Medical Strategy Lead, Operations and Excellence (Atlanta, GA)

Make your mark for patients

We seek a Medical Strategy Lead, Operations and Excellence, to head the UCB Medical Operations team in Epilepsy and Rare Syndromes. If you are passionate about strategic planning, team leadership, operational excellence and advancing meaningful patient-focused medical strategies, this is a role where you can make a measurable difference!

This position is office-based at the US Headquarters in Atlanta, GA. Relocation assistance available.

About the role

In this Director-level position, the Medical Strategy Lead, Operations and Excellence will lead a team that includes scientific communications, publications, insights gathering, conference strategy planning, medical excellence, and project management. This team will ensure coherent medical planning across the portfolio, successful and timely execution of medical tactics and seamless integration between strategy and field team implementation across the Epilepsy and Rare Syndromes (EaRS) portfolio. Reporting directly to the Head of EaRS Medical US, this individual will utilize the medical strategic vision, cross-functional leadership, and medical operations best practices to drive and track the successful completion of medical tactics including designing and communicating regular KPIs and dashboards. The Medical Strategy Lead, Operations and Excellence, will collaborate with internal stakeholders to navigate the UCB process for compliance and project completion.

What you'll do

• Contributes to the Medical Affairs' overall strategy and culture as part of the Medical Affairs Leadership Team in the US.
• Partners with medical strategy leads and other cross-functional leads for planning across the portfolio.
• Leads the medical team to achieve excellence by connecting medical strategy with implementation and by developing qualitative and quantitative metrics.
• Being accountable and responsible for the execution and delivery of tactical objectives of Medical Affairs Plans for the EaRS, together with the Strategy Lead for each asset, and in alignment with the overall strategic objectives.
• Provides leadership, coaching, and development opportunities for the direct reports (e.g., medical communication leads, project management, etc.).
• Develops the leaders for Centers of Excellence in organizing conferences and advisory board meetings, managing ANF/Contracting and budget, medical reviews, and medical excellence (training and development).
• Ensures compliance with UCB and local regulations (regulatory, pharma codes, etc.) for medical affairs deliverables and for the medical-related reviews.

Interested? For this position you'll need the following education, experience, and skills:

Minimum Qualifications:

• MBA, PhD, MD, and/or PharmD
• Minimum of 5 years of Medical Affairs experience within the pharmaceutical industry in the respective therapeutic areas or similar experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Leadership and team management experience
• Successful track record of initiating and leading cross-functional planning, collaborating, and solution building.
• Deep understanding of the needs of teams of Medical Strategy, Medical Outcome Liaison, and Medical Science Liaison
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the cross-functional matrix related to the medical review process for HCP-facing materials.
• Superb project management skills, ability to pay attention to details, and tenacity to drive project completion.
• Attention and a high level of emphasis on ethics and compliance guidelines and standards.

This position's anticipated salary range is $197k-$259k annually. The actual salary offered will consider internal equity and may also vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.

Are you ready to 'go beyond' to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9.000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work with us?
At UCB, we don't just complete tasks, we create value. We aren't afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We 'go beyond' to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that's on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

At UCB, we've embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless explicitly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.