MAKE YOUR MARK FOR PATIENTS

Are you passionate about making a difference in patients’ lives? Do you thrive in a dynamic and innovative environment? If yes, this could be the perfect fit for you:
We are looking for a Head of Medical Affairs (m/f/d) Germany o lead a team of managers for the patient engagement and patient solution, the customer care (UCBCares) and the medical governance unit including risk management, information officer, transparency and data privacy experts in our German affiliate organization in Monheim am Rhein, Germany.

ABOUT US

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Head of Medical Affairs develops and executes the medical excellence strategy in close cooperation with the Asset Medical Heads in the German UCB organization. You are providing strategic and operational input upon the value of UCBs’ current and future asset portfolio. You are driving an innovative and adaptive mind-set, building required capabilities and fostering an agile culture and infrastructure to maximize outcomes for patients and UCB. Together with your team you build and maintain relationships with key customers, regulators, health authorities, patient associations and KOL. You consequently show accountability for medical performance and contribute to the objectives of UCB Germany ensuring compliance and highest quality in all activities to the code of conduct, regulations and legal requirements.

WHAT YOU´LL DO

• Management of Medical Governance Stakeholders:
• Ensure compliance and highest quality in all activities of UCB Germany based on the code of conduct, healthcare regulations and legal requirements. Medical governance and knowledge for UCB portfolio of products and therapeutical areas
• Ensure Business Continuity plans are in place and risk databases are updated according to the company procedures
• Medical Excellence
• Develop and execute the medical excellence strategy in close cooperation with the Asset Medical Heads and the GLT ensuring best in class customer experience of KOL, patient and physicians associations and healthcare authorities.
• Organize, oversee and coordinate German Pharma Network
• Chair the German Pharma Network team consisting of Pharmacovigilance, Quality, Regulatory, Complaince and Safety
• Ensure that all Pharmacovigilance, Safety, Quality, Compliance and Safety related risks are appropriately escalated in a timely manner and corrective actions are in place.
• Optimize affiliate compliance activities effectiveness and efficiency

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

• >10 years’ experience in healthcare Medical, Access or Compliance leadership positions
• > 3 years’ experience leading multidisciplinary and/or matrixed teams
• Profound knowledge of relevant legal and compliance requirements in healthcare
• Outcome and result oriented highly structured leadership personality
• Proven track record of positive audit outcomes, transparency reporting
• Proven Change Management Skills
• Professional fluency in German and English

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!