Regional People Operations Lead (EMEA & APAC)

About Aerogen:
Headquartered in the vibrant city of Galway Ireland with offices around the world Aerogen is proud to be the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery. Recognised through multiple MedTech awards including being named Galway Chamber Company of the Year 2025 and an eleven-time winner of the Zenith Award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America our employees make a difference to patients lives every day having reached over 30 million patients in more than 80 countries.
Today Aerogen is powered by a global team representing 54 nationalities working together with a shared commitment to improving patient care. Our talented and skilled team collaborate to innovate challenge and test not only in relation to our products but every facet of how we work.
We lead the way by finding innovative solutions to even the most complex problems all in the name of delivering better patient outcomes.
Our business continues to grow rapidly across the globe and as we grow our core culture of We Care universally connects us. We believe that your ambition and integrity fuels ours and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential through tangible investment in their careers.
Join us as we continue to #discoverbetter.

What is the role
As Regional People Operations Lead (EMEA & APAC) you will play a key role in delivering Aerogens People strategy by building scalable People Operations practices across multiple regions. You will work within the People Operations team and partner closely with People Business Partners and Business Leaders to build the Aerogen of the future ensuring compliance across jurisdictions and continuing to improve our positive employee will bring strong experience operating across EMEA (required) and ideally APAC leveraging people data and optimising people operations. Success in this role will involve strengthening global People Operations foundations embedding robust systems and data practices and enabling Aerogen to scale effectively across regions.

What are the key responsibilities
People Operations
Partner with the wider People & OD team to evolve global People Operations processes policies and standards ensuring regional relevance and compliance across EMEA and APAC.
Lead core EMEA & APAC People Operations activities across the employee lifecycle including onboarding employee movements offboarding and employee experience.
Partner closely with People Business Partners COEs and leaders acting as a trusted advisor on People Operations topics and best practice.
Autonomy to identify improvements and action driving improvements that increase efficiency scalability and overall employee experience leveraging our culture of We Care and our values.
Deliver on our global People Operations strategy.
Contribute expertise to key projects.
Work with stakeholders across regions to make sure our people practices are both scalable and locally relevant.
Act as mentor to the People Operations team.
Partner with Talent Acquisition and Reward & Benefits on enhancing leader employee and candidate experiences.
People Systems & Data
Play a key role in the implementation and ongoing optimisation of new HRIS in 2026.
Take ownership of relevant employee data across systems ensuring its accurate and compliant
Work closely with People & OD and Finance teams to ensure clean timely people data feeds into payroll
Use data to tell a story building and evolving people reporting and insights that support better decision-making
Continuous improvement of evolving people related AI & digital tools

What education and experience are required
10 years experience in HR with a strong mix of people operations and generalist experience.
Demonstrated experience supporting HR operations across multiple regions (EMEA required; APAC desirable).
Hands-on experience with enterprise HRIS.
Experience supporting or leading HRIS implementations or system transformations an advantage.
Strong knowledge of international employment law compliance and people best practices.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple levels and geographies.
Strong analytical capability with experience using data to inform decision-making.

What key skills will make you great at the role
Integrity
Acts with professionalism sound judgement and discretion in all People Operations activities.
Teamwork
Collaborates effectively and builds strong trusting relationships across teams and levels.
Ambition
Demonstrates a growth mindset with a drive for continuous improvement and highquality delivery.
Innovation
Identifies and implements creative technologyenabled solutions to enhance people processes.

What is it like to work at Aerogen
Our purpose is to transform patient lives and our ethos is to#discoverbetter. This also translates to how we look after our people. We want talented passionate and engaged people to join Aerogen and build your career with us. We understand that your life evolves through different stages and we are here to support our global team with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. Theres something for everyone! Here is an idea of what we offer:
Excellent medical care.
Bonus & Pension.
Aerogen Connect our employee led programme which supports our global teams to unite and have fun.
We pledge 1% of profits and time to charities and organisations.
Aerogen is committed to promoting diversity inclusion and equality in the workplace. If you have any difficulty using our application process please contact us by emailing emailprotected. Please include your name and preferred method of contact.