The role can be fully remote, but you must be based in Ireland. We will not entertain applications from anyone who is not resident in the Republic of Ireland.
The role
Nova helps HR leaders choose the right HR system and then builds it for them. Requirements, configuration, data migration, integrations, testing, go-live and adoption. Our clients are 300 to 2,000+ person businesses in Ireland, USA, UK, and mainland Europe.
HR systems rarely fail in the demo. They fail in the build. This role is the build.
Where this sits
Our career ladder runs: HRIS Consultant, Senior HRIS Consultant, HCM Implementation Lead, Principal HCM Consultant. Seniority here means harder builds, broader platform authority and more say in how we deliver. It does not mean managing people or selling work. This role is a Lead, alongside two others at the same level, each running their own client load.
What you will do
Own client implementations end to end. You write the scoping document, build the plan, run the workshops, configure the system, manage the data migration, coordinate UAT and take it through go-live and into hypercare. You are the client’s main point of contact throughout, and a named lead on their project portal.
Most of your builds will be on HiBob. You will also work across the other platforms we deliver as the practice grows, and you will take a client-side advisory role on projects where another partner is doing the build, reading their configuration against what the client actually asked for and calling out risk early.
You will also build the thing behind the work: playbooks, configuration guides, reusable templates and a delivery method the next person can follow.
What we are looking for
- Three or more full HRIS implementations delivered end to end, with at least one where you were the lead and the client’s main point of contact
- Hands-on configuration on a modern cloud HR platform. HiBob, Dayforce, SuccessFactors, Workday, Personio, Cezanne HR, Zellis or Darwinbox all count
- Data migration you did yourself, including templates, validation and load cycles
- Comfortable running a workshop with an HR Director and telling them when a request is a bad idea
- Clear written communication, because most of our work happens in writing
- HiBob experience is an advantage. If you do not have it we will certify you and we expect you productive on a client build within three months
An HR background is not required for this role. Caring what it feels like to be the HR team on the other side of a bad go-live is.
What this role is not
- You are not the only person covering a platform or a client. There are three Leads and an Operations Lead around you
- You do not do business development, sales or commercial negotiation. That stays with the Director
- You do not do office admin or internal HR ops
- You are not on site every week. Remote-first, with client visits when the project genuinely needs it, team onsite in Sligo roughly monthly, and HR Tech conferences as they come up
Development
HiBob SI certification and platform training. Fortnightly one to ones with the Director on workload and progression. A clear route to Principal HCM Consultant, which is a technical authority track focused on solution design and method rather than people management.
Salary
€55,000 to €65,000 plus benefits.
How we hire
An application, a conversation, a practical exercise based on real client work, and a call with the people you would work alongside. No case study marathons.
Use AI tools if you want to, we do here every day. You will be asked to walk through your reasoning on anything you submit, including where you disagreed with what the tool gave you.