Director of Learning and Development (EMD / Sleep),

Jazz Pharmaceuticals•US - Home-Based - PA, PA

6d•$184,000 - $276,000•Remote

About The Position

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company focused on innovating to transform the lives of patients and their families. They develop life-changing medicines for serious diseases, often with limited therapeutic options. Their portfolio includes leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with a global presence in research, development, and manufacturing. This role leads the Epilepsy/Movement Disorders (EMD) and Sleep Learning & Development (L&D) team, responsible for the strategy, performance, and execution of L&D programs for these areas. The Director reports to the Senior Director of Learning & Development and manages a team responsible for Medical Affairs, Sales, and Market Access training for colleagues in Sleep and EMD. The role involves setting clear priorities, ensuring the L&D team delivers value through strong partnerships, and translating business needs into prioritized training programs that improve the performance of field teams. Jazz emphasizes effective people leadership and invests in managers to foster thriving environments and individual potential.

Requirements

Deep understanding of learning & development, including adult learning principles, instructional design and program development with the ability to translate business needs into effective learning strategies and outcomes.
Strong judgment in balancing learning strategy, program design, and delivery realities, ensuring training solutions are practical, scalable and aligned to business priorities.
Proven ability to lead teams in developing and delivering learning programs across complex, cross-functional environments, including adapting content and delivery approaches to meet evolving business and field needs.
Experience leading and developing a high-performing team, including resource planning, performance management, and talent development to support evolving business needs.
Oversee development and implementation of training on CRM systems, data analytics, and digital tools to enhance field force effectiveness and data-driven decision making.
Ensure development of training for field teams aimed at leveraging insights and analytics for improved account planning and customer engagement.
Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare, technology, or related field.
10+ years of experience in learning and development, capability building, or commercial excellence within a pharmaceutical organization.
6-8 years of experience leading people, including managing and developing high-performing teams and driving accountability across functions.
Demonstrated experience leading teams that include Senior Managers, Associate Directors, or equivalent roles, with accountability for team performance, development, and outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (MBA or relevant graduate degree) preferred.
Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industries preferred.
Experience working in rare disease or specialty brands, with strong understanding of unique stakeholder dynamics.
Experience with Sleep and/or Epilepsy space

Responsibilities

Set clear direction for the L&D EMD / Sleep team, partnering with the head of Learning & Development to ensure learning & training objectives are aligned with business priorities and EMD / Sleep L&D goals.
Translate business needs into clear priorities, scope and success measures for the team by leading needs assessment and defining learning requirements.
Partner with EMD / Sleep franchise and functional leaders to translate disease strategies, launch priorities, and capability needs into role‑based learnings and prioritized training roadmaps.
Oversee the design, delivery and facilitation of training programs and learning solutions (e.g. onboarding, launch readiness, key account excellence initiatives, skill building, and mindset reinforcement) that build capabilities across commercial, medical, and market access field teams and measurably improve field effectiveness.
Ensure the team delivers high-quality, reliable trainings with clear expectations on scope, timing and outcomes.
Measure and monitor training effectiveness, using insights to continuously improve programs.
Use stakeholder feedback to continuously improve learning content development and delivery.
Build and lead a high-performing, scalable team, including setting priorities, managing performance and developing talent to support evolving content production and deployment capabilities.
Serve as the senior CX L&D representative, engaging a broad set of stakeholders across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, to align EMD / Sleep learning priorities with franchise and launch needs.
Represent the EMD / Sleep L&D team in cross-functional forums and L&D team-level planning discussions, ensuring franchise needs, dependencies and constraints are clearly communicated and reflected in team priorities.
Mentor, coach, and elevate a high-performing team of 5 Sr. Training Managers and 1 Assoc. Director of L&D (representing sales, market access and medical affairs functions). Foster a culture of continuous improvement, psychological safety, and advanced adult-learning expertise.
Identify and leverage operational and strategic synergies across the 3 distinct L&D stakeholder types to drive efficiency.
Act as the primary steward of regulatory firewalls between Commercial and Medical Affairs L&D initiatives. Ensure all cross-functional strategies and shared resources strictly adhere to corporate compliance, legal, and regulatory guidelines.