The posting
The Opportunity
Join a team where passion meets performance and your contributions make a real impact. Our People team has been in the top 5 of Great Place to Work (GPTW) Ireland for the last 6 years, and we are recognised as a Great Place to Work for Tech, for Women and for Wellbeing, as well as a Great Place to Work in Europe. We care about creating a culture where people and the business both thrive, and you will play a big part in helping us keep raising the bar.
This role is a great mix of HR Business Partnering and Centre of Excellence (COE) work: you will be a hands-on HR Business Partner to your Belfast-based businesses and selected Dublin managers, and you will also own COE work that shapes the employee experience across Distilled.
This is a fast paced role for a Senior HR Business Partner who wants to make a real impact in a best in class team. You will have proven experience in a fast paced tech company, with end-to-end ownership of key people projects, and the drive to hold our managers to a high standard.
AI is a way of working in our HR team. We use it every day to work smarter and faster, and you will be encouraged to embrace it and find new ways to apply it in your work. You will thrive on innovation and embrace cutting edge HR practices. Your ideas and creativity will help shape the future of our dynamic tech organisation.
How You’ll Create with Impact
First and foremost you will be a hands-on and supportive HR Business Partner who will;
- Build solid relationships with business leaders to understand their needs and challenges.
- Act as a trusted advisor, providing HR and employee relations expertise and support to achieve strategic objectives.
- Challenge and coach your managers to be the best managers they can be, holding a high bar on performance, accountability and people leadership.
- Be a hands-on collaborator with your people managers and use people data, engagement results and HR metrics to identify trends, inform decision-making and provide actionable insights..
- Support your people managers and the HR team by conducting interviews to ensure we hire the best talent that adds to our company culture.
- Support the HR team and other HRBPs to consistently drive and promote a progressive, impactful and engaging workplace culture.
Your Business Partnering remit
- Partner with our 2 Belfast-based businesses (approx. 45 employees), with monthly trips to Belfast plus additional travel to support hiring and in-person HR events.
- Business partner with a number of managers in our Dublin office.
- Build the NI HR offering: this is a start-up style role, starting with the creation of NI policies.
- Knowledge of NI employment law is an advantage but not a requirement.
On top of business partnering, you will own Centre of Excellence (COE) work. Your COEs are currently HR Systems, ERGs and Dublin Office Management.
- Take end-to-end ownership of your COE areas, setting the objectives, leading improvements and projects, measuring impact and continuously improving the employee experience.
- Work with all other COE owners to ensure the managers you partner with are availing of the full HR offering.
- Our COEs are: L&D, Engagement, Performance, Brand, Policies, TA, Comp & Ben, H&S, HR Ops and Wellness.
What You’ll need to Thrive Here
- Minimum of 7 years progressive HR experience, with ownership for key strategic HR projects
- Degree in Human Resources Management or a related discipline, with train the trainer and executive coaching qualification a plus
- Proficient in Excel/Google Sheets, AI, HRIS Systems (BambooHR or similar) project management and data analysis
- Demonstrated experience in designing and rolling out progressive HR projects
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and establish relationships at all levels and within a culturally diverse environment
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to a fast-paced and changing environment
- Strategic problem solver with the ability to align HR initiatives with business goals
- Confident and credible with managers at all levels: able to challenge, coach and influence with a collaborative but firm approach
- Phenomenal team player with a high level of emotional intelligence
- Experience supporting a business or entity in Northern Ireland is desirable but not essential. A genuine appetite to learn is what matters.
- Willingness to travel regularly to Belfast and to support hiring and in-person HR events
- Hands-on experience using AI tools to improve HR processes, such as analytics, reporting, communications or employee support
How we help you Thrive Here
We want you to do your best work and we’ll support you to do just that with:
- Generous paid leave: Start with 22 days' annual leave, plus 3 company days over Christmas. Every August we take four Fridays off as "Thank You Days", our way of saying thanks for your hard work. Stay with us and you'll earn an extra day's leave on each of your first four anniversaries, up to 26 days.
- Looking after you: Your Irish Life Healthcare is fully paid for, and we run regular health and wellbeing talks, events and activities all year.
- Investing in your future: We contribute 5% to your pension through our contributory scheme, so you can plan with confidence.
- Work where it works for you: Split your time between home, Belfast and our Dublin city centre office, a short walk from St Stephen's Green and St Patrick's Cathedral.
- Get around your way: Save on your commute with the TaxSaver Commuter Scheme, or hop on a bike with the Bike to Work Scheme.
- Grow with us: Learning never stops here. Everyone has a personal development plan to support their career growth.
Our Values & Shared Behaviours
We have five core values: We have a growth mindset. We like to simplify things and make things happen. We collaborate across teams, business units and brands. We're passionate about what we do.
These values give us a framework for leadership and daily decision making. They’re brought to life by our shared behaviours, which define how we show up for our colleagues, our users and our customers:
- Create with Impact: We focus on work that makes a real difference.
- Play your Part: We own our contribution and support each other.
- Thrive Here: We build an environment where everyone can grow and do their best work.
We are a diverse bunch of people here in Distilled, and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our Company. We do not discriminate based on gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller community.
