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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 DescriptionThe Director, Finance Business Partner is a senior Finance leader accountable for strategic finance business partnering to Global Commercial. The role supports Function Heads and leadership teams by embedding financial insight, challenge, and enterprise perspective into function‑level strategy, prioritisation, and execution decisions.
The Director actively shapes outcomes within the function, influencing priorities, trade‑offs, and resource deployment, while operating within established enterprise frameworks, governance and leading effectively across a cross‑matrixed organization to align stakeholders and drive outcomes. The role is expected to translate strategy into financially sound decisions and to strengthen the quality of financial thinking across the function.
Finance Business Partnering
Act as the lead Finance adviser to Function Heads and senior leadership teams
Embed Finance into function‑level strategic and operational decision‑making through insight, challenge, and recommendation
Provide financial leadership for a global [function] with responsibility for a budget of $X across multiple regions/business units
Own the financial planning, forecasting, and performance outcomes for the function, ensuring delivery against financial targets and alignment with enterprise objectives
Build strong senior‑level relationships to influence priorities and outcomes within the function
Represent Finance perspectives within the function and promote alignment with broader enterprise objectives
Performance Management & Insight
Lead senior‑level performance discussions focused on function and portfolio performance, drivers, risks, and opportunities
Provide forward‑looking insight to support improved outcomes and corrective action
Drive cost discipline, productivity, and value optimisation within the function
Escalate material risks and opportunities where enterprise alignment or intervention is required
Decision Support & Analysis
Lead financial evaluation of significant function‑level initiatives and investments
Frame options, trade‑offs, and implications to support senior leadership decisions
Ensure recommendations are supported by robust analysis and transparent assumptions
Influence decisions by shaping alternatives within the function’s strategic context
Financial Governance & Controls
Apply and enforce financial governance frameworks to ensure disciplined decision‑making
Review and challenge business cases and investment proposals within the function
Ensure compliance with Finance policies, controls, and approval requirements
Strengthen accountability and transparency within the functional decision process
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Qualified accountant or MBA
Typically, 12+ years’ progressive finance experience, including senior business partnering roles
Strong life‑sciences business understanding (e.g. R&D, Tech Ops, Commercial, or regulated environments)
Proven ability to influence and challenge senior leaders with confidence and credibility
Proactivity and curiosity mindset
Demonstrated ability to lead and influence effectively within a complex, cross‑matrixed organization
Strong commercial judgement, enterprise mindset, and leadership presence
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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:
$180,000.00 - $270,000.00Individual 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
Skills Required
- Qualified accountant or MBA
- Typically 12+ years progressive finance experience including senior business partnering roles
- Strong life‑sciences business understanding (R&D, Tech Ops, Commercial, or regulated environments)
- Proven ability to influence and challenge senior leaders with confidence and credibility
- Demonstrated ability to lead and influence effectively within a complex, cross‑matrixed organization
- Strong commercial judgement, enterprise mindset, and leadership presence
- Experience owning financial planning, forecasting, and performance outcomes for a large/global function
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc and has not been reviewed or approved by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Fair & Transparent Compensation: Pay is considered competitive to strong versus biopharma peers, reinforced by market-competitive ranges in public postings. Company materials emphasize a robust total-rewards mix of base, bonus, and equity.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental & Family Support: Global paid child-bonding leave for all parents and paid caregiver leave are explicitly offered. Additional paid time elements like bereavement and a Global Volunteer Day expand family and life-event support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits: A market-leading mental-health program provides extensive counseling and coaching access via Lyra. A Wellbeing Reimbursement Account and wellness resources broaden everyday lifestyle support.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc Insights
What We Do
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ), is a global biopharmaceutical company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are focused on developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases—often with limited or no options—so they can live their lives more fully. By transforming biopharmaceutical discoveries into novel medicines, we are working to give people around the world the opportunity to redefine what’s possible – to make the “small wins” big again. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a significant corporate presence in Palo Alto, CA, Philadelphia, PA and Oxford, England, with manufacturing facilities in Ireland and Italy. We maintain a highly collaborative culture where employees focus on how they can be successful and accomplish positive results by exemplifying the company’s core values: integrity, collaboration, passion, innovation and the pursuit of excellence. Together, we are more than 3,100 experts, analysts, specialists, advocates, scientists and professionals all with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Working together, we are proud to support patients, innovate and bring new medicines to market. For more information, please see our website at www.jazzpharma.com and follow us on Twitter at @JazzPharma. For information on fraudulent schemes involving our company name and recruitment, please visit https://bit.ly/2J1EjMA. For guidelines on engaging with Jazz on social media, please visit https://bit.ly/2OaMOuq.
