Senior Real World Evidence Expert (UK)

UCB; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

UCB is seeking a Senior Real World Evidence Expert based in Slough, UK or Brussels, Belgium. You will autonomously design, lead, and deliver global RWE studies, informing regulatory and payer interactions and supporting asset-level strategies.

You will collaborate with epidemiologists, statisticians, HE/HTA partners, and cross-functional teams to deliver robust outputs and shape innovative study designs and data sources. Hybrid work model applies.

Qualifications

• Masters, PhD, or MD in life sciences, epidemiology, HEOR or statistics.
• Experience designing and delivering RWE studies in pharma, academia or consultancies.
• Strong epidemiology and outcomes research methods and data analysis.
• Ability to develop high-quality scientific communications (abstracts, posters, manuscripts).
• Excellent communication to influence cross-functional and senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead projects independently and adapt in fast-changing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end global RWE studies using diverse data sources.
• Develop protocols, analysis plans, and ensure governance and QC.
• Deliver epidemiology, burden-of-disease, safety-outcome, and regulatory studies.
• Collaborate with vendors, clinicians, and statisticians for robust outputs.
• Communicate findings to scientific and strategic audiences.
• Help define evidence needs with HE/HTA and safety teams.

Skills

Communication skills

Project leadership

Strategic thinking

Statistical analysis

Epidemiology

Education

Master’s degree or higher

Epidemiology/HEOR related degree

Job description

Make your mark for patients. We are looking for a Senior Real World Evidence Expert who is scientifically rigorous, strategically minded, and passionate about generating impactful real‑world evidence to help shape key decisions across the lifecycle of UCB’s assets, based in Slough, UK or Brussels, Belgium.

About The Role

As a Senior RWE Expert, you will autonomously design, lead, and deliver a wide range of global real‑world evidence (RWE) studies. Your work will inform internal decision‑making, support regulatory and payer interactions, and contribute to the scientific understanding of disease areas. In addition to overseeing project delivery, you will help shape asset‑level RWE strategies and propose innovative approaches to evidence generation in partnership with the RWE Strategy Lead.

Who You’ll Work With

You will collaborate with statistical teams, RWE Analysts, epidemiologists, clinical teams, Evidence Synthesis partners (HE/HTA), Safety/Pharmacovigilance, external vendors, medical experts, and cross‑functional asset teams. You will serve as an influential scientific contributor with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders and ensure RWE outputs meet strategic, regulatory, and scientific needs.

What You’ll Do

• Lead execution of complex global RWE studies using diverse methodologies and datasets end‑to‑end.
• Develop study concepts, write protocols, shape analysis plans, and ensure governance and QC compliance.
• Deliver epidemiology, natural‑history, burden‑of‑disease, safety‑outcome, regulatory, and comparative‑effectiveness studies.
• Represent RWE on primary data‑collection teams and lead high‑visibility secondary data‑use initiatives.
• Collaborate with vendors, clinicians, statisticians, and analytics teams to deliver scientifically robust outputs.
• Interpret results and communicate findings internally and externally across scientific and strategic forums.
• Co‑define evidence needs with HE/HTA partners, Safety, and other functions to support regulatory and payer interactions.
• Contribute to asset‑level RWE strategy and propose innovative study designs, data sources, and analytic approaches.
• Advocate for rigorous scientific methodology and challenge assumptions using strong methodological reasoning.
• Help advance RWE functional excellence through thought leadership, innovation, and best‑practice sharing.

Requirements

• Master’s degree, PhD, or MD in a life science, epidemiology, outcomes research, HEOR, statistics, or related field.
• Experience designing and delivering RWE studies using primary or secondary data in pharma, academia, or consultancies.
• Strong quantitative and methodological expertise across epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, and outcomes research.
• Ability to develop high‑quality scientific communications (abstracts, manuscripts, posters, presentations).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and engage cross‑functional and senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead projects independently, think strategically, innovate, and adapt in fast‑changing environments.

Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients?

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.