Director, DEC Digital R&D Domain Lead

BioSpace; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 188,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

Jazz Pharmaceuticals in the United States seeks a Director, DEC R&D Digital R&D Domain Lead to guide digital product strategy across R&D and to advise leaders in Research, Nonclinical Development, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Evidence Generation, and Medical Affairs.

You will lead a team of capability leaders, oversee platform health, governance, vendor relations, and data/AI enablement, ensuring compliant, scalable digital solutions.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of progressive leadership in delivering or managing R&D related systems and products, Pharma experience required.
• Proven ownership of R&D solutions supporting research, nonclinical, clinical, regulatory, or related domains with integration platforms.
• Experience with governance, validation, audit readiness, and compliance in GxP environments.

Responsibilities

• Translate business priorities into plans, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes for DEC R&D digital products.
• Prioritize enhancements with stakeholders and deliver platform improvements that meet functional needs.
• Mature the product operating model with governance and prioritization for R&D platforms.
• Oversee day-to-day health and evolution of platforms supporting research, nonclinical, clinical, regulatory, and medical affairs systems.
• Ensure platforms operate in line with GxP and regulated requirements, including validation and audit readiness.
• Maintain strong controls for security, data integrity, access, and change management.
• Lead a high-performing team of capability leaders delivering digital products for R&D operations.
• Manage vendor and partner relationships to support digital product delivery and service quality.
• Collaborate with architecture, delivery, and business teams to align with enterprise standards.
• Plan product capacity, lifecycle management, upgrades, and service improvements.
• Support integration planning and apply data standards across platforms.
• Collaborate with Data & AI leaders to enable analytics features and data integration.

Skills

Leadership

R&D systems

Stakeholder management

GxP/regulatory

Digital product strategy

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related science/technology/information systems

Job description

If you are a current Jazz employee please apply via the Internal Career site.

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.

Brief Description

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Director, DEC R&D Digital R&D Domain Lead to support digital product strategy serving R&D, acting as a trusted advisor to Research and Nonclinical Development, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Evidence Generation, and Medical Affairs leaders. This leader will be responsible for leading a team of capability leaders, each focused on a specific capability area within R&D.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

Drive Cross-Channel Digital Excellence

• Support the DEC strategy across R&D 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 R&D platforms.
• Oversee the day-to-day health and evolution of platforms supporting research, nonclinical development, clinical, regulatory, safety, evidence generation, and medical affairs systems.

Risk & Controls (GxP)

• Ensure platforms supporting R&D 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 Research and Nonclinical Development 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 R&D 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 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 R&D related systems and products, Pharma experience required
• Demonstrated ownership of R&D solutions supporting research, nonclinical development, clinical development, regulatory, evidence generation, medical affairs, 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 R&D 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 a track record of 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

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: $188,000.00 - $282,000.00

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.