As Country Manager for Ireland, you will lead and grow our wholesale business across the Irish market, owning both the strategy and the results. This is a high-impact leadership role with full P&L accountability, where you will shape commercial success, strengthen partnerships with hearing care professionals, and ensure strong regulatory and governance alignment.In return for your commercial expertise and leadership capability, you will gain the autonomy to lead a national business, influence strategic direction, and make a meaningful difference in hearing healthcare across Ireland - all within a global organisation committed to innovation, growth and excellence.More about the role:
Lead the Irish wholesale business with full P&L responsibility, driving revenue, market share and profitability
Develop and execute the Irish market strategy, aligning commercial, sales and operational excellence priorities
Build and strengthen relationships with audiologists, independent hearing care providers, retail partners and distributors
Act as Registered Director, ensuring legal, regulatory, tax and governance compliance in line with Irish statutory requirements
Introduce new products and solutions to market, ensuring successful commercial launches
Provide strategic insight, forecasting and performance reporting to regional leadership
More about you:Essential:
Solid commercial leadership experience within medical devices, audiology, hearing care or related healthcare sectors
Strong commercial acumen with experience managing P&L responsibility
Proven ability to build strategic customer relationships and negotiate commercial agreements
Experience leading and developing high-performing teams
Eligible to act as an Irish Resident Director and meet statutory compliance requirements
Desirable:
Degree educated (or equivalent experience)
Strong understanding of the Irish healthcare and audiology landscape
Experience operating within regulated medical device environments
You are a resilient and empathetic leader who combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution. You act with integrity, bring independent judgement to decision-making, and foster a culture of accountability, inclusion and high performance.More about what we offerAs one of the world's leading hearing care providers headquartered in Switzerland, we're committed to building an inclusive culture. We want to create an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work, through our flexible hybrid working model. We offer a wide range of training opportunities for both your professional and personal development, and there are exceptional growth opportunities with individual development plans.For this vacancy only direct applications will be considered.Sonova is an equal opportunity employer.We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate’s ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.162158
