Senior Real-World Evidence Lead, Special Populations

UCB; Anderlecht; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

UCB is seeking a Real‑World Evidence Senior Expert – Special Patient Populations to lead global programs that generate insights across development and commercialization, with a focus on women of childbearing age, pediatrics, and older adults. You will collaborate with Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Health Economics, and other teams to advance evidence strategies.

Based in Europe or the United States, this hybrid role requires 40% on-site presence and travel.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Life Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Economics, Biostatistics, Data Science, Public Health, or a related field.
• At least 6 years of experience designing, leading, and delivering real-world evidence studies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consulting, or academic sectors.
• Demonstrated experience using primary and secondary healthcare data to generate evidence that informs clinical, regulatory, medical, or commercial decision‑making.
• Strong expertise in epidemiology, outcomes research, observational study design, and quantitative research methods.
• Experience working across global or regional cross‑functional teams and managing complex research initiatives from concept through execution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex findings to diverse audiences.

Responsabilités

• Lead the design and execution of global real-world evidence studies that support research, development, regulatory, medical, market access, and business decision-making.
• Develop evidence-generation strategies for special patient populations, including individuals who are pregnant, pediatric populations, older adults, and other underrepresented patient groups.
• Deliver complex observational research programs using real-world data and prospective data collection, ensuring scientific rigor, operational excellence, and timely execution.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to identify evidence needs related to disease burden, treatment outcomes, safety, effectiveness, and patient care pathways across the product lifecycle.
• Translate study findings into actionable insights and communicate results to internal stakeholders, external partners, scientific audiences, and regulatory bodies.
• Collaborate with external experts, research partners, and healthcare data providers to advance innovative evidence-generation approaches.
• Shape long‑term evidence strategies for priority assets and disease areas while identifying opportunities to leverage new data sources, advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
• Serve as a trusted scientific advisor, championing robust methodologies and evidence‑based decision‑making across the organization.

Connaissances

Epidemiology

Outcomes research

Observational study design

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Formation

Advanced degree in Life Sciences

Epidemiology

Biostatistics

Data Science

Public Health

Description du poste

UCB is seeking a Real‑World Evidence Senior Expert – Special Patient Populations to lead global programs that generate insights across development and commercialization, with a focus on women of childbearing age, pediatrics, and older adults. You will collaborate with Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Health Economics, and other teams to advance evidence strategies.

Based in Europe or the United States, this hybrid role requires 40% on-site presence and travel.