Health Economic Expert (UK Posting)

UCB; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB is seeking a Health Economic Expert to shape payer-relevant health economic value strategies for assets in late-stage development. You will develop economic models, evidence reviews, and payer-focused publications in a global context, working within the Data and Evidence Strategy team.

The role requires 3–5 years of HEOR experience in healthcare or pharma, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to collaborate across functions.

Qualifications

• HEOR experience in healthcare/pharmaceuticals or consulting.
• Ability to design and implement health economic tactics and translate evidence into payer insights.
• Understanding of global healthcare ecosystems and HTA processes across EU and international markets.
• Strong analytical, communication, project-management, and evidence-synthesis skills.

Responsibilities

• Support health economic strategic plans and deliverables for payer value narratives.
• Design and implement global health economic research projects demonstrating clinical, humanistic, and economic value.
• Integrate health-economics endpoints into clinical and observational studies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to coordinate analyses with statistical programmers.
• Develop payer-relevant evidence packages and core global economic models for market access.

Skills

HEOR experience

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Evidence synthesis

Cross-functional collaboration

HTA understanding

Advanced degree preference

Education

Master's degree or higher

Job description

We are looking for a Health Economic Expert who is analytical, collaborative, and motivated to shape payer‑relevant health economic value strategies and deliverables that support a UCB asset in late‑stage development to join our Data and Evidence Strategy team, based in Slough UK, or Brussels, Belgium.

About The Role

As the Health Economic Expert, you will develop health economic and payer evidence strategies / deliverables that demonstrate the full value of UCB’s in‑development assets. As part of the health economic strategy team, you will support the design, execution, and communication of global health economic deliverables—including economic models, evidence reviews, comparative analyses, and payer‑focused publications. This role directly supports UCB’s ambition to deliver differentiated, patient‑focused solutions while enabling market access across global regions.

Who You’ll Work With

You will collaborate closely with market access, real‑world evidence, clinical development, medical affairs, biostatistics, commercial teams, and the broader Global Payer and HTA community. You will also partner with external experts, researchers, and vendors to deliver high‑quality economic evidence that supports reimbursement, HTA submissions, and payer decision‑making.

What You’ll Do

• Support the development of health economic strategic plans and deliverables supporting payer value narratives for UCB assets.
• Design, develop, and implement global health economic research projects to demonstrate clinical, humanistic, and economic value.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to integrate health‑economics endpoints into clinical and observational studies.
• Collaborate on defining analyses for economic parameters in clinical trials and coordinate work with statistical programmers.
• Develop payer‑relevant evidence packages and core global economic models enabling market access across geographies.
• Conduct and coordinate HTA‑relevant literature reviews, meta‑analyses, and indirect comparisons to inform evidence needs.
• Critically appraise clinical and economic evidence to assess suitability for global value dossiers, HTA tools, and economic models.
• Support affiliates in tailoring global economic models and deliverables for local reimbursement negotiations.
• Communicate economic findings and value messages through internal briefings, global value dossiers, publications, and scientific forums.

Interested? For this role we’re looking for:

• Over 3-5 years’ experience in a healthcare or pharmaceutical environment (industry or consulting) with HEOR experience.
• Ability to design and implement health economic tactics (evidence reviews, economic models and indirect treatment comparisons) and translate evidence into payer‑relevant insights.
• Understanding of global healthcare ecosystems and HTA processes across EU and international markets.
• Strong analytical, communication, project‑management, and evidence‑synthesis skills.
• Preferred: advanced degree (e.g., MSc, PhD, MD, PharmD), experience in immunology or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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 over 9.000 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 equal opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and 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.

At UCB, we’ve embraced a hybrid‑first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless expressly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable laws.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on [e-mail]. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.