Leadership and Executive Programmes

NOVA Women in Tech Leadership

NOVA focuses on combining human-centred leadership with the strategic technology and advanced AI-enabled capabilities increasingly required by organisations.

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Next cohort starting

21 October 2026

€1,200

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At a glance

A leadership development programme for women in the technology and digital sector, delivered by Genos Europe in partnership with Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet. NOVA builds strategic influence, emotional intelligence, and future-ready leadership skills for women stepping into more senior leadership roles.

NOVA is open to women working in tech who:

Have a minimum of 5 years' experience in a people management or team leadership role.
Are currently in, or actively progressing toward, a senior management, director, or VP-level role.
Can commit to attending all workshops and coaching sessions, and completing associated pre-work and follow-up activities.

Outcomes

Benefits to Participants

Emotional Intelligence & Authentic Presence — Builds self-awareness, confidence, and authentic leadership presence.
Composure in Complexity — Develops the ability to navigate fast-moving, tech-driven environments with clarity and resilience.
Trust & Psychological Safety — Strengthens the ability to build teams where people feel seen and valued.
Courageous Communication — Gives practical tools for difficult conversations, feedback, and inclusive dialogue.
Strategic Career Vision — Produces a clear, actionable career roadmap aligned with personal values and goals.
Digital Fluency & Innovation Mindset — Builds confidence with AI and digital tools, and an agile, future-ready mindset.
Purposeful Impact — Leaves participants with direction, credibility, and influence to lead authentically in tech.

Benefits to Organisations

Greater Agility & Organisational Resilience — Strengthens the organisation's ability to adapt in a fast-changing digital landscape.
Stronger Pipeline of Women Leaders — Builds a sustainable pipeline of confident, emotionally intelligent women ready for senior roles.
Enhanced Retention & Engagement — Improves commitment and progression among high-potential women, reducing attrition.
Inclusive, High-Performing Cultures — Fosters inclusive leadership that drives innovation and collaboration.
Trust, Safety & Creative Problem Solving — Builds psychological safety so diverse teams can take risks and innovate.
Change-Ready, Communicative Leaders — Equips managers to lead teams through transformation with clarity and confidence.
Measurable Leadership Impact — Delivers tangible business outcomes via the Leadership Impact Capstone project.

About the programme

Upcoming Dates

20 spots

NOVA Open 2026

Starting

21 October 2026

€1,200

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Course content

Programme Outline

Delivered over 5 months

Day 1

Becoming a more authentic & emotionally intelligent leader
Building a culture of mattering
Setting yourself up for success

Day 2

Building robust trustworthiness
Leading DEI: From intent to impact
Structured conversations

Investment

€1,200

FAQs

General FAQs

Who can join the Digital Skillnet Network?

Network membership is free for private sector and commercial semi-state companies based in the Republic of Ireland.

Once registered, eligible member companies can access Digital Skillnet part-funded programmes, helping reduce the cost of training and making upskilling more accessible across your organisation.

What are the aims of the Digital Skillnet Network?

The aim of the network is:

To support software and digital technology companies to remain at the cutting edge of skills and knowledge.
To enable companies to gain access to staff training and development programmes which are aligned to their current needs.
To work with educational bodies in strategic partnerships to develop new educational solutions to meet new software sector needs.
To provide funding support for staff training thereby lowering training costs for companies.
To extend up-skilling opportunities to more employees and companies across the sector.

How can a training provider join Digital Skillnet's roster?

As training requirements arise, the network invites suitable trainers to quote or tender for the delivery of each programme.

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Where does Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet funding come from?

Technology Ireland DIGITAL Skillnet receives funding on an annual basis under the Training Networks Programme from Skillnet Ireland, the enterprise-led training agency. This allows the network to provide courses at a lower cost than commercial training courses – while still being delivered by the highest quality experts and trainers.

Over the last 3 years the Digital Skillnet has been awarded subsidies in excess of €2 million to support companies by significantly lowering the cost, and increasing the effectiveness of, organisational development strategies. The specific levels of subsidy for companies are allocated on a course-by-course basis.

What is Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet?

Established in 2010, Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet (“Digital Skillnet”) is the national training network for Ireland's Digital Technology sector. Our mission is to enable workforce development, performance and competitiveness for companies and their workforce through innovative upskilling solutions, backed by government funding. We support companies in all sectors to accelerate digital capacity, transformation and strategic innovation.

Member companies include a combination of indigenous organisations and multinational foreign direct investment (FDI) firms.

The Network Sponsor is Technology Ireland, a federation within Ibec, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (www.ibec.ie). Our upskilling initiatives are co-funded by the Government of Ireland, the European Union through the European Social Fund ESF+ and Network Companies.

How can Digital Skillnet help companies to fund their training needs?

Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet receives government funding. This allow us to provide support on course fees so that companies incur lower costs than commercial training courses.

Through the network, we also use our combined buying power to achieve the best training rates from providers.

Subsidised fees for network members are shown on our training schedule. These are the costs after funding support from the network.
Typical savings of 40-60% for companies through DIGITAL Skillnet

To access subsisidised course fees companies can join the network. Network membership is free and is open to all enterprises in the Republic of Ireland.

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