Overview
In this role you guide legal strategy for priority immunology assets globally while supporting UK & Ireland operations. You will partner with cross-functional teams to enable informed, patient-focused decisions across development, launch, commercialization, and lifecycle stages. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, shaping risk, compliance, and strategic choices in a complex healthcare environment. This position blends global asset leadership with local execution, offering influence across regions and a meaningful impact on patient value.
Pay / Benefits
- hybrid work model with 40% office time
- equal opportunity employer
Responsibilities
- Lead global legal strategy for priority immunology assets across development, launch, commercialization, lifecycle management, and loss of exclusivity planning
- Provide clear, practical, business-focused legal advice to senior leaders and governance bodies
- Align legal positions, risk assessments, and decision-making frameworks across global, regional, and local teams
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to support compliant patient engagement, medical, regulatory, commercial, and market access activities
- Anticipate, assess, and mitigate legal, compliance, and reputational risks while enabling innovation and growth
- Support launch readiness, pricing, reimbursement, commercialization, and stakeholder engagement in UK & Ireland
- Lead legal support for complex agreements, investigations, disputes, and external counsel management
- Coordinate legal input for digital, data-driven, and patient-focused initiatives
- Develop and coach legal professionals while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, high-performing team culture
- Build strong partnerships across regions for consistent guidance and local implementation
Key requirements
- Qualified lawyer with a law degree and admission to practice in a relevant jurisdiction
- Significant experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or life sciences legal environments
- Experience supporting global or regional product assets, including launches and lifecycle management
- Strong knowledge of medical, regulatory, commercial, and compliance considerations within healthcare
- Demonstrated success in complex, matrixed, international organizations
- Ability to influence stakeholders and lead through collaboration
- Strong strategic thinking, risk assessment, and problem-solving capabilities
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management, including interaction with senior leaders
- Sound commercial awareness with practical, balanced legal judgment
- Commitment to ethical decision-making, integrity, inclusion, and patient-centered outcomes
- influencing and stakeholder management
- collaboration
- communication
- pharmaceutical regulatory and compliance knowledge
- risk assessment and management
- complex agreements and external counsel management
Global Legal Immunology Lead UK & Ireland in Slough employer: Ucb Group
UCB is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, where employees are encouraged to push boundaries and create meaningful value for patients. Located in Slough, our hybrid-first approach allows for flexibility while working alongside experienced scientists in a supportive environment that prioritises personal growth and career development. Join us to be part of a team that values inclusivity and empowers you to make your mark in the biopharmaceutical industry.
