VP, R&D Pipeline & Project Management

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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.

Job Description

Essential Functions

Strategic Portfolio Leadership & Governance Support

Oversee the integrated R&D pipeline strategy, ensuring alignment of priorities, resources, and risk based decision making, ensuring alignment to corporate priorities and therapeutic area strategies. Strengthen pipeline governance and decision processes, evolving R&D governance practices across the pipeline. Partner with FP&A, Commercial, Medical, and R&D leaders to align pipeline and portfolio plans with strategic value and fiscal constraints. Ensure program analytics allowing strengthened evidence-based prioritization decisions. Own and continuously improve pipeline governance, including cross program reviews, stage-gate readiness, and decision cadence. Provide clear, data-driven insights to support executive decisions on investment, resourcing, risk, and pipeline trade-offs. Proactively identify and manage cross program risks, interdependencies, and strategic delivery constraints. Own and continuously improve governance, including pipeline reviews, stage-gate readiness, and decision cadence. Provide clear, data-driven insights to support executive decisions on investment, resourcing, risk, and pipeline trade-offs. Proactively identify and manage cross program risks, interdependencies, and strategic delivery constraints.

Strategic R&D Planning

Identify strategic gaps in project delivery, resource utilization, deployment and optimization, or operations—and propose targeted transformation initiatives. Co-develop the R&D transformation roadmap aligned with corporate priorities and growth strategy. Shape long-term strategic objectives, operating models and digital capability priorities and translate into tactical execution plans across program/project operations, functional enablement, process improvement, and system adoption.             Identify structural and process inefficiencies across R&D and propose high-impact initiatives with clearly defined KPIs and ROI.

R&D Transformation

In collaboration with the Transformation Office this role has accountability to shape, lead, and govern the global R&D transformation agenda, partnering with R&D leadership to deliver a comprehensive transformation strategy that advances Jazz’s R&D pipeline ambitions. Lead planning, implementation, and execution of multiple transformation programs across R&D, ensuring high quality delivery and measurable business impact. Introduce new ways of working that enhance R&D efficiency, speed, and decision making quality. Anticipate future changes and emerging trends to advance long term agenda and strategy. Serve as principal thought partner to the EVP, R&D on strategic organizational evolution ensuring industry-competitive capabilities across R&D functional areas. Lead operational and digital transformation leading process mapping, root cause analysis, and optimization efforts across the R&D lifecycle using Lean Six Sigma tools (e.g., DMAIC, SIPOC, FMEA). Lead process mapping, root cause analysis, and optimization efforts across the R&D lifecycle using Lean Six Sigma tools (e.g., DMAIC, SIPOC, FMEA). Implement scalable solutions to digitize workflows or optimize R&D systems (e.g., EDC, CTMS, eTMF, IRT, safety systems) to reduce cycle times, improve data flow and enhance data-driven decision making.

Cross Functional R&D Project Management

Define and oversee standardized pipeline, programme, and project management practices across R&D. Ensure strong discipline