Data Portfolio Lead — Drive Data-Driven Decisions

UCB; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB is seeking a Data Portfolio Lead in the UK, based in Slough, to drive data products that enable analytics and AI. Collaborate with business and data teams to ensure data is trustworthy, discoverable, and aligned with portfolio priorities.

You will translate strategic questions into measurable data opportunities, define shared meaning across domains, and monitor adoption to realize value for patients and the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• Experience linking business strategy, process improvement, data and AI to measurable outcomes.
• Experience translating questions into data, analytics and tech requirements.
• Experience combining data products across domains into fit-for-purpose solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-value questions, decisions, and improvement opportunities through data.
• Translate questions into prioritized data product opportunities with clear requirements and success metrics.
• Combine data products across domains to deliver integrated, fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Define and maintain business concepts, relationships, and shared meaning for cross-domain data products.
• Align data capabilities with portfolio priorities with data product leads and analysts.
• Validate data and AI capabilities with stakeholders for accuracy and fitness.
• Ensure portfolio data products are discoverable, governed, scalable and ready for analytics/AI.
• Monitor adoption and business impact to drive continuous value.

Skills

Data strategy

Stakeholder management

Cross-domain data

Analytics AI

Facilitation

Systems thinking

Business acumen

Pharma domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, data, analytics, life sciences, information management, technology, or a related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

UCB is seeking a Data Portfolio Lead in the UK, based in Slough, to drive data products that enable analytics and AI. Collaborate with business and data teams to ensure data is trustworthy, discoverable, and aligned with portfolio priorities.

You will translate strategic questions into measurable data opportunities, define shared meaning across domains, and monitor adoption to realize value for patients and the organization.