Senior Manager, Learning and Development Technical Lead

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

11d•$141,600 - $212,400•Remote

About The Position

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company focused on innovating to transform the lives of patients and their families by developing life-changing medicines for serious diseases. They have a diverse portfolio including therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Their patient-focused, science-driven approach fuels research and development in oncology and neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with global operations. The company is embracing a new product-oriented operating model where business and technology teams partner to build and deliver global capabilities. This model emphasizes cross-functional, empowered Global Capability teams owning outcomes, prioritizing user problems, validating solutions through experimentation, and iterating quickly. The Tech Lead, Learning and Development, will provide hands-on technical leadership and architectural guidance for the Learning and Development Global Capability Product team. This role reports to the Technical Suite Lead and partners with the Product Owner, Activation Lead, and development/vendor teams to ensure product priorities and global standards are met. The Learning and Development team focuses on enterprise training, onboarding, 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. The Tech Lead will be a hands-on contributor, involved in designing, building, and delivering solutions for enterprise learning platforms, onboarding solutions, and LMS-governed enablement products.

Requirements

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Provide technical insight on what the technology can and cannot do, effort levels, and tradeoffs when designing solutions.
Collaborate with the Technical Suite Lead and Architects to translate product roadmaps into scalable technology architectures and development plans.
Assess feasibility, constraints, dependencies, and risks for technology solutions.
Convert complex business requirements into clear technical specifications and executable technical work tasks.
Lead the technical team and drive work plans for building, configuration, and integration of software aligned to business needs and technology standards.
Deliver scalable onboarding, role-based curricula, and LMS governance for enterprise learning platforms.
Provide training and enablement for CRM, omnichannel, data, and AI tools to drive adoption of new ways of working.
Translate technical requirements into well-defined work for the development team.
Lead agile ceremonies and ensure disciplined execution of the product roadmap.
Take ownership of complex technical challenges end to end.
Guide development teams on designing and evolving scalable learning and enablement platforms.
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.
Partner with business, IT security, and vendor teams to ensure 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.
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.