Korea External Engagement Lead

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Korea External Engagement Lead to join us in our Access, Sustainability and External Engagement team, based in Seoul, Korea.

About the role

• Policy & Regulatory Monitoring and Providing strategic policy insights and recommendations to leadership.
• Government Relations: Develop and maintain relationships with government officials, policymakers, regulatory authorities, serve as the primary point of contact and represent the company in policy discussion.
• Public policy & advocacy strategy: Develop and execute government affairs and advocacy strategies aligned with corporate objectives, and collaborate with industry associations to advance common policy priorities.
• Stakeholder Engagement, Market Access & Patient Access Support, Cross-functional leadership.

What you’ll do

Government partnership

• Monitor legislative, regulatory, and healthcare policy developments, and assess the potential impact of policy changes on the organization, products, and patients.
• Provide strategic policy insights and recommendations to leadership and develop and maintain relationships with government officials, policymakers, regulatory authorities, and healthcare agencies.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between the company and government stakeholders.
• Partner with Market Access teams to create a favorable policy environment for product launches and lifecycle management.

Patient & Patien Advocay Engagement

• Creat and lead communication and patient-centric initiatives to improve awareness, education, and patient access and shape a supportive environment for their benefit.
• Establish and strengthen partnerships with patient advocacy organizations to understand and address unmet patient needs.
• Lead and collaborate closely with medical and commercial teams to ensure UCB’s patient engagement efforts align with clinical and market access goals.

Corporate and brand communications

• Build trust and transparency with the media and leverage UCB’s reputation as a credible, patient centric thought leader that makes meaningful contributions to patients, providers, health systems and society.
• Lead communication plan and strategies for commercial branding and reputation management as well as change, crisis and issues management and consultancy.

• Lead brand related disease awareness campaign to promote awareness or educating the public, and increase accessibility to proper treatment at the right time

Internal Communications

• Develop and lead a national communication strategy and projects to enhance employee engagement with our vision and business priorities.
• Oversee internal communications by collaborating with and supporting cross-functional teams. Ensure timely and professional dissemination of business priorities, key initiatives, and employee engagement efforts.
• Strategically and effectively manage internal communication channels to improve employee engagement.
  
  

CORE BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES 

• Ensures key customers‘ (internal and external) voice is included in our long-term solutions through reliable & partnership.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• In-depth knowledge and expertise of the South Korean healthcare and policy environment.

• Strong collaborator who can incorporate input from others and can generate consensus through inclusion.
• Highly skilled in influencing cross-functional teams, including interfacing with key internal and external stakeholders. 

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

Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in MNC pharmaceutical company
• More than 5 years’ experience in communications, PAG and GA.
• Proven success in communications and patient engagement, particularly treatments.

Specific skills

• Strong interpersonal & Good communication skill
• Strategic focus
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, relevant professional standards and best practices
• Understanding of medical background and Clinical Trial Data analysis & evaluation
• Excellent English in speaking and writing
• Fluent in Korean

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. 
 
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on [email protected]. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.