IDA Ireland Announces 241 Promising New Jobs in 8 Cutting-Edge Companies

IDA Ireland says the jobs will be across 8 companies.

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar and IDA Ireland have announced today the creation of 241 jobs across Ireland. The openings will be in a variety of sectors, from technology to business.

The positions are to open in Dublin, Galway, Letterkenny, and Limerick, across 8 high-growth international companies, from both Europe and the United States. The investments are supported by IDA Ireland through the Irish government.

Leo Varadkar said: “It’s a testament to our highly qualified and talented workforce. I’m really impressed with the high growth potential of these companies and wish them every success as they continue to grow their business here in Ireland.”

The job opportunities will be spread across the business service and technology sectors, and cover a range of roles such as software development, customer support, tech support, engineering, marketing, and sales.

Martin Shanahan CEO of IDA Ireland said: “I am delighted to welcome these new companies to Ireland. I particularly welcome the locational spread of these investments which shows that the technology offering, availability of talent and attractive work life balance in the regions resonates with overseas investors.”

What positions has IDA Ireland announced?

There will be 50 jobs available in Dublin at Workato – a leading enterprise automation platform. The company has a valuation of $5.7 billion valuation as of last November, and was recently named in the 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50 List. Workato plans to expand their Dublin office after opening in Dublin’s WeWork building last September, bringing its 10 Dublin employees up to 60. The jobs will roll out over approximately three years, predominantly in sales, marketing, and engineering.

Another 50 jobs will be available at Bluecrux – a leading provider of process and technology solutions in operations, planning, and transformation. Bluecrux first arrived in Ireland with the 2021 opening of their Galway office, followed quickly by the opening of a Dublin office this March – and this is just further consolidation of their global expansion plans. The jobs are to be rolled out through 2025 in their offices in Galway and Dublin.

40 jobs are to open at GeistM – a New York-based marketing technology company, focusing on global marketing services. GeistM announced today that it has established its EU Headquarters in Dublin, which will be responsible for managing clients outside the USA. They plan to grow to 40 employees by 2024, with the openings being across creative, client management, engineering, business development, and marketing services.

Travizory Border Security SA are opening 30 new jobs –  Travizory is a Swiss technology company facilitating secure digital border-crossing experiences for governments and travellers. With specialists in AI and machine learning, biometrics, mobile border security and border management, Travizory works to make the travel experiemce seamless. Travizory has recently opened a development centre in Letterkenny, planning to roll out jobs by 2024 to support their business growth. Travizory plan to add 30 staff in Ireland by 2024 to support their rapidly growing business.

25 jobs will be available at the San Francisco-based Evolv AI, in their European teams based in Dublin and Limerick, seeing Ireland as a top place to recruit new talent. Evolv AI is an experience optimization solutions provider, helping braids to deliver personalised customer experiences. The 25 new roles will span through sales, marketing, expert services, client success management, and engineering, research and development.

Swiss company Hader Solutions, a manufacturer of medical devices, aim to hire 18 people over the next three years. The roles will be available in their first distribution centre in Dublin, which will focus on distributing products to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA).

Swedish cloud-based reference checking solution company Refapp has announced up to 15 roles over three years in their new Dublin-based EMEA Sales Hub. Refapp is a web-based solution to handling the reference process in recruiting. The roles are across inside sales, development, and marketing.

Finally, 13 jobs have been announced by Censys, a leading provider of continuous attack surface management. Their new Irish office will be the headquarters for its international expansion. Censys aims to double its size in Ireland every six months, and will hire for 13 roles until 2024.

“Our value proposition and our agile and adaptable business environment remains attractive to high growth companies.  These companies choose Ireland as the location from which to serve and grow their customer base due to Ireland’s established track record as a tech hub in Europe.  IDA Ireland continues to compete strongly for every investment won for Ireland.  I wish all of these companies well and look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with each of them,” added Martin Shanahan.