Director, Trial Innovation and Optimization
Company: Jazz Pharma
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: February 18, 2021
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Job Description:
Overview: Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an international
biopharmaceutical company focused on improving patients' lives by
identifying, developing and commercializing meaningful products
that address unmet medical needs. We are continuing to expand our
commercial product portfolio and our research and development
pipeline in therapeutic areas that can leverage our unique
expertise. Our therapeutic areas of focus include sleep and
hematology/oncology - areas in which we have a deep understanding
of the patient journey and a suite of products and product
candidates to address critical needs. We are looking for the best
and brightest talent to join our team. If you're looking to be a
part of a company with an unwavering commitment to improving
patients' lives and being a great place to work, we hope you'll
explore our career openings and get to know Jazz Pharmaceuticals.
Responsibilities: The Director, Trial Performance Innovation and
Optimization is responsible for identifying areas of greatest
opportunity for Jazz to improve clinical trial performance and
aligning them to external innovations and capabilities. This is a
dynamic role that requires the ability to plan long-term and
visualize the future state while remaining focused and deeply
involved in executing the immediate next steps to get there. The
ideal candidate blends deep awareness and understanding of the role
digital innovation plays in the evolving clinical trial ecosystem
with a disciplined approach to metrics-driven process improvement
and performance management. S/He will interface cross-functionally
and use data to help answer pertinent business questions to inform
planning and strategy, evaluate the impact and quality of decisions
(e.g. utilization of new vendors, innovative approaches or process
changes), and report on progress toward functional and corporate
goals and objectives. Essential FunctionsPartner closely with
stakeholders in Jazz Research & Development to identify key
business questions and use diagnostic and descriptive analytics to
identify trends, root cause analysis and to identify improvement
opportunities and develop process improvement plans.Utilize a deep
understanding of drug development and the evolving clinical trial
landscape to proactively surveil the market and identify next-gen
clinical trial capabilities as potential breakthrough solutions for
the Jazz portfolio.Build fluency in digital biomarkers and the
digital health ecosystem; specifically creating a deep awareness
and understanding of the vendors and emerging innovation in
wearables/body-worn sensors and associated applicationsDevelop and
apply knowledge of current regulatory guidance and relevant
logistical considerations for utilizing digital biomarkers and
digital health solutions in traditional, hybrid and fully virtual
clinical trials in execution of a category strategy for digital
health.Engage in external scouting and surveillance activities
(e.g. conferences, special interest groups, networking events) to
identify new vendors for innovative digital health solutions and
characterize relative positioning within the clinical trials vendor
landscape.Own the strategy to embed clinical trial innovation
within operations and collaborate across functions to construct
hypothesis-driven business, pilot and scale-up plans for new
innovation-driven capabilities, incorporating key stakeholder input
and key indicators of success.Construct business case presentations
for adopting clinical trial innovations summarizing the situation,
opportunity, cost, expected value returned and anticipated
challenges or risks.Evaluate new and emerging clinical trial
solutions for consistency with global regulatory requirements and
alignment to the GCDO mission and Jazz clinical outsourcing
strategy.Build and develop relationships with solution providers
while leading vendor evaluation and selection activities and
overall management through the Jazz vendor lifecycle.Collaborate
with the Director, Clinical Data Innovation and Jazz IT for
proactive planning and integration of new clinical trial
technologies into the Jazz Clinical Data Management and IT
ecosystem, as required.Function as the SME for clinical trial
operational performance metrics management and continuous
improvement including brining external innovations into Jazz to
influence trial performance.Analyze and report out on Jazz clinical
trial performance metrics relative to industry benchmarks at the
enterprise, TA and CRO Partner level using Jazz CDF/CDW and
external data sources (e.g. KMR).Support study teams in preparation
of study-level scorecard metrics for GCDO Operational Review
Meetings ensuring high-value analyses and actionable recommendation
according to needs of operational teams and leadership.Establish
and document processes, policies and procedures, as required.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities10 or more years of
related and escalating experience.In-depth knowledge of drug
development process, in particular clinical development.Strong
analytical and problem solving skillsDemonstrated excellent verbal,
written, and interpersonal communication skills with ability to
communicate effectively at all levels of the
organization.Experience translating complex concepts and analyses
into simple, visual formats requiredSolid project management skills
requiredChange Management experience/certification
preferredDemonstrated ability to lead by influence and drive
results through others not under direct supervision and cross
functionallyDemonstrated ability to independently evaluate and draw
insights on performance metrics, identifying impacts on operational
health and business processesFamiliarity/experience with using
primary sources (CTMS, EDC, etc.) and secondary sources (e.g. KMR,
MCC, etc.) of clinical trial performance metrics dataProficiency
with data analysis and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau,
Spotfire) required Required/Preferred Education and LicensesA
bachelor's degree in a related field is required (advanced degree
preferred) 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.
Keywords: Jazz Pharma, Palo Alto , Director, Trial Innovation and Optimization, Executive , Palo Alto, California
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