People & Talent Manager

Digital Manufacturing Ireland; Limerick; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Manufacturing Ireland is seeking a hands‑on People & Talent Manager to lead the internal People function, driving recruitment, employee relations, performance, and workforce planning. You will partner with the COO and leadership to attract specialist talent across AI, data, engineering, and transformation.

You will shape people practices, governance, and experience to support DMI’s strategy and growth, while developing pipelines for graduate and early‑career talent in a technology‑led

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ progressive HR experience, including HRBP or HR management responsibilities.
• Strong hands-on talent acquisition experience.
• Excellent knowledge of Irish employment legislation.
• Experience supporting managers with employee relations and performance matters.
• Experience with workforce planning and organisational development.
• Strong commercial judgement and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience in technology/engineering or knowledge-intensive environments advantageous.
• A relevant HR qualification; CIPD membership or equivalent advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across DMI and build proactive talent pipelines.
• Translate strategic plans into workforce and capability requirements with leaders.
• Develop employer proposition and graduate/internship pipelines.
• Provide HR advisory support to managers and employees within Irish employment law.
• Manage performance management cycles and succession planning.
• Support remuneration, benefits and employee engagement initiatives.
• Develop meaningful People KPIs and use data to drive HR improvements.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Workforce planning

Employee relations

Performance management

Organisational development

Stakeholder management

People analytics

Education

HR qualification

CIPD membership or equivalent

Job description

Digital Manufacturing Ireland is supported by the Government of Ireland through IDA Ireland and has been established to help manufacturers accelerate their adoption of digital technologies.

DMI offers a state-of-the-art physical and digital factory, a vendor showcase, industry collaboration spaces, and training facilities. The DMI facility brings together technology, expertise, and business support to help manufacturing companies transform, innovate, and future-proof their operations.

Role Overview:

The People & Talent Manager will lead DMI’s internal People function, with particular responsibility for talent acquisition, employee relations, performance, workforce planning, organisational capability and employee experience.

This is a hands-on role for an experienced HR professional who can operate both strategically and operationally.

A major focus will be ensuring DMI can attract and retain specialist talent across AI, data, advanced manufacturing, engineering, transformation, commercial and corporate functions.

Working closely with the COO and leadership team, the People & Talent Manager will ensure DMI has the people, organisational capability and people practices required to deliver its strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across DMI.
• Partner with leaders to translate strategic plans into workforce and capability requirements.
• Develop proactive talent pipelines for specialist and difficult-to-fill roles.
• Build DMI’s employer proposition and candidate experience.
• Develop relationships with relevant talent networks, universities and professional communities.
• Develop DMI’s graduate, internship and early-career talent pipelines.
• Monitor recruitment trends, talent availability and emerging capability requirements.
• Develop workforce plans aligned with DMI’s strategy and financial plan.

HR & Employee Relations

• Act as the primary HR adviser to DMI managers and employees.
• Provide practical and commercially appropriate advice on employee relations.
• Manage employee matters consistently and in accordance with Irish employment legislation and DMI policies.
• Support managers with probation, performance, absence, development and employee relations.
• Maintain and continuously improve HR policies and processes.
• Ensure appropriate governance and compliance across the employee lifecycle.

Performance, Talent & Succession

• Manage DMI’s performance-management cycle.
• Develop structured talent and succession planning.
• Identify key roles, critical capabilities and retention risks.
• Support leadership and employee development.
• Work with leaders to identify future capability requirements.
• Support career development and internal mobility.

Reward & Employee Experience

• Support annual remuneration, benefits and variable incentive processes.
• Develop initiatives supporting employee engagement, wellbeing and retention.
• Gather and analyse employee feedback and recommend appropriate actions.
• Support development of DMI’s culture as the organisation grows.

People Analytics & Operations

• Develop meaningful People KPIs and reporting for the COO and leadership team.
• Use data to identify workforce risks and trends.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate HR processes through technology and AI.
• Ensure effective delivery of core HR processes and systems.
• Support and develop junior People team members.

Experience & Qualifications:

Ideally, you will have

• 5+ years’ progressive HR experience, including HRBP or HR management responsibilities.
• Strong hands-on talent acquisition experience.
• Excellent knowledge of Irish employment legislation.
• Experience supporting managers with employee relations and performance matters.
• Experience with workforce planning and organisational development.
• Strong commercial judgement and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience in technology, engineering, professional services or another knowledge-intensive environment would be advantageous.
• A relevant HR qualification; CIPD membership or equivalent would be advantageous.

What Success Looks Like:

DMI has a responsive and commercially focused People function; critical roles are filled effectively; leaders receive strong HR support; employee experience and retention are strong; and DMI has a clear view of the talent and capabilities required to deliver its strategy.