Senior CMC Dev QMS & Quality Compliance Lead

UCB; Belgique; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB is seeking a collaborative CMC Dev QMS Compliance Lead to join our Development Excellence and Operations team in Braine-L’Alleud, Belgium. You will drive the quality and compliance roadmap across pharmaceutical development and oversee lifecycle quality management.

You will support audits, promote data integrity and partner with QA, process excellence and cross-functional leaders to ensure robust systems and patient safety in a global environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences, quality or a related field.
• Several years of experience in pharmaceutical development quality or compliance.
• Proven ability to guide and influence across a complex, cross‑functional organisation.

Responsibilities

• Implement the pharmaceutical development quality and compliance roadmap, translating priorities into actionable steps.
• Lead cross-functional quality projects and improvement initiatives with QA, department leaders and SMEs.
• Support lifecycle management and implementation of QMS processes, SOPs and change controls across CMC Development.
• Define, monitor and maintain meaningful KPIs for quality management and compliance.
• Align data integrity processes with corporate standards and SOPs; prepare for audits and inspections; drive follow-up actions.
• Simplify compliance processes and systems in collaboration with Process Excellence and cross-functional partners.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Project management

Change management

Education

Master’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences or quality

Job description

UCB is seeking a collaborative CMC Dev QMS Compliance Lead to join our Development Excellence and Operations team in Braine-L’Alleud, Belgium. You will drive the quality and compliance roadmap across pharmaceutical development and oversee lifecycle quality management.

You will support audits, promote data integrity and partner with QA, process excellence and cross-functional leaders to ensure robust systems and patient safety in a global environment.