Senior Manager, Learning and Development Technical Lead

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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.

At Jazz, we are reimagining how we design and deliver more precise customer experiences, enabled by new technologies, modern ways of working, and high performing team behaviors. Through this work, we enable teams to better understand patients, caregivers, and HCPs, anticipate their needs across the enterprise, deliver timely and personalized engagement, and orchestrate seamless, end-to-end experiences as One Jazz.

To power this ambition with both speed and scale, we are embracing a new product-oriented operating model, allowing business and technology teams to partner side by side in building, advancing, and delivering global capabilities across our enterprise. Cross-functional, empowered Global Capability teams own outcomes—not just outputs—and work from clear capability visions, strategies, and measurable goals. We prioritize user problems, validate solutions through experimentation and data, and iterate quickly to create real value for our users and the business. As part of this model, you’ll collaborate closely with users, stakeholders, and technical teams across the organization, using discovery and delivery practices to ensure we’re building the right things, in the right way, at the right time.

The Tech Lead, Learning and Development, provides hands-on technical leadership and architectural guidance for the Learning and Development Global Capability Product team. Reporting to the Technical Suite Lead, this role serves as the primary technical leader for the capability, partnering closely with the Product Owner, Activation Lead, development teams, and/or vendor teams to ensure product priorities and global standards.

The Learning and Development team delivers enterprise training and onboarding products, plus reusable learning assets and LMS governance, to build skills across sales, marketing, and CX teams and accelerate adoption of new tools and ways of working. As the Tech Lead, you will be a hands-on contributor and technical leader, directly involved in designing, building, and delivering solutions for enterprise learning platforms, onboarding solutions, and LMS-governed enablement products alongside the development team, bringing technical depth and leadership to every stage of the work.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Delivery & Solution Development

• Partner closely with the Learning and Development Product Owner to design solutions that solve business problems, providing technical insight on what the technology can and cannot do, effort levels, and tradeoffs.

• Collaborate with the Learning and Development Technical Suite Lead and Architects to translate product roadmaps into scalable technology architectures and development plans while assessing feasibility, constraints, dependencies, and risks.

• Convert complex business requirements into clear technical specifications and executable technical work tasks.

• Lead the technical team and drive work plans, building, configuration, and integration of software aligned to business needs and technology standards, including:

• Enterprise Learning Platform (LMS & e‑Learning), delivering scalable onboarding, role‑based curricula, and LMS governance to support global capability adoption across Sales, Marketing, and CXO teams.

• CRM & Digital Tool Enablement Solutions, providing training and enablement for CRM, omnichannel, data, and AI tools to drive adoption of new ways of working across the enterprise

• Translate technical requirements into well‑defined work for the development team, lead agile ceremonies, and ensure disciplined execution of the product roadmap, taking ownership of complex technical challenges end to end.

• Guide development teams on designing and evolving scalable learning and enablement platforms, including LMS, e‑learning operations, and onboarding solutions aligned to L&D product goals.

• Establish and reinforce development standards for L&D products, including modular learning content architecture, asset reuse, and LMS‑governed workflows.

• Provide hands‑on technical guidance to development teams building and enhancing enterprise learning platforms, including LMS, e‑learning operations, and enablement solutions supporting global onboarding and capability development.

Cross-Functional Technical Leadership

• Partner with business, IT security, and vendor teams to ensure the Learning and Development team technical solutions adhere to organizational standards, security policies, and regulatory requirements.

• Organize and direct vendor partners to execute technical work, ensuring alignment with product priorities, delivery timelines, and enterprise standards.

• Partner with the Technical Suite Lead, Learning and Development, to escalate and resolve complex technical challenges that span across product teams or suites.

• Mentor and guide software engineers and developers, elevating the team's overall technical capability.

• Lead cross-team problem solving and resolution of technical challenges within the product pod.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Technical Skills

• Experience designing, testing, deploying, operating, and enhancing scalable, secure, and compliant technology solutions for large scale organizational use.

• Knowledge of system integration patterns, APIs, and data architecture, with an understanding of how GCO platforms interface with enterprise L&D systems.

• Experience owning GCO learning platforms as products, including roadmap, integrations, and user experience. Experience designing and integrating GCO digital platforms and products that deliver structured training, onboarding, and skill development programs.

• Strong familiarity with learning management systems (LMS), learning experience platforms (LXP), content authoring tools, microlearning platforms, experiential and simulation learning solutions, and digital coaching or AI-enabled learning tools.

• Ability to design scalable, role‑based learning architectures aligned to Commercial enablement needs. Ability to balance standardization with role‑specific learning journeys.

• Understanding of analytics and feedback loops to measure learning effectiveness and adoption.

• Ability to partner with Business Product Owners to translate executive and Commercial requirements into scalable, well-governed technology solutions with roadmaps and prioritization. Provide technical leadership on standardization, KPI implementation, and architectural trade-offs to ensure GCO technology assets remain consistent, performant, and extensible across brands and regions.

• Experience leading mixed teams of internal developers and vendors, including technical direction, code and dashboard reviews, estimation, and delivery accountability. Proven ability to collaborate with UX researchers and UI designers, with user-centric mindset applied to technical development.

• Experience working within Agile product development teams and product operating models.

Business Skills

• Digital-first Mindset - ability to look for opportunities to streamline and improve the customer experience and Jazz performance through digital tools, data and automation to create better, faster and more scalable outcomes

• Cross functional Matrix Collaboration – ability to work fluidly across teams and reporting lines respecting SME, coordinating shared work, ensuring progress even when accountability is distributed – supporting decisions with professional alignment and focus on collective success. Deeply understands and values unique capabilities and perspectives of diverse functions.

• Enterprise Mindset - ability to look beyond team boundaries and make choices that advance the broader business, balancing local needs with enterprise-level impact even when it may have personal implications

• Problem Solving - The ability to break down complexity, identify root causes, and experiment with solutions using an adaptive, learning-oriented approach.

• Managing Competing Priorities - ability to navigate shifting demands with clarity and adaptability, focusing effort where it creates the greatest future impact while keeping work moving.

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or related technical field.

• 7+ years of experience after Bachelor's degree (or 5+ years of experience after Master's degree) in learning and development, training operations, capability enablement, or related domains in pharma, with expertise in enterprise learning platforms (LMS), sales and marketing training, onboarding programs, and experiential learning solutions.

• 2+ years of experience as a Tech Lead, Technical Program Manager, Engineering Manager, or other roles involving managing a team of developers.

• Experience in learning and development, training operations, capability enablement, or related domains

• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale digital platforms such as enterprise learning platforms (LMS), sales and marketing training, onboarding programs, and experiential learning solutions.

• Proven ability to mentor and guide developers and vendor partners to deliver high-quality solutions.

Preferred / Additional Qualifications:

• Experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare industries preferred.

• Experience partnering with enterprise platform teams or Global Capability Product teams supporting digital and operational capabilities.

• Experience working in rare disease or specialty brands, with strong understanding of unique stakeholder dynamics.

Working Requirements:

• 10-20% travel will be required.

Jazz Expected Behaviors

• Demonstrates ownership and accountability, taking responsibility for outcomes and driving work forward with urgency, clarity, and a focus on impact.

• Leads with curiosity and a Growth Mindset, actively exploring user needs, emerging technologies, and new ways of working to elevate capability and innovation.

• Embraces change as a learning opportunity, adapting quickly, modeling resilience, and helping others navigate dynamic environments.

• Acts with a One Jazz mindset, prioritizing enterprise value, breaking down silos, and building strong, trust-based partnerships across teams.

• Delivers high performance results, setting ambitious goals, challenging assumptions, and consistently driving measurable business impact.

• Models inclusive, collaborative leadership, creating space for diverse perspectives and empowering others to contribute their best work.

• Invest in continuous learning, developing personal skills while coaching and elevating the capabilities of colleagues and cross functional partners.

• Navigates ambiguity with confidence, using sound judgment, data, and user insights to make informed decisions even when information is incomplete.

• Communicates with clarity and influence, simplifying complexity, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring shared understanding of priorities and outcomes

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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