Business Planning Partner & Agile Coach

Make your mark for patients

Business Planning Partner & Agile Coach (m/f/d)

Are you passionate about making a difference in patients' lives? Do you thrive in a dynamic and innovative environment? If yes, this role, in our Headquarter in Monheim, could be the perfect fit for you.

About the role

The Business Planning Partner & Agile Coach (m/f/d) is responsible for ensuring an outcome-oriented evolution of our ways of working through effective planning, preparation, and anticipation of business operations and projects, fostering excellence in execution and cross-functional collaboration. He/She ensures excellence in the overall business outcome and enables the translation of strategy to operations into key performance indicators. The Business Planning Partner & Agile Coach supports the NOVA workstreams to drive an outcome-oriented and customer-centric approach.

Who you’ll work with

The Business Planning Partner & Agile Coach (m/f/d) is part of the GLT and reports directly to the General Manager Germany. Key stakeholders besides the GLT and the GM are Finance & Tax, Regulatory, Quality, Pharmacovigilance and Safety, and other Backbone Teams, the EU LT, and the Patient Impact Maximization (PIM) Team.

What you’ll do

• Local governance and business planning: Coordinating operations and planning processes to achieve incremental business impact.
• Agile values and principles: Designing and facilitating workshops and training sessions to promote agile methodologies.
• Stakeholder collaboration: Enhancing cooperation among key stakeholders to foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and learning from failures.
• Compliance and quality: Ensuring all activities adhere to the code of conduct, healthcare regulations, and legal requirements.

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience, and skills:

• Proven track record as a certified Agile Coach
• Strong networking, interpersonal & social skills
• Proven Change Management Skills
• Strategic, conceptual, and analytical skills
• Professional fluency in German & English

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 around 8,500 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 equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, 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.

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities, contact us at EMEA-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com. Please note that should your inquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.