HR Strategy Salary Guide 2025

The HR Search HR Strategy Salary Guide for Ireland in 2025 leverages insights from Irish HR professionals to clarify market dynamics, professional motivations, and expectations across the HR landscape. This comprehensive survey aims to inform strategic decisions on HR strategy talent retention and recruitment, including key questions like: what should an HR strategy professional be earning in 2025? Our sincere gratitude to all contributing clients, candidates, and partners.

Roles across Change Management, Organisation Design and Organisational Effectiveness are critical as companies navigate change in response to market demands, technological advancements and shifting workforce expectations.

Change Management has expanded significantly as organisations undergo digital transformation and restructuring. Organisation Design Specialists were in high demand in 2024, as businesses seeked to create agile structures that support innovation and collaboration. The focus is on building teams that are not only capable of achieving immediate goals but also resilient enough to adapt to future challenges.

As we look to 2025, the demand for strategic HR roles will continue to grow. The emphasis on organisational effectiveness will see Heads and Directors of Orgnaisational Design play a vital role in aligning HR strategies with overall business objectives. We continue to see the demand for experienced HR strategy professionals on a project / contract basis. The integration of data analytics into HR strategy will become increasingly important. HR professionals will leverage data to inform decisions about workforce planning, employee engagement and performance management.

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HR Strategy Director €120000 €220000
HR Strategy Manager €80000 €120000
HR Strategy Specialist €55000 €75000

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