Tools & Standards Leader, Biometrics Data Science

UCB; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB seeks a Tools & Standards Lead to drive the strategy and governance of the Statistical Computing Environment within the Biometrics & Data Science team. You will partner across Biometrics, Data Science, IT, Quality, and external vendors to ensure reliability, compliance, and business value, enabling evidence generation for regulatory submissions.

The role emphasizes leadership, change management, and the adoption of AI-enabled workflows, open-source tools, and DevOps practices to advance

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of clinical development life cycle, statistical programming, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with validated computing environments, cloud platforms, software validation, and quality systems.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and change management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, roadmap, and governance of the Statistical Computing Environment.
• Act as the primary business owner for the platform.
• Partner with Biometrics, Data Science, IT, Quality, and external vendors to ensure platform reliability, compliance, and business value.
• Ensure GxP compliance, validation, inspection readiness, and data integrity requirements.
• Translate clinical analysis and reporting requirements into scalable platform capabilities supporting regulatory submissions and evidence generation.
• Drive adoption of modern technologies, including automation, AI, open-source tools, and DevOps practices.
• Lead platform enhancements, change management, training, and user support activities for biometrics and other data science communities.
• Establish standards for reproducibility, traceability, auditability, and metadata-driven analytics.
• Promote continuous improvement and innovation to increase efficiency, quality, and user experience.
• Represent the organization in industry forums and contribute to the evolution of statistical computing and data science practices.

Skills

SAS

R

Python

Git

DevOps

AI-enabled workflows

Tools

Domino Data Lab

Job description

UCB seeks a Tools & Standards Lead to drive the strategy and governance of the Statistical Computing Environment within the Biometrics & Data Science team. You will partner across Biometrics, Data Science, IT, Quality, and external vendors to ensure reliability, compliance, and business value, enabling evidence generation for regulatory submissions.

The role emphasizes leadership, change management, and the adoption of AI-enabled workflows, open-source tools, and DevOps practices to advance