Job Description
Make your mark for patients
UCB is seeking a Technical CMC Partner to act as the regional owner and leadership voice for CMC across multiple assets and lifecycle stages.
The role requires strong leadership, strategic influence, and technical authority skills, shaping CMC decisions from clinical development through commercialization phases, for Chemical and Biological entities.
Leading complex topics through influence (not hierarchy), experienced CMC professional will be ready for fast onboarding, and short term high visibility, autonomy, and impact in a global matrix environment.
The Role Requires
- Strong leadership, easiness for communication and influencing stakeholder‑management skills.
- Ability to think holistically, balance risk and value, and make decisions under uncertainty.
- Extensive experience in CMC within a regulated pharmaceutical environment, with demonstrated exposure to regional and global governance.
- Proven ability to rapidly operate with high autonomy, ownership, and accountability
- Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and leading complex topics.
- Advanced scientific education.
- Fluent English; ability to work confidently across cultures and regions.
Why Join This Role
- A true ownership role, not just execution
- High visibility and strategic influence across assets and regions
- An opportunity to act as a trusted technical leader shaping access and value for patients worldwide
Key Accountabilities
- Act as the single regional CMC point of accountability, representing the consolidated “country/region voice” toward other senior stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment between regional regulations, market needs, and global CMC strategy, translating local insights into value‑driven technical recommendations.
- Maintain a holistic cross‑asset portfolio view, to proactively highlight risks, priorities, dependencies, and business impact.
- Drive regional reliable decision‑making by influencing trade‑offs with a risk‑based, pragmatic, and patient‑centric mindset.
On a daily based activities
- Lead and steer cross‑functional teams (CMC, Regulatory, Quality, Supply, Development).
- Animate technical forums, workshops, and communication platforms to ensure alignment, transparency, and timely escalation.
- Serve as an active contributor to Technical communities, sharing best practices and strengthening organizational maturity.
- Monitor execution, anticipate constraints, and ensure delivery against objectives, timelines, and other expectations.
- Ensure compliance and readiness, supporting audits, inspections, and health authority interactions when required.
- Promote continuous improvement, efficiency, and harmonization while respecting regional specificities
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.