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ROLE: Senior Project Manager

LOCATION: Dublin, Hybrid

Our Client is currently building out their PMO function and as part of this expansion they are looking to hire a Senior Project Manager. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for leading and coordinating a portfolio of transformation projects across the wider business. This role requires a leader capable of strategic oversight while embedding structure, pace, discipline & rigour across multiple programmes and workstreams.

This position is offered as an initial 6–9 month fixed‑term contract, with a view to permanency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, structure & project governance across multiple transformation programmes.
• Oversee delivery of a large‑scale operations‑focused projects, ensuring milestones, dependencies and budgets are tightly managed.
• Establish and embed programme governance, including RAID management, delivery controls and reporting frameworks.
• Develop, maintain and present high‑quality executive‑level decks for senior stakeholders.
• The role will engage a broad network of stakeholders, including external advisory partners, and is responsible for ensuring all parties deliver in line with programme objectives, timelines, and regulatory requirements.
• Engage with senior leaders across operations, HR, legal, technology and finance to ensure alignment and accountability.
• Support the design and evolution of a new PMO and associated operating model.
• Identify, assess and mitigate programme risks and issues, escalating as appropriate.
• Ensure disciplined planning, clear prioritisation and effective resource allocation across programmes.
• Provide clarity, structure and delivery assurance in a maturing transformation environment.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

They will be a strategic Senior Project Manager capable of working across multiple complex environments, operating confidently with C‑Suite stakeholders while retaining the ability to dive into detail when required.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Proven experience delivering large‑scale operational or infrastructure‑led programmes with significant budgets.
• Strong governance, planning, reporting and programme control capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly in preparing executive‑level presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence, challenge and align senior stakeholders.
• Highly organised, structured and resilient, with strong problem‑solving skills.
• Comfortable working in a highly governed, high‑visibility environment.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple programmes simultaneously.
• Must be available for hybrid working 3 days on site.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Min of +10 to 15 years’ programme management or transformation leadership experience.
• Track record delivering complex, multi‑workstream programmes.
• Experience operating in regulated, high‑governance or large operational environments is an advantage.
• Strong familiarity with PMO standards, methodologies and delivery frameworks.
• Experience working with executive committees and senior governance groups.

Project Manager (Testing) / Scrum Master | Cork (Hybrid) | 12-Month FTC |

We are working exclusively with a global MedTech business on one of the more compelling transformation projects in Cork right now.

A major division is being spun out into a standalone company. A core data and analytics platform needs to be rebuilt from the ground up within 12 months. The team is small, the timeline is tight, and the project is already underway. They need someone who can walk in and take ownership of the testing workstream from day one.

About the Role

This is a hands-on role that will suit an experienced Project Manager who has worked closely with testing, or someone who started their career in testing and has since moved into broader delivery or PM work.

You will own the end-to-end testing process. That means writing test scripts, coordinating SIT, BST and UAT cycles, managing defects in Jira and keeping a non-technical finance stakeholder group on track through UAT. You will also be expected to bring the kind of structure and governance discipline that keeps a fast-moving project honest, feeding into an overall Jira board that is subject to financial audit.

Think of it as equal parts testing coordinator and delivery conscience for a project that cannot afford to slip.

About the Person

Hands-on Jira experience is essential. Not just familiarity, but the ability to administer a board, manage workflows and feed into a project-level view with confidence.

Beyond that: agile methodology, user story documentation, acceptance criteria, defect management. An understanding of how finance teams and financial auditors operate will stand to you here. The team is predominantly finance-background, and you will be the one translating between their world and the technical one.

Pharma experience is not required. The ability to work independently, without prompting, absolutely is.

Strict 12-month fixed term contract. No extensions, no permanent role to follow. This suits someone who knows their way around a project-based contract and is energised rather than unsettled by a defined piece of work with a clear finish line.

This role is primarily remote, with a minimum of three days per month on-site in Cork.

Interested?

Reach out to the Barden Projects, Transformation and Change team for a confidential conversation.

Barden are delighted to partner with one of Ireland’s most recognisable and fast-moving consumer businesses in their search for a Senior IT Project Manager to join their Group IT team on a fixed-term basis.

This is a large, operationally complex business with a sizeable presence across Ireland and internationally. They operate in a fast-paced, multi-site environment and their IT function is central to how the business grows, evolves and delivers for its customers. The portfolio is varied, the pace is real and the stakeholders are senior. If you like variety and want to work somewhere where IT genuinely matters to the business, this is worth a look.

About the Role

This is an end-to-end IT project management role with a clear business-facing focus. You will own the delivery of complex, business-critical projects from initiation through to handover into BAU, working closely with operational, commercial and functional teams across the organisation alongside the wider IT function.

Projects will span new site openings, brand additions, business solutions and operational systems. The common thread is complexity, business impact and the need for someone who takes ownership rather than just manages tasks. You will manage multiple workstreams, hold vendors accountable, navigate competing priorities and keep senior stakeholders informed and confident throughout.

This is not a role for someone who needs close direction. It suits a polished, experienced PM who knows how to earn trust quickly and deliver in a busy environment.

About the Person

• 7+ years delivering complex IT projects end to end, with clear ownership from start to finish
• Proven ability to work across business and IT stakeholder groups at senior level
• Experience in multi-site, operational environments, retail, logistics, hospitality or similar
• Strong governance and planning disciplines without the bureaucracy
• Proactive risk management and calm, decisive issue resolution
• Formal PM qualification (Prince2, PMI, Agile or equivalent) is an advantage
• Fixed-term contract. Hybrid working with two to three days on-site per week. Competitive remuneration package including a completion bonus.

If this sounds like the right move, get in touch or apply below.

ROLE: Project Manager

LOCATION: Dublin (Hybrid – 3 days on site)

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Barden is partnering with a highly innovative, entrepreneurial Irish business to appoint a Project Manager to support the delivery of a growing portfolio of strategic initiatives. This is a high-impact role combining hands-on project delivery with broader oversight across a portfolio of initiatives. You’ll play a key part in bringing structure, governance, and delivery rigour to an environment that is scaling rapidly. This person will work closely with senior leadership and offers the opportunity to shape how projects are delivered across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a mix of high-profile projects while also maintaining programme oversight across a wider portfolio.
• Bring structure and best practice to how projects are initiated and delivered, from business case / scoping to execution.
• Partner with SME leads across the business to guide and support effective project delivery
• Establish and embed programme governance, including RAID management, delivery controls and reporting frameworks.
• Provide clear visibility to leadership on progress, risks, and dependencies
• Help ensure new initiatives are thoroughly assessed and set up for success
• Alongside project oversight and delivery, this role facilitates steering governance and decision-making forums including owning the agenda, the materials, the actions, and the follow-through that keep senior decision-making sharp and timely.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

Required Skills and Competencies:

• +7 years’ experience delivering complex projects and programmes end-to-end, often across multiple concurrent initiatives
• Strong background in structured PMO or enterprise environments, bringing best-practice governance and delivery discipline
• Comfortable engaging senior stakeholders, with experience supporting and facilitating executive decision-making forums
• Proven ability to improve and shape project governance frameworks in evolving environments
• Strong portfolio management capability, including risks, dependencies, change control, and benefits tracking
• Confident operating at C-suite level, influencing and guiding senior stakeholders
• Motivated by the opportunity to build and enhance project delivery capability within a growing organisation
• Experience operating in regulated, high‑governance or large operational environments is an advantage.
• PM certified or equivalent

Project Manager | Dublin | Hybrid

Take ownership of your own workstreams and step into a genuine project management role within a high-profile transformation programme. Working closely with the Programme Lead, you’ll move beyond coordination and into delivery, managing schedules, driving actions and keeping stakeholders aligned across a complex, fast-moving environment.

About the Role

• Lead and manage discrete project workstreams end-to-end
• Own project planning, scheduling and delivery tracking across multiple priorities
• Prepare and present progress updates and reporting packs for senior stakeholders
• Maintain governance frameworks, including RAID logs, actions and decision logs
• Build strong relationships across the business to drive accountability and momentum

About the Person

You’re organised, proactive and ready to take the next step in your PM career. You’re comfortable owning your work, engaging with senior stakeholders and bringing structure to ambiguity. You want a role where you can make a real impact, not just support from the sidelines.

• 3-7 years’ experience in a project management, PMO or project coordination role
• Exposure to project delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall or hybrid)
• Strong communication skills, written, visual and verbal
• Proficient in PowerPoint and Excel, with an eye for clear, well-structured reporting
• Eager to develop and grow within a programme environment

Barden are delighted to partner with a large multi-site retail organisation seeking a Master Data Manager to join their Dublin-based team.

This is a hands on team leadership role overseeing a team responsible for business critical master data across multiple systems, brands, and retail locations during a major POS transformation programme.

The successful person will lead work across pricing, vendor data, and store setup, ensuring accuracy and consistency across SAP and POS systems, while driving process improvement and stakeholder engagement across the business.

About the Role:

• Leading and mentoring a master data team of 6 across onshore and offshore locations.
• Managing priorities, workloads, and service delivery.
• Driving process improvements and governance initiatives.
• Working closely with commercial and operational stakeholders.
• Supporting ongoing retail systems and POS transformation projects.
• Ensuring high levels of data quality and accuracy across multiple platforms.

About the Person:

• Previous experience within Master Data Management or Data Governance.
• Strong team leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working within retail, FMCG, or multi-site environments.
• Exposure to SAP and/or POS systems.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with a continuous improvement mindset.

This role will suit someone who enjoys operating in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same and who can balance operational leadership with process enhancement and business engagement.

ROLE: Technical Programme Manager

CONTRACT: 12 months

LOCATION: Dublin

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Our Client is seeking a Technical Programme Manager to drive the adoption, enablement, and optimisation of internal automation, AI, and analytics tools across multiple business teams. This role will partner closely with stakeholders, operational teams, and technical customers (internal customers) to identify inefficiencies, reduce manual effort, and implement scalable technology-driven solutions using for example Amazon’s tooling ecosystem and AWS-native technologies.

The successful candidate will play a key role in helping teams leverage solutions such as Amazon QuickSight, AWS AI/ML services, automation platforms, and agentic systems to improve operational efficiency, decision-making, and customer outcomes.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone with a strong technical foundation — particularly in software engineering or systems development — who is looking to transition into a more strategic project and programme management role.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Drive the adoption and enablement of internal Amazon tools, platforms, and automation capabilities across business teams.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify operational pain points, manual processes, and workflow inefficiencies.
• Lead discovery workshops to understand business challenges and define scalable automation opportunities.
• Evaluate and recommend the most effective technical solutions using AWS infrastructure, AI services, analytics tooling, and internal Amazon platforms.
• Work closely with engineering, product, operations, and business teams to deliver automation and optimisation initiatives.
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of technical projects from requirements gathering through implementation and rollout.
• Support the development of AI-enabled and agentic workflow solutions to improve operational productivity and reduce manual intervention.
• Build reporting and operational insights using tools such as Amazon QuickSight and AWS analytics services.
• Develop business cases demonstrating cost savings, productivity gains, and operational improvements.
• Coordinate cross-functional programmes involving technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, measurable, and aligned with business objectives.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

Required skills & expertise:

• Experience in Technical Project Management, Programme Management, or Technical Product Management roles.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles and technical systems architecture.
• Exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure and modern automation ecosystems.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled workflows, automation tooling, and agentic systems.
• Experience working with analytics and reporting platforms such as Amazon QuickSight.
• Ability to translate business problems into scalable technical solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience identifying operational inefficiencies and driving process optimisation initiatives.
• Comfortable working across technical and non-technical teams in fast-paced environments.

Preferred Background:

• Previous experience as a Software Engineer, Developer, Solutions Engineer, or Technical Analyst.
• Experience transitioning from hands-on technical delivery into project or programme leadership.
• Exposure to AWS services such as Lambda, Bedrock, SageMaker, CloudWatch, Athena, Redshift, or related technologies.
• Experience delivering AI, automation, workflow optimisation, or operational transformation projects.
• Understanding of intelligent document processing, workflow orchestration, or enterprise automation platforms.

Hybrid Role | 3 days per week in the office | Cork City Centre

Barden is delighted to partner with a tech company in Cork in their search for a Principal Software Engineer to join their team. This person will work closely with engineering leadership to evolve legacy systems into modern, cloud-native architectures.

ABOUT THE ROLE (.NET | C#)

• Leading the technical execution of large-scale platform modernisation initiatives
• Writing production code and leading complex engineering work across the team
• Decomposing legacy systems and introducing modern architectural patterns
• Partnering with architecture, platform and product teams to define service boundaries and integration patterns
• Establishing engineering standards, testing practices and design principles across the team
• Leading technical design discussions and mentoring engineers at different experience levels
• Driving incremental modernisation approaches that avoid large-scale rewrites
• Identifying opportunities to leverage AI-assisted development tools and intelligent capabilities within the platform

ABOUT YOU

• Deep expertise with .NET / C# and modern engineering practices: 10+ years of hands-on experience
• Active daily user of AI development tools (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code) – these are how you work, not tools you’ve tried once
• Significant experience modernising legacy systems into modern architectures
• Strong TypeScript / Angular experience, with the ability to own features end-to-end across the full stack
• Strong experience designing and building distributed or service-oriented systems
• Cloud-native development experience (Azure preferred)
• Experience working across the full development lifecycle including CI/CD and automated testing
• Strong database and performance optimisation experience
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence engineering standards across teams

OTHER DETAILS

• Opportunity to play a key role in the modernisation of a large-scale production platform
• Work alongside senior engineering leadership and architecture teams
• Modern engineering environment with strong focus on cloud and AI-enabled development tools
• Opportunity to influence engineering practices and technical direction across multiple teams

Permanent position: salary + benefits (pension, full family healthcare, etc.)

If suitable, please apply here or contact rachel.mcguckian@Barden.ie for more information.

Full-Stack AI Engineer (12-Month Contract) – Dublin

Hybrid Role (1 day/week in office)

Global Tech Company

We are seeking an experienced Full-Stack AI Engineer to join our client on a 12-month contract. This is a hybrid delivery role combining hands-on development of GenAI-powered applications with a strong emphasis on training, enablement, and upskilling teams. You will build production-grade AI solutions, support existing applications, and help drive adoption of new technologies across the organisation.

The ideal person is technically strong, a confident communicator, and passionate about enabling others to work effectively with modern AI systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop production-grade GenAI applications
• Build and maintain AI-powered systems and existing applications
• Deliver technical training and enablement sessions for engineering teams
• Support adoption of AI tools and best practices across the organisation
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions

Required Skills

GenAI & Agentic Systems (Primary Focus)

• AWS Bedrock (foundation models, multi-agent workflows, knowledge bases, evaluations, guardrails)
• MCP (Model Context Protocol) server integration
• RAG pipelines: embedding models, vector databases, chunking and parsing strategies
• Experience fine-tuning models for performance and efficiency
• LLM-based document processing at scale

Full-Stack Development

• Python (FastAPI, async programming, authentication, concurrency/multi-threading)
• React (streaming UIs, real-time chat interfaces, enterprise applications)
• REST APIs, WebSockets, Server-Sent Events
• SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB)
• Version control (Git) and automated testing

AWS Infrastructure

• AWS services: Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge, Bedrock, S3, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, SQS
• Authentication & security: AWS Cognito, IAM, OAuth 2.0, JWT
• Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK)
• CI/CD pipeline implementation and maintenance

Experience Required

• 5+ years software engineering experience
• 2+ years experience in production AI/ML or GenAI development
• Strong track record working with AWS cloud environments
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of delivery
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Excellent documentation skills (code, architecture, technical specifications)

If suitable, please apply in the link below or contact rachel.mcguckian@Barden.ie for more details!