Make your mark for patients.

We're here because we want to build the future and transform patients' lives for the better. To achieve that, we need the brightest minds and biggest hearts. That's why our Talent Acquisition Team looks for passionate people inside and outside the company. Are you interested in an internal move that will allow you to explore how much more you can do to make a difference for people living with severe disease?

To strengthen our Patient Safety & Medical Management team, we are looking for a talented individual to fill the position of: External Research & Collaborations Lead

As an External Research & Collaborations Lead you will be responsible for ensuring that the framework and processes to review global external research opportunities are aligned to industry best practice and UCB strategies (e.g., evidence generation needs, corporate strategy, etc.) and generate value for UCB, healthcare stakeholders, caregivers and ultimately for patients.

You like to work in an environment where you can:
* Provide external research opportunities include service agreements, investigator-initiated studies (IIS) and collaborations with healthcare stakeholders
* Drive alignment to UCB Medical and/or Integrated Evidence Generation Strategy(ies) as well as regulatory and compliance requirements
* Contribute to the development of formal processes, guidance documents, training, templates and other key requirements to ensure a robust process is implemented and adhered to
* Lead internal and external meetings, including the review committee meetings, collaboration or contract negotiations with external stakeholders, including identification of stakeholders to ensure alignment and consensus on research opportunities

You will contribute by:
* Leading the contracting for research opportunities, including drafting of the contracts, determining relevant complex contracting elements for inclusion (e.g., IP / study results ownership, data privacy, data security, pharmacovigilance obligations and requirements, etc.) and coordinates with key internal experts where needed
* Performing quality review of proposed budgets and the fair market value assessments conducted to ensure appropriate compliance with also specific budget elements
* Managing stakeholder mapping and collaborates with internal stakeholders, including medical, PVU, legal, compliance and other parts of the organization to understand and help drive research needs
* Overseeing the disbursement of drug supply to researcher(s) where relevant, including coordination of product supply requests with relevant functions and maintains records on lot/batch/expiry information of UCB products released to study sites

Interested? For this position you'll need the following education, experience and skills:
* Bachelor's degree
* Must have experience in a cross-functional lead role or equivalent within R&D or Medical Affairs, and specifically with research collaborations.
* Preference for 2+ years of experience within the Pharma / Biotech industry focused on external research opportunities such as collaborations, including contracting and oversight
* Preference for 2+ years of experience within the Pharma / Biotech industry focused on external research opportunities such as collaborations, including contracting and oversight

About us.

At UCB, we come together every day to work, laser-focused, on a simple question: How will this create value for people living with severe diseases? By putting patients at the heart of everything we do, our approach - from discovery to development to delivery - is continuously transformed and designed around patient needs and their journey.

With a team of approximately 7,600 employees and worldwide operations in more than 40 countries, we are a global biopharmaceutical company investing more than a quarter of our revenue in cutting-edge scientific research. We are focused on addressing chronic, neurological, immunological, and bone diseases. We are looking for people with passion and empathy who develop a real understanding of patient's needs and can deliver thoughtful solutions to decisionmakers across the heath care ecosystem.

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The Company is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Where permitted, applicants for employment in the United States must either have received or been willing to receive a full COVID-19 vaccination by the date of hire; or, alternatively, agree to be subject to weekly COVID-19 testing, subject to religious and medical exemptions and in accordance with applicable law.