Learning & Development Manager
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About Eirgen Pharma
Would you like to be part of a company that has the courage, innovation, and capability to improve and enhance patient lives across the globe?
Founded in 2005, Eirgen Pharma employs over 180 people in Waterford. We combine the agility of a small company with the ambition to deliver high-quality medicines globally — all within a collaborative, people-focused culture.
About this Opportunity
You will collaborate with business leaders to design, deliver, and scale learning initiatives that support employee growth, leadership development, and organisational effectiveness in line with Eirgen’s strategy. You will partner with leaders and teams across Eirgen to identify skills and capability gaps, implement learning solutions, and drive a culture of continuous development and high performance.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Partnership & Organisational Design
- Partner with senior leaders to align organisational structure, roles, and capabilities with strategic objectives
- Translate business strategy into effective learning and capability development plans
- Act as a trusted advisor on all L&D-related matters
- Manage all elements of external funding
Leadership and Talent Capability
- Partner across the team to build, deliver, and evaluate programs to drive a high-performance culture
- Implement the People Development aspects of People Strategy through the 70:20:10 model
- Develop, deliver, and lead bespoke initiatives for employees in line with emerging business and future capability needs
- Support talent management initiatives such as succession planning and career development.
- Drive leadership development programs and coaching initiatives
Capability & Skills Development
- Identify current and future capability needs based on organisational design and business direction supporting both individual and business effectiveness
- Develop and implement capability frameworks and skills architectures
- Use people and performance data to inform organisational design and learning strategies
- Measure the impact of organisational and capability interventions
Change & Transformation Support
- Enable organisational change through structured learning and development
- Support leaders and teams through transitions (e.g., restructures, new operating models)
- Embed new behaviours, ways of working, and cultural shifts
Culture & Engagement
- Champion a culture of continuous learning and psychological safety
- Own and optimize the new hire onboarding journey, ensuring a seamless transition that reduces 'time to productivity' for new joiners
- Contribute to other broader People initiatives such as DEI and CSR
About you
- 7+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Talent Development
- Degree in HR, Business or related area
- Strong understanding of adult learning principles and instructional design
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Ability to analyse data and translate insights into actionable plans
- Experience with learning technologies (LMS, e-learning tools)
- Strong communication, facilitation, and coaching skills
- Ability to align learning initiatives with business outcomes
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams
- Highly collaborative and adaptable
- Strong communication and storytelling skills
- Growth mindset with a passion for developing others
Key Competencies
- Organisational design and systems thinking
- Strategic and commercial acumen
- Change management and transformation
- Influencing and stakeholder engagement
- Problem-solving and critical thinking
Why Join Eigen Pharma?
- You will work as part of a collaborative analytical team, contributing to high-quality data delivery in a fast-paced, GMP-regulated environment
- Opportunity to work on development-stage and commercial products
- Collaborative and quality-driven environment
- Excellent benefits, pension, health insurance, social club, canteen facilities
Apply for the above role by emailing your CV to opportunities@eirgen.com including the job title in the subject.
