Associate Director, DEC Supply Chain Capability Lead (Remote/Home Based)

Jazz Pharmaceuticals; Leinster; Remote; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jazz Pharmaceuticals seeks an Associate Director, DEC Supply Chain Capability Lead to drive digital product strategy and act as a strategic technology partner to Global Supply Chain. The role focuses on strategy, delivery, operational excellence, and a product operating model across platforms supporting Technical Operations and data workflows.

Leading cross-functional teams, ensuring regulatory alignment, data integrity, and enterprise standards, you will enable innovation and measurable

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of progressive leadership in Technical Operations or related Pharma systems.
• Ownership of digital platforms in regulated environments including audit readiness and governance.
• Experience delivering value-based outcomes through product-oriented leadership.

Responsibilities

• Translate business priorities into roadmaps and measurable outcomes for DEC Supply Chain platforms.
• Prioritize enhancements with stakeholders and manage platform tradeoffs to meet functional needs.
• Incorporate governance, practical ways of working, and capacity planning for product teams.
• Oversee day-to-day health, evolution, and compliance of Supply Chain platforms.

Skills

Leadership

GxP/regulatory

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science/tech/IS

Tools

Regulatory-compliant platforms

Job description

Brief Description:

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is seeking an Associate Director, DEC Supply Chain Capability Lead to support digital product strategy and act as a strategic technology partner and trusted advisor to Global Supply Chain.

The Associate Director, DEC Supply Chain Capability Lead is a technology and business leader responsible for strategy, delivery, and operational excellence of platforms and products supporting Global Supply Chain. This role operates with a product operating model mindset, supporting a portfolio of platforms and products to ensure they are secure, scalable, and continuously optimized to deliver measurable business outcomes including business process improvement, operational efficiencies, and innovation.

The role provides cross-functional domain leadership and technical ownership for digital platforms and capabilities supporting Technical Operations platforms and adjacent data and workflow platforms, spanning process enablement, integrations, data integrity, security, and operational resilience.

As a trusted partner to Global Supply Chain leaders, this role supports technology priorities and investment tradeoffs, aligning product development with business strategy, regulatory obligations, and value realization goals.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

Drive Cross-Channel Digital Excellence

• Support the DEC strategy across Global Supply Chain by translating business priorities into clear plans, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.


• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to prioritize enhancements, manage tradeoffs, and deliver platform improvements that meet functional needs.


• Help mature the product operating model by establishing practical ways of working, governance, and prioritization for Supply Chain platforms.


• Oversee the day-to-day health and evolution of platforms supporting Supply Chain.

Risk & Controls (GxP)

• Ensure platforms supporting Supply Chain operate in line with GxP and other regulated requirements, including support for validation, audit readiness, and issue remediation.


• Partner with internal teams to maintain strong controls related to security, data integrity, access, and change management.


• Monitor risks, elevate issues as needed, and support actions that improve platform stability, resilience, and compliance.

Leadership & Operating Model

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of capability leaders responsible for digital products supporting Global Supply Chain operations, delivery, and continuous improvement.


• Manage vendor and partner relationships to support digital product delivery, service quality, and business priorities.


• Collaborate with architecture, delivery, and business teams to align solutions with enterprise standards and functional needs.


• Support planning for product capacity, lifecycle management, upgrades, and service improvements.

Integration & Data & AI Enablement

• Support integration planning across Technical Operations products to enable reliable data flow and business processes.


• Work with technical teams, the Data & AI Product Tech Lead and the enterprise data capability owners to apply consistent integration and data standards across Global Supply Chain platforms.


• Partner with Data & AI Product Tech Lead and enterprise analytics and AI leaders to enable AI and analytics features within products and to integrate data & AI products into capability roadmaps.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 8-10 years of progressive leadership in delivering or managing Technical Operations related systems and products, Pharma experience required.


• Demonstrated ownership of Technical Operations solutions supporting research and nonclinical development or related domains, along with adjacent reporting and integration platforms.


• Proven accountability and ownership in GxP-regulated environments, including audit management, validation support, and governance of regulated operations.


• Experience with enterprise ownership of digital platforms supporting Technical Operations and regulated operations.


• Strong enterprise mindset with the ability to balance functional needs with product delivery standardization and long-term value.


• Product-oriented leader with experience delivering measurable, value-based outcomes rather than project outputs.


• Trusted advisor to business leaders, with strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.


• Experience in leading and developing high-performing teams.

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

• Bachelor’s degree in a related science, technology or Information Systems field