Medical Lead Immunology ECE (posting Poland)

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Medical Lead Immunology for ECE region (East Central Europe) who demonstrates visionary leadership, empowers teams, and champions patient-centric innovation to join our Medical Affairs Team. The successful candidate will inspire collaboration, drive excellence, and embody integrity, core values that reflect our culture.

This role is based at our UCB offices in Warsaw, Poland or in Prague, Czech Republic. 

About the role

As Medical Lead Immunology ECE (East Central Europe), you will provide strategic, scientific, and people leadership for the Immunology medical organization in the East Central Europe Cluster (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary).

You will be accountable for setting and executing the medical strategy across the region, ensuring alignment with global and regional priorities, and for leading, developing, and inspiring a team of Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) and Medical Solution Leads.

You will act as a senior medical leader and scientific expert, shaping the value story of UCB’s immunology portfolio and ensuring high-quality scientific exchange with both internal and external stakeholders, always in line with the highest ethical and compliance standards.

Who you’ll work with

You will work with the Head of Medical for the East Central Europe Cluster, regional and global Immunology and Medical Affairs colleagues, and supportive cross-functional partners across commercial, market access, evidence generation, and ecosystem teams. And collaborate with external healthcare experts, advocacy partners, and decision-makers, building trusted scientific dialogue grounded in ethics and compliance.

The Immunology MSLs and Medical Solution Leads in the ECE Cluster report directly to this role.

What you’ll do

• Enable regional medical strategic direction aligned with global and European priorities.
• Foster development for your team of Medical Science Liaisons and Medical Solution Leads.
• Welcome and support medical talent across countries in the cluster.
• Subject matter expert in immunology, ensuring strong therapeutic area acumen across the organization
• Ensure high-quality field planning, execution, and activity follow-up.
• Translate complex evidence and data into clear, patient-relevant insights for stakeholders.
• Cultivate compliant collaboration with partners and external healthcare experts.

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills 

• Master or PhD in a scientific discipline; advanced medical or doctoral degree is valued.
• Strong Medical Affairs, and leadership experience enabling teams’ growth, coaching, and supportive performance conversations.
• Expertise in immunology or a closely related therapeutic area.
• Strong understanding of clinical development, study management, and real‑world evidence.
• Experience working in cross‑functional, regional, or matrix environments.
• Digital literacy and comfort working in evolving medical ecosystems.
• Successful experience in shaping strategic medical plans and following through from idea to patient impact.
• Fluency in English, Polish and or Czech depending on your location, and travel readiness in the region are valued.

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 expressly 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 laws. 
 
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