Associate Director, Commercial AI Tech Lead

BioSpace; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 154,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k retirement savings plan

Paid time off and flexible benefits

Job summary

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is seeking an Associate Director, Commercial AI Technical Lead to provide senior-level technical leadership across AI and analytics for the Commercial function. You will guide build vs. buy decisions, assess solution quality, and prioritize high-impact AI use cases based on data readiness and risk.

This role requires strong data science skills and pharma commercial experience. Responsibilities include leading generative AI applications for field, marketing, and operations,

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of machine learning techniques, model evaluation, and real world deployment considerations.
• Experience evaluating third party AI solutions and comparing them with internally developed approaches.
• Experience working in regulated environments with awareness of privacy, compliance, and explainability requirements.

Responsibilities

• Apply data science expertise for AI and advanced analytics solutions across Commercial use cases.
• Provide technical expertise in Generative AI applications for field, marketing, and operations teams.
• Evaluate the technical quality of AI solutions, including model design, data requirements, validation, explainability, and monitoring.
• Review analytical approaches to ensure rigor, trust, and compliance with Jazz standards.
• Support build versus buy assessments and vendor due diligence for commercial AI capabilities.

Skills

Machine learning basics

Model evaluation

Regulated environment experience

Communication & collaboration

Matrixed enterprise experience

Commercial data sources

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, CS, Engineering or related quantitative field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life‑changing medicines for people with serious diseases — often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Our patient‑focused and science‑driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to serving patients worldwide. Please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com for more information.

The Associate Director, Commercial AI Technical Lead provides senior‑level technical expertise and hands‑on leadership across AI and advanced analytics initiatives for the Commercial function of Jazz. This role acts as a key individual contributor and technical advisor, partnering closely with the Commercial organization and Digital Enterprise Capabilities Data & AI colleagues to ensure AI solutions are technically sound, scalable, compliant, and value‑driven. The role is responsible for supporting build versus buy evaluations, assessing the quality, robustness, and long‑term viability of AI solutions, and contributing to the prioritization of commercial AI use cases based on business impact, feasibility, data readiness, and risk. Strong applied data science skills and pharmaceutical commercial experience are critical to success in this role.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Apply data science expertise for AI and advanced analytics solutions across Commercial use cases such as forecasting, targeting, segmentation, personalization, omnichannel engagement, and commercial optimization.
• Provide technical expertise in Generative AI applications for field teams (e.g., pre-call planning), marketing teams (e.g., content generation or market research), operations teams (e.g., knowledge summarization and search), etc.
• Evaluate the technical quality of AI solutions, including (where applicable) LLM strategy, solution architecture, model design, featurization, data requirements, validation approaches, explainability, monitoring, and scalability.
• Review and challenge analytical approaches, assumptions, and outputs from internal teams and external vendors to ensure solutions meet Jazz standards for rigor, trust, and compliance.
• Support technical assessments of build versus buy options for commercial AI capabilities, considering time to value, cost, scalability, extensibility, vendor dependency, and long term ownership.
• Participate in technical due diligence of vendor solutions, including review of methodologies, data usage, solution transparency, and operational readiness.
• Contribute clear technical input and recommendations to inform investment and solution implementation decisions. Evaluate build versus buy frameworks.
• Support prioritization of commercial AI initiatives by assessing feasibility, data readiness, implementation complexity, adoption readiness, and potential business impact.
• Partner with commercial and analytics stakeholders to define success metrics and ensure AI solutions are designed to deliver measurable value.
• Define pilot or MVP solutions that test solution applicability, confirm value measurement and define supporting process changes.
• Identify opportunities to reuse, standardize, or scale AI capabilities across brands, markets, or commercial functions.
• Remain hands on as needed, contributing to or reviewing development, experimentation design, feature engineering, and analytical pipelines.
• Apply best practices in data science, including model validation, bias assessment, explainability, and documentation appropriate for a regulated environment.
• Support the responsible application of advanced analytics, machine learning, and generative AI techniques in commercial contexts.
• Partner closely with Commercial, DEC Data Engineering, Architecture, and Security teams and Privacy and Compliance teams to support delivery of scalable, secure AI solutions.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure commercial AI solutions align with enterprise data, AI, security, and governance standards.

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Solid understanding of machine learning techniques, model evaluation, and real world deployment considerations.
• Experience evaluating third party AI solutions and comparing them with internally developed approaches.
• Experience working in regulated environments with awareness of privacy, compliance, and explainability requirements.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence without formal authority.
• Experience supporting AI initiatives in a matrixed enterprise environment.
• Experience working with commercial data sources such as CRM, claims, promotional, and digital engagement data.

Required/Preferred Education And Licenses

• Bachelor’s degree with advanced training or experience in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Social science fields (quantitative psych, quantitative sociology, or economics) or a related quantitative field; advanced degree preferred.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.

FOR US BASED CANDIDATES ONLY

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. For this role, the full and complete base pay range is: $153,600.00 - $230,400.00 Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, and other pertinent factors. The goal is to ensure fair and competitive compensation aligned with the candidate's expertise and contributions, within the established pay framework and our Total Compensation philosophy. Internal equity considerations will also influence individual base pay decisions. This range will be reviewed on a regular basis. At Jazz, your base pay is only one part of your total compensation package. The successful candidate may also be eligible for a discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation (depending on the role), in accordance with the terms of the Company's Global Cash Bonus Plan or Incentive Compensation Plan, as well as discretionary equity grants in accordance with Jazz's Long Term Equity Incentive Plan. The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information on our Benefits offerings please click here: https://careers.jazzpharma.com/benefits.html.