Head of Asset Partnerships & Planning, Data Acquisition

Make your mark for patients. We are looking for a Head of Asset Partnerships & Planning, Data Acquisition who is influential, emotionally intelligent, and innovative to join us in our Global Integrated Insights and Analytics team, based in our office in Slough, Berkshire, United Kingdom. This role can be hybrid (40% on site presence) and requires 5-10% international/domestic travel.

About the role

You will develop a clear vision, strategic plan, and operating model to develop data strategies supporting all therapeutic areas in various stages of their life cycle, from development to commercialization, as well as the overall portfolio. You will lead a team of one to six therapeutic area data strategy specialists to define and execute data strategy that generates data-driven actionable insights, creating significant patient and enterprise value.

Who you’ll work with

You will build a team of direct and indirect reports and work with other Data Acquisition team members, Integrated Insights Hub Leads, IT, the Data Office, Real-World Evidence (RWE), advanced analytics, translational medicine, medical leads, asset leads, regional and functional commercial leaders.

What you’ll do

Your contribution will greatly advance the insight and evidence generation, strategic planning and patient value creation for our assets. You will:

• Drive significant business impact through a well-designed data acquisition strategy focused on our key assets.
• Lead a team of Asset partner therapeutic area specialists in evaluating potential data against identified use cases to generate both routine and ad hoc actionable insights.
• Define the overall vision, operating model, processes, roles and responsibilities for the team; coach and mentor team members.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the healthcare data landscape and internal data assets (such as patient-level claims, EMR, labs, genetics, prescribers, and sales) along with a solid understanding of analytic applications.
• Lead the team in the creation of comprehensive short- and long-term data roadmaps to support individual therapeutic areas and the overall portfolio.
• Engage with data acquisition colleagues to identify the right data assets to meet business needs, assessing opportunities, enabling experiments, and ensuring a competitive advantage for UCB.
• Drive the flawless implementation of the data strategy across the portfolio and ensure an optimal end-user experience.
• Ideate and drive data innovation in support of the selected therapeutic areas.

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

• Master/Doctor’s degree in quantitative area is preferred, Bachelor’s is required.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in advising companies on data strategy for pre and post launch applications.
• Strong experience working with various forms of pharmaceutical data.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience partnering to create an exceptional user experience for data access, cleansing, tools etc.
• Expert knowledge of the United States, European and Japanese data landscape.

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 around 8,500 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 equitable 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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent, and adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.