery.

We are looking for a dynamic, growth-focused Rail Advisory Team leader with proven experience in the Rail sector to join our European Rail Centre of Competence.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership and Development: Drive training development, delivery, and the extension of the rail qualification program. Coordinate within the rail function and regional needs to detect development needs and draft development programs.
Delivery and Operations: Own program and project management and execution. Define and implement best practices for services delivery, ensuring quality, efficiency, and consistency. Collaborate with operational teams to ensure optimal resource allocation and project execution. Understand and implement operational processes supporting the team to overcome issues.
Client Relationship Management: Address and resolve service delivery or customer issues. Act as a trusted advisor to key rail clients.
Stakeholder Management: Engage with external stakeholders to gather insights and help develop DNV’s value proposition. Participate in growth initiatives and business improvement activities.
Sales and Business Development: Contribute to country and region to drive sales and revenue growth. Contribute to drafting value propositions and collaborate in the techno-commercial aspects, thereby growing key accounts. Participate in joint events, client meetings, and other go-to-market activities.
Innovation Management: Support in the process of detecting and encouraging new ideas to be raised through the innovation funnel, particularly when it comes to adding efficiency in service delivery.

Requirements

Position Qualifications: Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the Rail sector across different functions (technical / managerial / operational). Global exposure: proven track record in team leading / management positions, preferably with international exposure.
Operational Excellence: Expertise in program and project management.
Stakeholder Management: Proven skills in aligning cross-functional teams and engaging with industry bodies and key clients.
Risk Management: Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate operational and market risks effectively.
Languages: Native Spanish and advanced English speaker. Other languages will be a plus.
Availability: Availability to travel locally and internationally.

Experience and knowledge in the following fields will be valued:

Design, implementation, commissioning, and maintenance of Rail Subsystems such as signaling, rolling stock, infrastructure, and energy.
Consultant/Assessor in rail brownfield/greenfield for Systems Engineering & Systems Assurance.
Experience in the application of technologies for rail innovation/digital transformation projects, as well as R&D projects.

Competency Requirements:

Loves working in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.
Innovative & entrepreneurial – ready to work in a fast-evolving environment.
Proactive, flexible, and collaborative work style.
Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability & willingness to work successfully in cross-functional teams.
Comfortable with ambiguity and navigating change.
Optimistic, mission-driven personality with a sense of urgency and “can do” attitude.
Ability to achieve through others – strong influencing skills.

We Offer

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.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At DNV, our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is not only an ethical choice, but also a business decision. Diversity, fairness, and a sense of belonging are a source of strength for our people, our business, and our customers, and help us to deliver on our purpose, vision, and values.

Working Here

Since 1864 we’ve been dedicated to safeguarding life, property, and the environment. Today we remain at the forefront of new technologies and techniques to help our customers transform for a more sustainable future.

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.

Application Process

For more information about our recruitment process, benefits, and career growth and development, please visit our FAQs page.

Join Our Talent Community

Can't find the right fit? Be the first one to learn about new job opportunities that might be a perfect fit for you by joining our Talent Community.

Disclaimer

Please beware of recruitment scams that pretend to be from DNV or its employees. We will never ask you to pay any fees or make any payments as part of our recruitment process.

Team Leader Rail Advisory

Tech Stack

Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements