Senior RWE (Real World Evidence) Expert

UCB S.A.; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB is seeking a Senior Real-World Evidence Expert to independently design, lead, and deliver global evidence studies. The role targets informing regulatory and payer interactions and advancing disease-area understanding, with collaboration across US and non-US teams in a hybrid setup.

The role emphasizes asset-level evidence strategies and innovative data-source approaches, requiring leadership, strategic thinking, and strong communication with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master's, PhD, PharmD or MD in a relevant scientific or quantitative field.
• 8+ years of experience designing and delivering real-world evidence studies in industry, or consulting.
• Strong expertise in RWE methodology including epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, outcomes research, and quantitative methods.
• Experience using a variety of real-world data sources, ideally including both primary and secondary data sources, with an ability to critically evaluate fitness for purpose.
• Ability to create high-quality abstracts, manuscripts, posters, presentations, and scientific communications.
• Excellent communication and influence skills with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
• Independent project leadership, strategic thinking, innovation, and adaptability in changing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex global evidence studies using diverse methodologies, data sources, and study designs.
• Develop study concepts, protocols, analysis plans, governance processes, and quality-control standards.
• Deliver epidemiology, disease-burden, safety, regulatory, and comparative-effectiveness studies.
• Lead primary data-collection partnerships and high-visibility secondary data-use initiatives.
• Interpret and communicate findings across scientific, regulatory, payer, and strategic forums.
• Shape asset evidence strategies through innovative methods, data sources, and functional thought leadership.

Skills

RWE methodology

Epidemiology

Pharmacoepidemiology

Outcomes research

Quantitative methods

Scientific communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Master's, PhD, PharmD or MD in a relevant field

Job description

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Senior Real-World Evidence (RWE) Expert who is scientifically rigorous, strategically minded, and passionate about generating impactful evidence. You will join our Global Real-World Evidence team working both with US and non-US colleagues. This is a hybrid position and could be either based out of our offices in Cambridge, MA or Raleigh, NC or Atlanta, GA.

About the role

As a Senior Real-World Evidence Expert, you will independently design, lead, and deliver global evidence studies. Your work will inform internal decisions, support regulatory and payer interactions, and advance scientific understanding of disease areas. You will also help shape asset-level evidence strategies and propose innovative approaches in partnership with the Real-World Evidence Strategy Lead.

Who you’ll work with

You will collaborate with statisticians, analysts, epidemiologists, clinical teams, market access and health economics colleagues, safety and pharmacovigilance partners, medical experts, external vendors, and cross-functional asset teams. As an influential scientific contributor, you will align diverse stakeholders and ensure outputs meet strategic, regulatory, payer, and scientific needs.

What you’ll do

• Lead complex global evidence studies using diverse methodologies, data sources, and study designs.
• Develop study concepts, protocols, analysis plans, governance processes, and quality-control standards.
• Deliver epidemiology, disease-burden, safety, regulatory, and comparative-effectiveness studies.
• Lead primary data-collection partnerships and high-visibility secondary data-use initiatives.
• Interpret and communicate findings across scientific, regulatory, payer, and strategic forums.
• Shape asset evidence strategies through innovative methods, data sources, and functional thought leadership.

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

• Master's, PhD, PharmD or MD in a relevant scientific or quantitative field.
• 8+ years of experience designing and delivering real-world evidence studies in industry, or consulting. (Experience from academia may also be considered).
• Strong expertise in RWE methodology including epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, outcomes research, and quantitative methods.
• Experience using a variety of real-world data sources, ideally including both primary and secondary data sources, with an ability to critically evaluate fitness for purpose.
• Ability to create high-quality abstracts, manuscripts, posters, presentations, and scientific communications.
• Excellent communication and influence skills with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
• Independent project leadership, strategic thinking, innovation, and adaptability in changing environments.

Salary

The reasonably anticipated base salary range for this position is $164,000 to $215,300 per year. 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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