Make your mark for patients.

We're here because we want to build the future and transform patients' lives for the better.

At UCB, our people are our experiences and achievements, our passion and drive. That's why we're looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences - not just the best and brightest, but those who care about making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. We promote an environment of diversity, openness, and respect where people can make valuable contributions.

An exciting journey lies ahead. Will you join us in pushing the boundaries of what's possible?

To strengthen our Dermatology Marketing Team, we are looking for a talented individual to fill the position of: Thought Leader Liaison.

The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a field based, non-sales role, serving as a catalyst for collaboration between UCB, Medical and National/Regional Key Opinion Leaders, as well as, developing and executing strategic partnerships with dermatology conferences and organizations. The role also entails working cross functionally with internal stakeholders such as Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales Leadership and Ecosystem Partnerships to ensure optimal engagement at medical meetings, commercial advisory boards and other related activities, to help position UCB as a future market leader and true partner within dermatology delivering on the Patient Value Strategy. The TLL will assist in building UCB's leadership position in the Dermatology market through strong differentiation of our value proposition and by connecting and leveraging stakeholder relationships both internally and externally.

You like to work in an environment where you can:

• Cultivate and deepen relationships with KOLs in order to understand the appropriate partnerships in order to develop and pull through a successful strategic plan.
• Develop and execute strategic plans for dermatology conference presence and work closely with conference organizers to maximize pre-launch corporate sponsorship and branding opportunities.
• Develop and lead a regional Key Opinion Leader (KOL) strategy in the dermatology community for UCB.
• Effectively train and develop members of the speaker bureau when needed to ensure effective and compliant communication of key educational content

You will contribute by:

• Coordinate all commercial KOL meetings and HCP activities at dermatology conferences and work closely with cross-functional teams to maximize UCB's HCP engagement opportunities.
• Collaborate with marketing to coordinate and pull through corporate & brand strategy, as well as, branding execution at dermatology conferences & commercial advisory board planning and execution.
• Ability to interface and collaborate with a variety of external and internal partners in a highly professional manner, serving as the "face" of the company and Dermatology Franchise at key conference and events
• Strong influencing skills with those over whom there is no immediate supervisory capacity to achieve objectives
• Results oriented, attention to accuracy and detail, able to set priorities, take appropriate risks in a compliant manner
• Ability to interface with key customers, accounts, physicians, practitioners, industry contacts, and consultants, accomplish corporate objectives.
• Ability to understand marketing terminology, trends and adjust accordingly
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple high priorities and evaluate results making go/no-go decisions
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills. Highly skilled in presenting in front of groups
• Develops and maintains a keen understanding of the Dermatology business including customers, brand marketing
• Operates at the highest level of UCB compliance and professional standards

Interested? For this position you'll need the following education, experience and skills:

Minimum Qualifications:

* BS/BA degree required

* 5- 7+ years of experience in dermatology sales, marketing, KOL development and/or other directly related roles

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with a dermatology industry required
• Experience working successfully with commercial and clinical functions
• Prior launch and launch planning experience preferred
• Proven experience at being able to build processes
• Successful people leadership experience preferred
• Prior business development experience preferred
• Bachelors' degree in life sciences, business or healthcare preferred

* Ability to travel ~50%

About us.

At UCB, we come together every day to work, laser-focused, on a simple question: How will this create value for people living with severe diseases? By putting patients at the heart of everything we do, our approach - from discovery to development to delivery - is continuously transformed and designed around patient needs and their journey.

With a team of approximately 7,600 employees and worldwide operations in more than 40 countries, we are a global biopharmaceutical company investing more than a quarter of our revenue in cutting-edge scientific research. We are focused on addressing chronic, neurological, immunological, and bone diseases. We are looking for people with passion and empathy who develop a real understanding of patient's needs and can deliver thoughtful solutions to decisionmakers across the heath care ecosystem.

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The Company is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Where permitted, applicants for employment in the United States must either have received or been willing to receive a full COVID-19 vaccination by the date of hire; or, alternatively, agree to be subject to weekly COVID-19 testing, subject to religious and medical exemptions and in accordance with applicable law.