Candidate Benefit Risk Lead

UCB; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB is seeking a strategic Benefit-Risk Lead for the Patient Benefit-Risk and Medical Safety team. The role may be based in Raleigh, NC or Atlanta, GA, with hybrid work arrangements and a focus on patient outcomes.

You will lead end-to-end benefit-risk assessment planning, identify safety risks, and shape risk management strategies across development programs, collaborating across clinical, medical, quality, and regulatory functions. Strong writing and regulatory experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific or healthcare discipline.
• Clear written, verbal, presentation and stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience contributing to regulatory submissions and product life cycle management.
• Experience with pharmacovigilance and clinical practice requirements.
• Ability to lead decisions in complex, dynamic environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end benefit-risk assessment planning for assigned assets and candidates.
• Analyze evidence to identify, assess, and communicate emerging safety risks.
• Integrate new clinical, post-marketing, quality, patient, and real-world evidence.
• Shape safety monitoring and risk management strategies across development programs.
• Author and approve documents supporting global regulatory submissions.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery with regulatory, process and quality compliance.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Safety writing

Regulatory submissions

Risk assessment

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific or healthcare discipline

Job description

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a strategic, collaborative and patient-focused Benefit-Risk Lead to join our Patient Benefit-Risk and Medical Safety team. This role may be based in a U.S. hub in Raleigh, North Carolina, or Atlanta, Georgia.

About The Role

You will lead end-to-end benefit-risk assessment planning for assigned assets or candidates. You will identify emerging safety concerns, evaluate factors influencing benefit-risk outcomes, and shape risk management strategies. Working across functions, you will translate evidence into clear recommendations, support governance decisions, and monitor how risk management activities affect patient outcomes.

Who You’ll Work With

You will work across clinical development, medical affairs, real-world evidence, product quality, patient engagement, and regulatory teams. You may lead a cross-functional Benefit Risk Team and serve as the primary contact for assigned assets or candidates, providing clear insights to internal governance and decision‑making groups.

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end benefit-risk assessment planning for assigned assets and candidates.
• Analyze diverse evidence to identify, assess, and communicate emerging safety risks.
• Integrate new clinical, post‑marketing, quality, patient, and real‑world evidence.
• Shape safety monitoring and risk management strategies across clinical development programs.
• Author and approve high-quality documents supporting global regulatory submissions.
• Coordinate cross‑functional delivery while ensuring regulatory, process, and quality compliance.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific or healthcare discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in biopharmaceutical clinical development and strategic benefit‑risk assessment.

Preferred Requirements

• Master’s degree, Doctor of Pharmacy, or another relevant advanced degree.
• Experience in biopharmaceutical clinical development and strategic benefit‑risk assessment. Experience managing safety writing projects and multiple safety‑related deliverables.
• Experience contributing to regulatory submissions and product life cycle management.
• Clear written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Working knowledge of applicable pharmacovigilance and clinical practice requirements.
• Experience developing additional pharmacovigilance and risk minimization strategies.
• Experience using patient insights or real‑world data for evidence generation. Ability to lead decisions in complex, dynamic, and ambiguous environments.
• Demonstrated focus on ethical decisions, patient outcomes, and data integrity.
• This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $ 184,000-241,500 . The actual salary offered will take into account related knowledge, skills, experience and location among other factors and may fall outside the expected range.

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 explicitly 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 federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.

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