Senior Director, Oncology Pharmacology

## Senior Director, Oncology Pharmacology Apply:
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Full time:
Posted 30+ Days Ago:
R011027
** 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  for more information.##
** Job Description
**** Brief Description
*** This individual will be responsible for leading scientific team members assigned to oncology assets ranging from discovery through regulatory approval.
* This individual will both manage the oncology pharmacology team and serve a lead on one or more programs themselves.
* Primary responsibilities of the oncology pharmacology team include establishing efficacy in relevant disease models, demonstrating differentiation relative to relevant comparators, determining PK/PD/efficacy relationships, characterizing mechanisms of action, identifying predictive disease models, indications, and biomarkers, driving preclinical discovery, supporting research and development of Jazz products and drug candidates overall, and designing and executing studies that address clinically relevant priorities.
* Operational tasks include designing and executing experiments that are outsourced or performed by in-house bench researchers or academic collaborators, reviewing and contributing to clinical protocols, reviewing and authoring technical reports, coauthoring sections of regulatory documents ranging from IND to NDA/BLA submissions, and communicating relevant research at internal and external forums.
* The oncology pharmacology team cross-functional, including participation in matrix teams assigned to specific products that include but are not limited to Clinical Development, Bioanalytical, Toxicology, Clinical Pharmacology, Biomarkers Regulatory Affairs, and Project Management.
* Collaborate with and represent ORP on internal teams—to design, develop, implement, and oversee execution of strategies and experiments supporting nonclinical studies in hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.
** Essential Functions
*** Design and execute experiments to elucidate efficacy, tolerability, mechanism of action, and biomarkers associated with complex combinations of multiple therapeutic modalities (small molecules, biologics, ADCs, bi-specifics, cell therapies, and other emerging platforms).
* Critically evaluate biochemical and cellular assays.
* Communicate effectively across JAZZ functional teams, highly matrixed, cross functional environments.
* Demonstrate strong interpersonal, negotiation, and influence skills.
* Independently develop experimental strategies, analyze data, and present results to non‐clinical and governance-level teams.
* Collaborate with CROs to outsource studies, develop protocols, manage timelines and budgets, and partner with academic labs for Jazz sponsored research.
* Serve as a project team leader and/or as lead pharmacology representative across various oncology programs,
* Mentor junior scientists and…