Director, Clinical Trial Feasibility & Site Intelligence
Job Details
- Req ID:
- R010805
- Locations:
- London, UK; Philadelphia, PA -- [Remote/Home-Based]
- Category:
- Research & Development
If you are a current Jazz employee please apply via the Internal Career site.
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.
The Director, Clinical Trial Feasibility & Site Intelligence is responsible for developing and overseeing strategic feasibility and site intelligence processes to inform clinical trial planning and provide clinical trial sites across the Jazz clinical trial portfolio. The role is responsible for process and resources that leverage cross functional expertise, analytics and data-driven insights—both historical and predictive—to inform protocol design, site and country selection.
This role will be key in delivering feasibility insights and study placement strategies to support clinical study design and planning. They will lead the development of study scenarios through robust cross-functional analysis by integrating expertise and data sources to enhance country and site selection.
Overall, the role is critical to driving data-informed, efficient, and scalable clinical trial planning strategies.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership of the global Clinical Trial Feasibility & Site Intelligence function, ensuring operational excellence across relevant activities.
- Accountable for processes and resources to enable study scenario and plans development informing study timelines and budgets through robust cross functional assessment of country and site footprint, enrolment rate and site activation projections
- Deliver complex feasibility insights and study placement strategies as an input to study design and operational planning, participating in study team or leadership discussions to inform key clinical trial planning decisions
- Drive accelerated site identification and selection through process and project leadership to define site identification strategy that aligns with study requirements
- Develop, implement and oversee strategic feasibility and site intelligence processes, leveraging both historical and predictive data to optimize protocol design, country and site selection through assessment of operational risk.
- Identify, assess, and integrate cutting-edge technologies and data sources (e.g., real-world evidence, EMR/claims data, AI/ML tools, geo-mapping, patient registries) to improve accuracy and efficiency of feasibility planning and site targeting.
- Evaluate ROI and impact of new tools, vendors, and feasibility approaches on cost, speed, diversity, and data quality; make recommendations to scale those that provide measurable value.
- Establish and monitor KPIs and operational metrics for country and site quality across studies, using insights to inform process improvements and executive reporting.
- Provide cross functional leadership building effective partnerships with key functions including Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, to ensure feasibility insights are embedded into study design and execution strategies.
- Manage and develop a high-performing feasibility team, including hiring, coaching, and resource planning across therapeutic areas and global regions.
- Functional oversight of CRO and vendor partnerships supporting feasibility, including governance oversight, performance management, and contract and budget management.
- Act as a strategic advisor and Subject Matter Expert (SME) on feasibility, enrolment optimization, and site intelligence across the organization and industry forums.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- At Jazz, we believe that effective people leadership is essential to our success. Our people managers play a vital role in creating an environment where teams thrive, and individuals reach their full potential. Jazz invests in people managers to ensure they are equipped to drive performance, grow individuals and create belonging. As a result, Jazz people managers champion a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and belonging; ensuring that everyone feels heard and valued. They connect with their teams on a personal level, understanding their unique needs and motivations and providing personalized support to empower every team member to thrive
- Experience in the development and implementation of global clinical trial process and change management activities
- Proven success in strategic leadership of global site identification process, with expertise in data driven site selection across regions and therapeutic areas.
- Advanced expertise in global clinical trial feasibility assessment, enrolment modelling, and operational clinical trial execution.
- Experience integrating historical or real-world data sources and digital technologies to enhance inform study planning decisions and optimize study timelines and budgets with experience in assessment or utilization of AI LLM preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a high performing team, manage complex projects, and drive cross-functional decisions through data driven discussions.
- Proven Cross Functional Leader, able to build effective cross organizational partnerships with key functions including Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Medical Affairs
- Demonstrated functional oversight of CRO and vendor partnerships supporting SSU, including governance oversight, performance management, and contract and budget alignment.
- Strong understanding of vendor and budget management, with experience measuring ROI of feasibility-related investments and initiatives.
- Experience with inspection readiness and continuous process improvement initiatives.
Required/Preferred Education and Licenses
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
- 15+ years of experience in clinical research, with 5+ years in leadership roles within feasibility or site intelligence
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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: $189,600.00 - $284,400.00
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.
