Director, DEC Digital R&D Domain Lead

Role 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.

The Director, DEC R&D Digital R&D Domain Lead is a technology and business leader responsible for strategy, delivery, and operational excellence of platforms supporting R&D functions. 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:

• Scientific productivity
• Development acceleration
• Clinical trial operations
• Regulatory submissions

The role provides cross-functional domain leadership and technical ownership for digital platforms and capabilities supporting all areas of Jazz R&D, including:

• Research informatics
• Clinical trial systems
• Regulatory information management
• Evidence generation platforms
• Medical affairs systems
• Safety platforms
• Adjacent data and workflow platforms

As a trusted partner to R&D leaders, this role supports technology priorities and investment tradeoffs, aligning product development with business strategy, regulatory obligations, and value realization goals, while leading capability leaders, teams and partners with clear accountability for outcomes.

Qualifications

• 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

Requirements

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

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401k retirement savings plan
• Flexible paid vacation