[Hiring] Senior Director, Global Study Management @Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Role Description

The Senior Director, Head of Global Study Management is a key leadership role within Clinical Operations at Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Reporting directly to the Executive Director, Head of Clinical Operations, the successful candidate will sit on the Clinical Operations Leadership Team and play an integral role in shaping strategic vision, operational execution, and organizational capability across Global Study Management and Clinical Operations more broadly at Jazz.

This role requires a Clinical Operations expert with a strong track record in clinical trial delivery, strategic functional leadership, and robust financial acumen. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise in clinical study execution with a broad enterprise perspective, leading global teams to deliver clinical development programs efficiently, with high quality, compliance and innovation.

Qualifications

• Proven Track Record in Clinical Trial Delivery: Demonstrated track record of leading complex, global Phase I–IV clinical study execution across multiple therapeutic areas (Required).
• Deep experience of Oncology, Rare Disease or Neuroscience (preferred).
• Functional Leadership Experience: Extensive leadership experience within a global study management or clinical operations organization in the biopharmaceutical industry or Clinical Research Organization (CRO).
• Strategic Capability: A demonstrated track record of strategic functional leadership, organizational design, and departmental vision setting (Desirable).
• Technical & Enterprise Balance: Demonstrated ability to manage complex technical details within the function while consistently maintaining a strategic enterprise perspective.
• Strategic Partnering: Skilled at collaborating with Clinical Development and medical experts to translate scientific concepts into operationally viable study designs and execution plans.
• Financial Acumen: Adept at constructing, analyzing, and optimizing functional workforce budgets in support of short- and mid-term planning activities.
• Self-Starter & Results-Driven: A highly motivated, resilient self-starter with a proactive approach to solving complex operational challenges.
• Global Mindset & Flexibility: Proven capability to operate effectively across a matrixed global environment, requiring time zone flexibility to support multi-regional teams and study sites.
• High-Performance Culture Builder: Demonstrated ability to inspire, motivate, and embed high-performance practices within a growing study management organization.
• Communication & Influencing: Superior communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, capable of influencing decisions at executive leadership levels.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Allied Health, or related field required; advanced degree (MS, PharmD, PhD, or MBA) strongly preferred.
• Significant biopharmaceutical industry experience in clinical trial operations, with significant senior leadership responsibility in Global Study management.
• Direct line management (required), including leadership of people managers (preferred).

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401k retirement savings plan.
• Flexible paid vacation.
• Discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation (depending on the role).
• Discretionary equity grants in accordance with Jazz’s Long Term Equity Incentive Plan.

Company Description

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.