Chief of Staff, R&D

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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

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Essential Functions/Responsibilities

Executive Partnership & Strategic Support

Act as a trusted advisor to the EVP, R&D, ensuring focus on priority areas and providing strategic counsel to improve decision making and organizational effectiveness

Partnering with the EVP to drive high performance culture and transformation initiatives

Anticipate needs and proactively manage the EVP’s priorities and agenda, ensuring time, and capacity are focused on the most critical strategic initiatives

Drive forward key R&D strategic initiatives and transformation workstreams, ensuring alignment among stakeholders to deliver high quality outcomes

Act as strategic connector across R&D and key business stakeholders to drive enterprise wide outcomes enabling clarity, consistency, and timely decision-making

Own, execute and prioritize a wide range of strategic and operational projects, exercising sound judgement and discretion

In partnership with the VP, Pipeline Portfolio & Project Management lead the end‑to‑end governance cycle for PGC and DPRC, including agenda setting, pre‑read development, executive briefing for the EVP, and post‑meeting action tracking

Coordinate preparation of PGC and DPRC governance materials, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment across R&D and cross‑functional partners

Coordinate the development of materials to support the EVP, including board level presentations and internal/external communications

Synthesize complex information and present clear, concise recommendations to support executive decision making

Represent or deputize for the EVP, R&D in key meetings forums, and cross functional discussions as appropriate

Identify and elevate emerging issues and trends relevant to R&D—internally and externally—ensuring the EVP remains informed on developments within the pharmaceutical sector and across relevant geographies

R&D Leadership Team Operations

Lead end-to-end management of RDFLT meetings: agenda setting, materials preparation, decision logs, action tracking, and follow-up, in partnership with the Executive Assistant

Ensure cross functional dependencies are surfaced, clarified, and resolved through effective leadership engagement

Manage governance routines, meeting cadences, and cross functional alignment to strengthen leadership cohesion and operating discipline

Work closely with cross functional business partners (HR, Finance, Legal, IS) to coordinate initiatives and streamline operations.

RDFLT sponsor, ensuring alignment and integration across support functions

R&D Communications & Engagement

Partner with Internal Communications team on R&D messaging, ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment with internal stakeholders

Lead development and delivery of the Monthly R&D Newsletter.

Design and facilitate GROOVE sessions and Instrumental Sessions to support operational rhythm

Plan, coordinate, and facilitate R&D All Employee Meetings (quarterly)

Oversee planning and execution of the Annual R&D Conference

Partner with business support teams to manage large, cross functional R&D meetings

Manage R&D’s event calendar and ensure alignment with broader enterprise activities

Lead the Chief of Staff (COS) Monthly Connects to maintain strong cross COS communication, alignment, and knowledge sharing

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in relevant field, required

An advanced degree (MD, PhD, Pharm D) or related field is advantageous

Extensive experience developing, evaluating and/or managing significant programs and/or initiatives – strong experience in the pharmaceutical industry

Substantial experience working in a management/leadership and/or professional advisory role

Significant experience working across international markets

Demonstrated experience in a leadership role; communicating with and influencing executive leaders across various functions

Demonstrates exceptional interpersonal skills that consistently reflect and reinforce Jazz Values

Judgment and discretion and ability to manage highly confidential information

Ability to successfully manage multiple cross functional projects simultaneously

Ability to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner at the executive level

Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with internal and external partners

Appropriate expertise in written presentations including Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

An advanced degree (MD, PhD, Pharm D)

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.

FOR US BASED CANDIDATES ONLY

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. For this role, the full and complete base pay range is: $(phone number removed) - $(phone number removed)

Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, and other pertinent factors. The goal is to ensure fair and competitive compensation aligned with the candidate's expertise and contributions, within the established pay framework and our Total Compensation philosophy. Internal equity considerations will also influence individual base pay decisions. This range will be reviewed on a regular basis.

At Jazz, your base pay is only one part of your total compensation package. The successful candidate may also be eligible for a discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation (depending on the role), in accordance with the terms of the Company's Global Cash Bonus Plan or Incentive Compensation Plan, as well as discretionary equity grants in accordance with Jazz's Long Term Equity Incentive Plan.

The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information on our Benefits offerings please click here
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Location:
London
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
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