Director, Digital R&D Domain Lead

Jazz Pharmaceutical sis 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  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.

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 and 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 and adjacent data and workflow platforms, spanning process enablement, integrations, data integrity, security, and operational resilience.

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.

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, escale 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…