Senior Manager, Pipeline Innovation

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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

Brief Description:

This person will join the R&D Pipeline Innovation team which is a key component Jazz Corporate Development. R&D Pipeline Innovation provides insightful, timely, and decision enabling R&D assessment of potential new Jazz Pharmaceuticals investment opportunities such as Mergers and Acquisitions or in-licensing of investigational new drugs or marketed drug products. As a member of this team, this person will work closely with the R&D functions (e.g., Research, Early Development, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Project Management, Regulatory, Quality, Safety and Pharmacovigilance), as well as with New Product Planning (responsible for the commercial assessment), and the rest of the Corporate Development team to identify and assess potential business development and licensing (BD&L) opportunities in neuroscience.

Essential Functions

Job Functions:

This position has varying responsibilities relating to identification and technical assessment of potential new BD&L opportunities in both neuroscience and oncology:

• Supports Jazz’s efforts to identify new BD&L opportunities by:
  • Maintaining Jazz databases of target opportunities and historical record of previous evaluations
  • Conducting disease landscape evaluations leveraging internal databases and with external vendors
  • Proactively monitoring industry changes/trends, conferences and the scientific literature
  • Supporting other data gatherings and analytics
  • Traveling to external conferences and meetings (10% - 20% of working hours)
• Supports Jazz’s diligence and technical assessment of opportunities by:
  • Supporting the Pipeline Innovation deal lead in coordinating R&D diligence with the relevant functions (e.g., Research, Early Development, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Project Management, Regulatory, Quality, Safety and Pharmacovigilance)
  • Supporting initial and timely technical evaluation of these opportunities from a drug development perspective (including: mechanistic rationale, preclinical evidence, clinical utility, regulatory feasibility) and business perspective (including: unmet need assessment, competitive landscape, strategic fit)
  • Working closely with Pipeline Innovation deal lead as well as New Product Planning and the Corporate Development team to synthesize technical findings into overall recommendations
  • Tracking and summarizing technical evaluation of opportunities and generating diligence summary documents
  • Regularly interacting with and presenting to senior leadership regarding diligence findings
  • Representing Jazz Pharmaceuticals R&D in interactions with KOLs, companies, academic institutions or other entities pursuant to above responsibilities
  • Take responsibility for KOL contract management while contributing to outreach efforts and network expansion
• Support Jazz’s R&D by:
  • Maintaining the quarterly RNCD pipeline prioritization scoresheet to facilitate strategic decision-making.
  • Support regular neuroscience and oncology Advisory Boards.
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Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Job Requirements

• Ph.D. required with a good understanding of molecular biology
• 2 or more years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology research, business development, or consulting industry, demonstrating a broad understanding of drug development
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience creating recommendations and presenting to a team in an industry setting
• Experience managing datasets (e.g., in excel spreadsheets)
• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of people and personalities, from different functions, geographies, and backgrounds
• Ability to think critically, anticipate and solve problems creatively
• Ability to navigate and be successful in a fast-paced, highly-matrixed work environment
• Eager to learn from subject matter experts across numerous aspects of drug development
• Embody and model Jazz Pharmaceuticals core values

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

• Ph.D. required with a good understanding of molecular biology
• 3 or more years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology research, business development, or consulting industry, demonstrating a broad understanding of drug development
• Experience in oncology preferred

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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:

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: https://careers.jazzpharma.com/benefits.html