Clinical Data Layer Lead — Hybrid, Global Impact, AI-Driven

UCB; Anderlecht; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB is seeking a Clinical Data Layer Lead to own vision, strategy, governance, and continued development of our Clinical Data Layer across global offices in Brussels, Monheim, Slough, and Raleigh. You will drive secure data movement from source systems into trusted data products, enabling study delivery, analytics, and AI-enabled workflows.

The role demands collaboration with biometrics, data science, clinical operations, regulatory affairs, and IT to establish data standards, governance, and

Qualifications

• Degree in data science, computer science, clinical informatics, life sciences, technology, statistics, or related field.
• Experience in clinical development, biometrics, clinical data management, or related pharmaceutical R&D discipline.
• Led large‑scale business transformation involving clinical data, digital capabilities, and global cross‑functional stakeholders in regulated environments.
• Understand clinical data standards, metadata management, data architecture, statistical analysis workflows, governance, and clinical development lifecycle.
• Familiar with cloud data platforms, data lakes, data products, APIs, and modern integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the long-term vision, roadmap, investment case, and business strategy for the Clinical Data Layer.
• Establish governance for data products, metadata, reference data, quality controls, access, stewardship, and measures of platform value.
• Partner with architecture and technology teams to enable scalable integration, common data models, interoperability, and reusable clinical data flows.
• Shape safe, high-value uses of AI, intelligent automation, semantic models, knowledge graphs, and agent-based capabilities.
• Build cross-functional alignment and increase adoption through clear communication, training, user engagement, prioritisation, and change management.
• Ensure regulated use through Good Practice compliance, validation support, data integrity, auditability, traceability, inspection readiness, and risk management.

Skills

Vision setting

Stakeholder alignment

Data integration patterns

AI awareness

Education

Data science / computer science / clinical informatics

Tools

Cloud data platforms

Data lakes

APIs

Job description

UCB is seeking a Clinical Data Layer Lead to own vision, strategy, governance, and continued development of our Clinical Data Layer across global offices in Brussels, Monheim, Slough, and Raleigh. You will drive secure data movement from source systems into trusted data products, enabling study delivery, analytics, and AI-enabled workflows.

The role demands collaboration with biometrics, data science, clinical operations, regulatory affairs, and IT to establish data standards, governance, and