The Head of HR is a strategic and operational leader responsible for shaping and delivering the people agenda across the business. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the role partners closely with senior leadership to build a high-performance, collaborative, and values-driven culture that supports the company’s growth and long-term success.
This role is primarily office-based to support collaboration, teamwork, and visibility across the organisation. The Head of Human Resources is expected to work from the office 4 days per week, with 1 day per week working from home.
This role balances strategic HR leadership with hands-on execution, ensuring HR policies, processes, and practices are aligned with business objectives while delivering a positive and engaging employee experience.
**Key Responsibilities Strategic**:
**Leadership**
- Act as a trusted advisor to the Managing Director and leadership team on all people-related matters.
- Lead organisational design, workforce planning, and succession planning to support current and future needs.
- Champion a culture of collaboration, teamwork, and accountability across the organisation.
**People & Culture**
- Foster an inclusive, high-performing workplace where employees feel engaged, supported, and motivated.
- Lead employee engagement initiatives and use feedback to drive continuous improvement.
- Oversee performance management frameworks, ensuring consistency, fairness, and development-focused outcomes.
- Support leadership capability through coaching, development programmes, and targeted interventions.
**Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding**
- Provide strategic oversight to the Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Manager.
- Ensure effective hiring strategies that attract high-quality, diverse talent aligned with company values.
- Strengthen the employer brand to position the organisation as an employer of choice.
**HR Operations & Compliance**
- Oversee all core HR operations, including policies, procedures, contracts, and employee relations.
- Ensure compliance with employment law and best practice, proactively managing risk.
- Lead complex employee relations matters with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgement.
- Continuously review and improve HR processes to ensure efficiency and scalability.
**Office & Workplace Management**
- Line manage the Office Manager, ensuring a well-run, collaborative, and productive office environment.
- Support initiatives that enhance the in-office experience and reinforce the importance of team presence (4 days per week in-office).
**Leadership & Team Management**
- Lead, develop, and mentor the HR team, setting clear objectives and fostering a culture of ownership and collaboration.
- Encourage strong cross-functional relationships and partnership across the business.
**Skills & Experience**
Essential
- Proven experience in a senior HR leadership role, ideally reporting to executive-level leadership.
- Strong generalist HR background with experience across employee relations, talent, and culture.
- Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Sound knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
- Experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
Desirable
- Experience using HR systems, particularly BambooHR.
- Experience overseeing or working closely with payroll processes.
- Personal Attributes
- Collaborative, approachable, and people-focused leadership style.
- Commercially minded, with the ability to align people initiatives to business outcomes.
- Confident decision-maker with high levels of integrity and discretion.
- Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable managing change.
**Benefits**
- €1,000 Annual Wellness Allowance.
- Relocation package available for those joining us from abroad.
- Wellness & Work-Life Balance
- Employee Assistance Program - €250 per annum
- Birthday Leave - enjoy an extra day off to celebrate your special day
- Anniversary Leave - enjoy an extra day for every year at Joi Gaming.
- Friday Drinks & Lunch - a weekly get-together to connect with your team
- Hybrid work - 1 day from home per week after your 6-month probation
- Remote work abroad - work from anywhere for up to 1 month per year
- Free parking for cars and motorbikes