Director, Business Strategy & Operations, Research (Biopharma)

Location: Remote/Home-Based; available locations include Dublin, Ireland; London, United Kingdom; and California, United States.

Base pay: $192,000–$288,000 annually for US-based candidates, plus potential bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a global biopharmaceutical company developing medicines for serious diseases, with research and development in oncology and neuroscience.

What you will do

• Serve as strategic advisor and Chief of Staff to the Chief Scientific Officers and Discovery Leadership Teams in Neuroscience and Oncology.
• Design executive operating rhythms, strategic planning cycles, QBRs, leadership meetings, offsites, and executive, Board, and scientific governance materials.
• Lead workforce and capacity planning, resource allocation data stewardship, timecard compliance, and demand modeling.
• Manage the Discovery & Research budget, forecasting, accruals, variance analysis, and annual planning with Finance.
• Lead business development diligence, post-deal integration, and onboarding of discovery programs, platforms, and research partnerships.
• Drive goal-setting, performance dashboards, internal communications, process improvement, change management, and AI-assisted operational frameworks.

Requirements

• Extensive progressive experience in biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences, with substantive exposure to drug development, portfolio or project management, data science or informatics, or R&D business operations.
• Experience in strategic business operations, Chief of Staff, or PMO leadership partnering directly with VP- or SVP-level executives.
• Direct experience with workforce planning, capacity modeling, named resource allocations, and timecard compliance.
• Experience managing departmental budgets, financial forecasting, and variance tracking with Finance, including multi-million-dollar operating budgets and multi-year workforce plans.
• Experience in business development due diligence and post-deal functional integration or external platform onboarding.
• Strong executive presence, emotional intelligence, strategic partnership, and ability to influence senior executives across technical, analytical, and operational disciplines.
• Exceptional ability to synthesize complex project management narratives, data science strategies, and operational data into executive- and Board-level presentations.
• Strong capability to interpret resource models, algorithm demand outputs, and financial analyses and convert them into actionable strategies.
• Proven ability to orchestrate multifaceted initiatives across matrixed global teams and experience with process optimization, change management, digital tools, and AI-assisted operational improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or a related business or scientific field required.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree such as MS, PhD, or MBA.
• Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or Project Management (PMP) certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote/Home-Based role supporting global research and development operations.
• Collaborative scientific culture spanning Neuroscience, Oncology, and platform research teams.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), and flexible paid vacation.
• US-based candidates may be eligible for discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation and equity grants.

Hiring process

• Current Jazz employees should apply through the Internal Career site.
• The compensation details and benefits described in the posting apply to US-based candidates.