Associate Director, IT Business Partner, Drug Development - Remote
Company: Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Location: Boston
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
If you are a current Jazz employee please apply via the Internal
Career site.Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) is a global
biopharmaceutical 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 and novel product candidates, from
early- to late-stage development, in neuroscience and oncology. We
actively explore new options for patients including novel
compounds, small molecules and biologics, and through cannabinoid
science and innovative delivery technologies. Jazz is headquartered
in Dublin, Ireland and has employees around the globe, serving
patients in nearly 75 countries. For more information, please visit
and follow @JazzPharma on Twitter. Jazz Pharmaceuticals'
Information Services (IS) department is seeking an Associate
Director, IT Business Partner, Drug Development within the R&D
IS function. The R&D IS BP, provides single point of contact
for designated R&D business functions, and specifically serves
as the strategic partner and trusted advisor to assigned Research &
Non-Clinical Development (RNCD) functions. He or she plays a key
role in creating and maintaining the IS strategy and roadmap for
the respective areas of responsibility, aligned to business goals
and identifying opportunities where IS can bring about
efficiencies, embed quality, and drive business innovation. The IS
business partner leads the delivery of the roadmap and ensures
effective adoption of new solutions. In addition, the IS business
partner is responsible for managing the operational support
activities for their portfolio of IS systems, including resource
planning and budgets. The IS business partner maintains a sharp
focus on delivering operational efficiencies across the enterprise
and promotes the best possible customer experience.Essential
Functions
- Business Partnership & Strategic Planning - This position
ensures the strategic use of technology capabilities and business
process improvements to drive business growth. Builds and manages
effective relationships with the respective RNCD stakeholders.
Partners with business functions to develop, maintain, and
communicate aligned IS strategies while overseeing implementation
of IS projects in support of the strategy. Participates in the
prioritization of the RNCD systems portfolio and represents the
portfolio to stakeholders. Maintains a pulse on industry technology
trends/initiatives and communicates to appropriate business and IS
staff. Serves as a thought leader and change agent to drive
results.
- Business Knowledge - Develops a detailed understanding of
related business processes to serve as subject matter expert on
behalf of business stakeholders as new technology solutions and
enhancements are implemented. Applies knowledge of the
pharmaceutical industry, maintains awareness of the competitive
environment, and exhibits knowledge seeking and sharing best
practices.
- Project Management - Provides oversight and hands-on project
management for related technology initiatives. Manages
internal/external team members in executing the project management
& software development lifecycles, driving adoption, and measuring
the value / effectiveness of implemented systems & processes.
Ensures teams embrace GxP, IS Compliance, IS Security, SOX, data
privacy, and other risk management considerations, and that they
are embedded in projects and operations.
- Portfolio and Budget Management: Work with the RNCD leaders and
IS/R&D IS Portfolio leads to manage the R&D IS project
portfolio, ensuring strategic alignment with organizational goals
and effective prioritization of projects while sustaining the
technology ecosystem for optimal execution.Required Knowledge,
Skills, and Abilities
- Served as a IS/IT business relationship manager or IS/IT
consultant to Research, Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, or Early
Development within a pharma organization with a proven track record
of delivering business and technical solutions. This includes
leading business process improvement initiatives and leading the
selection and deployment of new technologies. Demonstrated
experience in supporting pharma R&D teams.
- Managed projects and services related to software technology
implementations or enablement of technology capabilities. Direct
experience or knowledge of Research, Discovery, Medicinal
Chemistry, or Early Development software systems/solutions (E.g.
Electronic Lab Notebook) is preferred.
- Strong understanding of pharma R&D drug development
lifecycle and specifically pre-clinical and early development
business processes and related domain knowledge.
- Robust project management experience in an international,
team-oriented cross-functional environment. Managed project teams
of varying size and resource mix / skill sets.
- Organizational change management experience, leveraging key
change management principles and tools for the rollout of new
capabilities and introduction of change to the business. In
addition, drove the adoption of new business processes and
supported IS capabilities.
- Experience managing internal and external teams to deliver
solutions leveraging mobile, cloud, business intelligence, portals,
web, and other emerging technologies.
- Experience in Agile SDLC methodologies. Instills an Agile and
continuous improvement culture.
- Vendor management experience including vendor evaluation /
selection, due diligence, contracting, and performance management.
Fosters partnerships and contracts which result in competitive
investment for Jazz and maximizes the efficiency of vendor
performance.
- Managed financials for projects and IS operations.
- Proven leadership skills motivating teams to attain critical
goals in a dynamic environment with competing priorities and
changing deadlines.
- Team builder/player able to work effectively with others across
global teams
- Ability to build strong working relationships across all levels
throughout an organization.
- Highly developed interpersonal, oral and written
communications, presentation, negotiation, facilitation, and
leadership skills with a commitment to internal/external customer
responsiveness.
- Flexible and adaptable process-oriented work style; strong
demonstrated work ethic that emphasizes customer focus, quality,
and continuous improvement.
- Conceptual and analytical thinker; able to understand, analyze,
and synthesize complex business and technology issues and
strategies.
- Highly effective presentation skills enabling the business
functions and senior management to clearly understand how
technology solutions will deliver expected benefits.
- Ability to effectively facilitate meetings (e.g., status
meetings, functional requirements gathering, process flow
development workshops, end user training, etc.)
- Well organized with the ability to manage/prioritize multiple
concurrent projects (often with changing timelines and
dependencies) in a matrix team environment.Required/Preferred
Education and Licenses
- Bachelor's degree in related technical or business discipline
is required. Experience in the pharmaceuticals, biotech, or medical
device industry is required. 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 ONLYJazz 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: $144,000.00 - $216,000.00Individual 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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