HR Business Partner

Abbott has maintained a strong presence in Ireland since 1946 and celebrates its 80th anniversary in the country in 2026. The company supports the Irish healthcare sector with a broad portfolio spanning diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. Today, Abbott employs more than 6,500 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Role Purpose

The HR Business Partner serves as a trusted advisor to site and functional leaders, translating business strategy into effective people strategies and solutions. The role requires broad and deep HR expertise, strong business acumen, and the ability to influence leaders at all levels to build organizational capability, leadership effectiveness, and high-performing teams.

What We Need

• Strategic Business Partnership Ability to understand business priorities and translate them into actionable people strategies. Strong business acumen with the confidence to challenge and influence senior leaders. Skilled at balancing employee, business, and organizational needs to drive sustainable outcomes.
• Employee Relations Expertise Deep knowledge of employee relations, employment legislation, investigations, conflict resolution, and complex case management. Ability to navigate sensitive situations with sound judgement, credibility, and fairness. Experience building positive employee relations climates while effectively managing organizational risk.
• Organization Design & Change Leadership Proven experience supporting organizational design, team effectiveness, restructures, workforce planning, and change initiatives. Ability to assess organizational capability and recommend solutions that improve performance and accountability. Strong change management capability with the ability to coach leaders through ambiguity and transformation.
• Leadership Development & Coaching A highly skilled coach who develops leadership capability through challenge, support, and insight. Experience supporting leaders through performance management, talent development, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness initiatives. Demonstrated ability to build leadership confidence and capability at all levels of the organization.
• Talent Strategy & Succession Strong expertise in talent reviews, succession planning, workforce planning, organizational capability assessment, and development planning. Ability to identify, develop, and accelerate key talent. Experience facilitating talent discussions and influencing talent decisions with senior leadership teams.
• Influencing & Trusted Advisor Exceptional relationship building skills with a reputation for credibility and trust. Strong personal presence with the ability to influence without authority. Able to challenge constructively and guide decision making through data, insight, and strong HR expertise.

Key Competencies

Business Acumen Strategic Thinking Coaching Organizational Design Employee Relations Change Leadership Talent Management Stakeholder Management Influencing & Negotiation Leadership Development Executive Presence Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Industrial Relations or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, including experience in a HR Business Partner or equivalent role.
• Experience within a manufacturing, medical device, pharmaceutical, healthcare or other highly regulated environment.
• Experience supporting client groups through periods of growth, transformation, organizational change or business expansion.
• Experience supporting site start up, scale up, ramp up or major business transformation initiatives is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of Irish employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Experience operating within a complex, matrixed, multinational organization.
• Professional HR qualification (CIPD or equivalent) is desirable.

What Success Looks Like

This individual will become a trusted partner to site & affiliate leadership, proactively identifying organisational risks and opportunities, strengthening leadership capability, enhancing employee relations outcomes, and ensuring talent and organisational strategies enable the site to achieve its business objectives.

What we Offer

Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as

• Family health insurance
• Excellent pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Career Development
• Fantastic new facility
• Growing business plus access to many more benefits

Important Information

Please note that any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a pre-employment medical examination, including drug and alcohol screening, conducted by a Company-designated medical practitioner.

Abbott is an equal opportunities employer. Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it's next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life's greatest health challenges.

Contact Information

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JOB FAMILY: HR Consultant DIVISION: CHR Corporate Human Resources LOCATION: Ireland > Kilkenny : Kilkenny Business and Technology Park ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Ie - Kkyflx (Ireland) TRAVEL: Not specified MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable