Job Description

Make your mark for patients

This role reports to the Medical Strategy Head and is responsible for the tactical implementation of the medical strategy and collaborates with the Immunology Medical team and other members of the iPVU cross-functional team. This individual will be required to have an impactful field presence and maintain customer relationships with identified key stakeholders. Additionally, maintaining the highest level of disease and product knowledge.

About the role:

The Field Medical Lead (Immunology) will lead a therapeutically aligned Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Team and provide senior medical presence, leadership, coaching, and accountability to drive individual and team results. He/she will have leadership responsibilities related to the recruitment, development, and management of MSLs in their respective area. This individual will be required to have a field presence and maintain customer relationships with stakeholders.

The Field Medical Lead will lead, inspire, and model cooperative teamwork behaviors that enables their MSL team to be accountable for creating (in collaboration with the local cross functional therapeutic area team) & coordinating field medical strategies and executing tactics independently as part of the medical function.

The Field Medical Lead will foster collaboration to advance local patient value-orientated initiatives with key stakeholders. The Field Medical Lead will ensure UCB Operational Compliance to the highest professional standards. The expectation is that compliance is a part of how we operate.

Who you\xe2\x80\x99ll work with:

The Field Medical Lead will establish a presence within the region with external stakeholders (e.g., opinion leaders, advocacy leads, key decision makers) through regular participation in conferences and field meetings with their MSLs.

What you\'ll do:

• Develop & implement aligned MSL training curriculums in partnership with the Medical Strategy Head.
• Coach and model high impact medical engagement, delivery, and scientific & clinical differentiation of TA.
• Lead, inspire, and model cooperative teamwork behaviors that enables their MSL team to be accountable for creating (in collaboration with the local cross functional therapeutic area team) & coordinating medical strategies and executing tactics independently as part of the medical function.
• Provide key input for medical/MSL plans execution for ensuring the best leverage of medical engagements and customer facing tactics and in a compliant manner.
• Source, interpret & share insights and local gaps/needs to inform global/regional field medical excellence plans and deliverables.

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

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of demonstrated medical affairs/ leadership experience or/and 3+ years effectively managing a field medical team.
• This is a field role with a national scope therefore willingness to travel on regular basis is needed; bilingual fluency is an asset.
• Demonstrated strength in strategic medical planning, tactical plan development and implementation.
• Strong interpersonal skills and diplomatic skills that will allow relationships with both diverse internal and external medical and scientific experts, as well as brand team members.
• Ability to take initiative and work both independently and in a team environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in managing, developing, coaching, and influencing teams in matrix environment.
• Strong multi-tasking, time & project management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to actively listen and process information to identify opportunities.
• PhD, PharmD or MD degree preferred.

UCB Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

If you believe you are the perfect match to join us on our pioneering adventure, then we invite you to apply and tell us more about your profile and motivation.

Why you should apply:

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 7,600 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

At UCB, everything we do start with a simple question: \xe2\x80\x9cHow will this create value for people living with severe disease?\xe2\x80\x9d. We are on a journey to become the patient-preferred biopharma leader by delivering medicines and solutions that improve lives. We want to ensure the creation of patient value, now and into the future, while contributing to a society where a population of 8 billion people and more should be able to live a good life within limited resources of one planet.

Curious to know more? Please visit our website .

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.

At UCB Canada, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and members feel valued, respected, and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities in which we live and serve. We are committed to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in a manner that respects their dignity and that is equitable. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

UCB Canada is committed to taking every reasonable precaution to protect employees, our customers, and the communities in which we serve. As a result, it is a term and condition of employment that a candidate be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to applicable human rights legislation. For clarity, all offers of employment will be conditional upon either (i) proof of full COVID-19 vaccination (including any applicable boosters) or (ii) proof of required accommodation under relevant human rights legislation, and UCB Canada\xe2\x80\x99s determination that the requested accommodation can be provided without undue hardship. You will be required to submit proof of full vaccination or proof of need for accommodation during our pre-employment screening process.

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