Senior Director – Oncology

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🌐 United States, United Kingdom, +1 more countries – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇮🇪 Ireland – Remote

💵 $228k - $342k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2003

🏥 Healthcare

🏭 Manufacturing

🧬 Biotechnology

Healthcare • Manufacturing • Biotechnology

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative medicines that address serious unmet medical needs. With a strong commitment to research and development, Jazz focuses on creating life-changing therapies, emphasizing the importance of collaboration, diversity, and employee engagement in its operations. The company prides itself on transforming patients' lives through its meaningful product offerings and a culture that fosters enthusiasm and flexibility.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic operational leadership, coaching, and portfolio-level oversight for the oncology project management organization • Direct, mentor, and foster an oncology project management team across Phase 1, late-stage, regulatory filing, and global launch programs • Coach and develop Project Managers to identify critical path dependencies and manage cross-functional execution • Implement individualized development plans, succession planning, and proactive recruitment • Manage team capacity, workload distribution, and burnout prevention • Maintain oversight of oncology program health, milestones, critical paths, and project risks • Convert clinical development plans into integrated operational roadmaps • Directly manage projects or programs when needed to bridge resource or staffing gaps • Prepare project teams for governance committees with rigorous preparation and data-driven pre-reads • Frame complex executive decisions through trade-off analyses involving timelines, cost, resources, and risk • Facilitate risk identification, mitigation plans, and contingency execution • Forecast FTE resource bottlenecks and partner with functional heads and the Resource Management Team • Oversee oncology program budgets, variances, commitments, and multi-million-dollar allocations • Lead process optimization initiatives and adoption of standardized PM tools, risk frameworks, and enterprise planning systems • Embed and sustain the Orchestra Team Operating Model across early-stage project teams • Build collaborative drug discovery and early development teams across functional silos • Align daily operations with departmental strategic pillars

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive drug development project management experience in biopharma • Direct line management experience supervising, developing, and staffing project management professionals • Proven track record of managing a team of PMs who have successfully delivered molecules from Phase 1 through regulatory submission and global commercial launch • Broad knowledge of the end-to-end clinical drug development lifecycle (Phase 1 through launch) and global regulatory frameworks • Familiarity with oncology-specific regulatory and developmental pathways, including fast-track, companion diagnostics, and FDA Project Optimus • Hands-on experience with enterprise project management systems, schedule analytics, and FTE capacity planning models • Advanced expertise in Planisware, Smartsheet, and resource forecasting modeling • Superb people developer with a passion for coaching and building collaborative, high-performing matrix teams • Strong executive presence and influence; ability to navigate ambiguity and build alignment across senior R&D and commercial leaders • Proven experience in organizational design, change management, and establishing PM coaching frameworks • Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field required • Advanced degree preferred (Ph.D., PharmD, MS, or MBA) • PMP or equivalent PM certification preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation • Discretionary equity grants • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401k retirement savings plan • Flexible paid vacation