Job Description

The Head of IT Patient & Platform Solutions US partners with UCB’s Patient Value Units to orchestrate the development of commercial patient solutions beyond the drug, and healthcare ecosystem platforms to be deployed for the United States market. This person will manage the overall portfolio of technology patient solutions (products and services) for all UCB therapeutic areas that are targeted to patients and stakeholders outside of a clinical setting. This role is a member of the IT U.S. leadership team and will liaise with global IT members driving patient solutions, as well as other affiliates (e.g. US, China, Japan,…)

You will contribute by:
•    Partnering with the different entities at UCB who are developing solutions beyond the drug.
•    Translating the strategic commercial beyond the drug goals into roadmaps of capabilities. In collaboration with global IT, either develop or integrate and operate the specific solutions or ensure this is done to meet these goals
•    Guiding the business in technology choices, including with whom and how to partner.
•    Ensuring such solutions are trustworthy, secure, safe and compliant. Work with the global IT teams to ensure such solutions are developed or integrated and operated.
•    Delivering projects in close collaboration with all parties involved (business and IT, internal and external partners), following the IT project methodology.
•    Following market trends and industry best practices with the aim of sharing the acquired knowledge inside UCB and of applying it to propose innovative solutions.
•    Ensuring compliance of the solutions to global process and legal requirements, follow validation guidelines and SOPs.
•    Actively taking part in the implementation of the IT strategy
•    Managing budget for cost center including budgeting process, actuals and forecast
•    Managing Patient Solutions team

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

Minimum Qualifications:

•    5+ years of progressive experience in the digital healthcare field.
•    3+ years of functional & technical knowledge of relevant technology solutions proposed towards patients beyond the drug
•    7+ years of change management and advanced project management experience with major enterprise-wide initiatives, including technical implementations and workflow transformation (required)
•    3+ years experience managing a team of diverse internal & external competencies
•    Proven management success in a multinational environment, of which 5+ will be in IT

Preferred Qualifications:

•    High level of comfort with digital healthcare strategies, trends, and opportunities and discussing and strategizing the use of web technology.
•    Knowledge of core digital marketing competencies including email marketing, digital advertising, SEM, and social media.
•    Understanding of pharmaceutical industry commercial activities.
•    Passion for technology and patient solutions beyond the drug in particular.
•    Able to evaluate new technologies in view of creating patient value with a strategic perspective in mind.
•    Able to engage in strategic relationships with executives
•    Be agile by being able to perform at operational and tactical level
•    Have strong listening, communication, facilitation, influencing and analytical skills
•    Be ready to challenge and be challenged
•    Embrace diversity
•    Proven track record of coaching/mentoring individual contributors into more senior roles

Why you should apply:

Do you want to contribute in bringing real value to patients living with severe diseases while driving innovation forward?

Join UCB’s dynamic, inspiring and innovative environment. You will be recognized for impactful performance via a competitive compensation and benefits package and you will enjoy ample personal development opportunities.

Tell us what makes you the perfect match to our team and join one of the most dynamic & forward-looking organizations in the world.
To apply, please go to www.ucb.com/careers.
 

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 7,500 employees 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.

Curious to know more? Please visit our website www.ucb.com.

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: Not Disclosed.

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