Director, People Operations & Transformation

The Director of People Operations and Transformation is a strategic leadership role responsible for overseeing all facets of the human resources operations lifecycle, with a primary focus on driving efficiency, effectiveness, and technological advancement.

This role will lead the scaling of the HR function by leveraging smart technology solutions to streamline processes, enhance employee experience, and produce data-driven metrics demonstrating operational success. The Director of People Operations and Transformation is an exciting opportunity for a high-performing Senior Manager ready to step into a more senior, strategic leadership role.

This role is hybrid, with approximately 50% of your time in the office and 50% remote. We’re currently based in Swords, Co. Dublin, and will be relocating to our new office at North Wall Quay, Dublin 1 in May 2026.

• Oversee the entire employee lifecycle - from recruitment and onboarding to offboarding ensuring efficient, compliant, and integrated operational processes.
• Lead the HR requirements for market expansion in line with our strategic growth targets, ensuring scalable solutions that enable the business.
• Partner with senior leadership and key stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment between HR initiatives and business objectives.

• Identify, evaluate, and implement HR technology solutions (leveraging Workday, Greenhouse, Cloudpay and AI-driven tools) to automate tasks, improve data accuracy, and enhance the overall employee experience.

• Champion continuous improvement initiatives, redesigning existing workflows to maximize efficiency, reduce manual intervention, and ensure scalability across the organization.

• Define, track, and report on key HR metrics and KPIs including turnover rates, HR operational efficiency and SLA’s to measure the effectiveness of HR programs and identify areas for strategic improvement.
• Provide regular reporting within HR and external stakeholders as required.

• Lead and manage cross functional HR Programs that enhance/improve the overall employee experience and continuously improve back-office people operations process.

• Ensure all HR operations comply with relevant labour laws and regulations across all our geographies and are customer centric in design.
• Implement robust internal controls to protect employee data and mitigate operational risks and lead the required reviews of policy compliance and data in line with internal risk functions and audits.

• Manage relationships with external HR service providers and technology vendors, ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) are met and optimized for cost and performance.

• Lead and mentor a team of HR operations specialists, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and customer centricity.

• 7+ years of progressive experience in HR operations, with at least 3 years experience leading a team. 
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field.
• Proven experience implementing and optimizing enterprise-level HR technology solutions (preferably Workday), ensuring seamless integration and user adoption.
• Strong strategic understanding of HRIS with advanced proficiency in data analytics and reporting tools, and the ability to anticipate and leverage emerging HR technology trends.
• Strong ability to interpret multiple data sets, translate metrics into actionable insights, and make data-driven decisions.
• Demonstrated experience leading organizational change and transformation initiatives in a fast-paced and scaling environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization and translate stakeholder needs into efficient and effective HR workflows.
• Solid knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.

Our purpose is simple: to create moments that matter between people and the brands they cherish. We enable brands to expand their global reach, facilitating simple and seamless ecommerce experiences for consumers worldwide. Through our integration solutions, we deliver a complete international checkout experience, including local duties, taxes, fulfilment, delivery management, and global returns and payment processing capabilities.

Guided by our values—Own It, Champion Simplicity, Win as One, and Debate then Commit—we strive to foster innovation, accountability, and teamwork, creating solutions that inspire trust and drive impactful results.