Director, DEC Digital R&D Domain Lead

Job Summary

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company dedicated to transforming lives of patients through innovative medicines. 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.

About the Role

The Director, DEC R&D Digital R&D Domain Lead supports digital product strategy serving R&D, acts as a trusted advisor to Research and Nonclinical Development, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Evidence Generation, and Medical Affairs leaders. This role leads a team of capability leaders, each focused on a specific capability area within R&D.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Drive cross-channel digital excellence by supporting the DEC strategy across R&D.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to prioritize enhancements, manage tradeoffs, and deliver platform improvements that meet functional needs.
• 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.
• 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.
• Enable integration planning across R&D products to enable reliable data flow and business processes.
• Partner with Data & AI Product Tech Lead and the enterprise data capability owners to apply consistent integration and data standards across platforms.
• Enable AI and analytics features within products and 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.
• 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.

Benefits

Jazz Pharmaceuticals offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information, please visit: https://careers.jazzpharma.com/benefits.html.