Global Brand Head (m/f/d) Epilepsy (Belgium)

UCB; Brussel; Hybrid; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company, seeks a Global Brand Head Epilepsy Brands to maximize the value of BRIVIACT, VIMPAT, KEPPRA and NAYZILAM. You will shape robust commercial strategies, drive lifecycle and launch excellence, and translate insights into strategic decisions to support sustainable growth in epilepsy care.

You will collaborate across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Supply, Regulatory, HEOR and Insights, driving alignment and execution.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical device industry.
• Several years’ country or regional leadership experience
• Strong global marketing, strategic planning, commercialization, and launch experience.
• Proven cross-functional leadership, influencing, communication, and relationship-building capabilities.
• Experience developing global strategies, business cases, and complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead global commercial strategies across UCB’s epilepsy brand portfolio.
• Drive launch, lifecycle, and integrated strategic planning across markets.
• Translate patient, customer, and market insights into growth opportunities.
• Align cross-functional stakeholders around portfolio priorities and coordinated execution.
• Guide forecasting, investment decisions, risk mitigation, and performance optimization.
• Advance digital, AI-driven, and innovative commercialization approaches globally.

Skills

Global brand leadership

Strategic marketing

Cross-functional leadership

Launch management

Digital commercialization

Education

MBA or equivalent in marketing

Bachelor's in life sciences or business

Tools

CRM systems

Market analytics tools

Job description

We are looking for a Global Brand Head (m/f/d) Epilepsy who is strategic, collaborative, and innovative to join our PI Developed Brands team.

About The Role

As Brand Head Epilepsy Brands, you will maximize the value of UCB’s global epilepsy portfolio, including BRIVIACT, VIMPAT, KEPPRA, and NAYZILAM. You will shape and execute robust commercial and portfolio strategies, identify emerging market opportunities, and drive lifecycle and launch excellence. By translating customer, healthcare professional, and patient insights into strategic decisions, you will support sustainable growth and improved standards of epilepsy care. You will also provide a strong commercial perspective on investments, forecasts, risks, and future portfolio opportunities.

Who You’ll Work With

You will collaborate with global, regional, and local stakeholders across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Supply, Regulatory, Clinical, HEOR, and Insights. As an influential member of the Global Commercial Leadership Team, you will drive strategic alignment and coordinated execution across functions and markets. You will also work closely with country teams, external partners, and agency partners to develop compelling brand strategies, launch plans, customer engagement approaches, and digital solutions that maximize patient impact across the epilepsy portfolio.

What You’ll Do

• You will lead global commercial strategies across UCB’s epilepsy brand portfolio.
• You will drive launch, lifecycle, and integrated strategic planning across markets.
• You will translate patient, customer, and market insights into growth opportunities.
• You will align cross-functional stakeholders around portfolio priorities and coordinated execution.
• You will guide forecasting, investment decisions, risk mitigation, and performance optimization.
• You will advance digital, AI-driven, and innovative commercialization approaches globally.

Interested? For this position you’ll need the following education, experience, and skills

• Extensive experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical device industry.
• Several years’ country or regional leadership experience
• Strong global marketing, strategic planning, commercialization, and launch experience.
• Proven cross-functional leadership, influencing, communication, and relationship-building capabilities.
• Experience developing global strategies, business cases, and complex projects.

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.

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