Quality BCM Lead & Process Data Owner

UCB S.A.; Eigenbrakel; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

UCB S.A. in Belgium seeks a Quality Business Continuity Lead & Process Data Owner to drive BCM across Global Quality, ensuring resilience of critical quality processes, systems and data during disruptions.

The role also serves as PDO/FSO for designated Digital Quality solutions, guiding lifecycle management and validation. You will partner with Quality, Digital Technology, and business stakeholders to support regulatory compliance, inspections, and continuous improvement, including

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant scientific discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Quality, GxP, BCM, or related areas.
• Experience with computerized system lifecycle management and validation.
• Exposure to BCM frameworks (ISO 22301) and regulatory compliance is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Act as BCM representative for Global Quality, aligning with governance and resilience requirements.
• Support process owners in developing and reviewing BC plans and BIAs for critical activities.
• Coordinate continuity risk assessments and mitigation plans with governance processes.
• Lead BCM exercises and recovery testing, document lessons learned and actions.
• Maintain BCM documentation, audit readiness, and reporting metrics.
• Serve as PDO/FSO for assigned Quality digital solutions and ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure digital solutions support Quality processes and regulatory needs.
• Drive data-driven decision-making and adoption of AI-enabled solutions to improve value.

Connaissances

Leadership

Communication

Influencing

Negotiation

Formation

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant scientific discipline

Outils

Excel

Power BI

Veeva Vault

Quality Management Systems

Description du poste

Make your mark for patients

To strengthen our Global Quality - Digital Quality Industrialization department, we are looking for a talented profile to fill the position of: Quality Business Continuity Lead & Process Data Owner – Braine l’Alleud, Belgium.

About the role

The Quality Continuity Management Lead is responsible for driving Business Continuity Management (BCM) activities across Global Quality, ensuring the resilience and recoverability of critical quality processes, systems, data, and regulatory operations during business disruptions.

In addition, the role acts as Process Data Owner (PDO) and/or Functional System Owner (FSO) for designated Digital Quality solutions, providing business leadership to ensure systems remain compliant, validated, fit-for-purpose, and aligned with business and regulatory requirements.

You will work with

You will be closely working with Quality, Digital Technology, and business stakeholders. This position supports operational resilience, inspection readiness, and Digital Quality Transformation through effective continuity management and digital system stewardship.

What you will do

Business Continuity Management

• · Act as the primary Business Continuity Management representative for Global Quality, ensuring alignment with Enterprise BCM governance, standards, methodologies, tools and resilience requirements.
• · Support Quality process owners in the development, maintenance, and periodic review of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) for critical Quality activities, processes, systems, and services.
• · Coordinate continuity risk assessments and ensure key threats, vulnerabilities, dependencies, and recovery priorities are identified and appropriately addressed through appropriate mitigation and remediation plans.
• · Drive the prioritization, follow-up, and closure of identified BCM gaps, mitigation actions, and risk remediation plans through Quality governance processes.
• · Act as the BCM coordination point for Global Quality during continuity events, exercises, or BCM activations, ensuring effective communication and stakeholder alignment.
• · Coordinate BCM exercises critical Quality Processes, simulations, and recovery testing activities, ensuring lessons learned and improvement actions are documented and tracked to completion.
• · Ensure BCM compliance, audit readiness, inspection readiness, and maintenance of BCM documentation, records, and reporting metrics.
• · Foster a culture of resilience and continuous improvement by partnering with Enterprise BCM, Quality stakeholders, Digital Technology, and Risk Management communities to strengthen organizational preparedness and recovery capabilities.

Process Data Owner (PDO) / Functional System Owner (FSO)

• · Act as Process Data Owner (PDO) and/or Functional System Owner (FSO) for assigned Quality digital solutions.
• · Collaborate with Corporate Process Owners, Digital Technology System Owners, business stakeholders, and vendors to ensure digital solutions effectively support Quality processes and business objectives.
• · Provide business stewardship and lifecycle management for assigned solutions, including deployment, adoption, validation, enhancements, integrations, change management, and continuous improvement.
• · Ensure assigned digital solutions remain compliant, validated, fit-for-purpose, and aligned with applicable Quality, GxP, Data Integrity, and regulatory requirements.
• · Maintain business requirements, governance documentation, SOPs, and associated Quality records, while supporting audits, inspections, deviations, investigations, CAPAs, and change controls.
• · Drive innovation, reporting capabilities, data-driven decision-making, and adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled solutions, to improve efficiency, compliance, and business value.

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

• · Bachelor’s or master’s degree or an education in a relevant scientific discipline
• · Minimum 5 years of experience in Quality, GxP, Business Continuity, Digital Quality, Regulatory Compliance, or related areas within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, or healthcare industries.
• · Experience with computerized system lifecycle management, validation, or digital transformation initiatives.
• · Experience in Business Continuity Management and operational resilience programs. Exposure to BCM frameworks (e.g., ISO 22301) and regulatory compliance requirements is a plus.
• · Experience with Business Impact Analysis (BIA), risk assessments, and continuity planning/exercises.
• · Familiarity with BCM tools or platforms and basic data analysis (Excel, Power BI, etc.) is a plus.
• · Experience with Veeva Vault, Quality Management Systems, or equivalent regulated platforms is highly desirable
• · Strong interest in emerging technologies, digital transformation, and Artificial Intelligence, with a proactive mindset to identify opportunities for improving efficiency, quality, compliance, and business value through innovative solutions.
• · Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations, assess risks and business impacts, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement practical, risk-based solutions and corrective actions.
• · Strong leadership, communication, influencing, and negotiation skills with the ability to effectively engage cross-functional teams, senior leadership, regulatory authorities, and external partners in multicultural and virtual environments.

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.