Chief of Staff, R&D

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.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.