Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Global Head Insights, Epilepsy Hub to join us in our Insights to Impact (I2I GTM) team. The role is based in Atlanta, GA

About the role

The mission of this role is to deliver data-driven actionable and impactful insights that create patient value and ensure the right allocation of resources for insight generation for launching assets and in-market products for Epilepsy. This role is overall responsible for the combined insights demand and fulfilment of the combined stakeholders across Missions and regions through oversight for the dedicated therapy area. This individual will manage a small team of regional insights leads supporting EU and US, and a dedicated Advanced Analytics lead all dedicated to the specified therapeutic area. This includes:

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  Partnering (in support or with foresight) with mission and regions on their business needs and required insights
• Ensuring a balanced and orchestrated agenda across the different stakeholders requesting (mission and regions) and delivering insights (I2I, Medical, Access, Digital, RWE), prioritization of requests and resource allocation, alignment on planning and exchange of insights, the use of the right insight methods (advanced analytics, primary market research, competitive intelligence gathering)
• Ensuring that insights are not replicated, usage and interpretation is maximized, and allocation of resources is in line with the UCB priorities across the various global and regional stakeholders
• Ensuring that UCB increasingly maximizes the use of secondary data and achieves a healthy balance between running primary studies and leveraging data to generate insights.

The Global Head Insights brings a consultative mind-set, with a deep understanding of the (Epilepsy) business and market, and stakeholders needs, and has a strong knowledge of Analytics, PMR and Advanced Analytics and Data.

Who you'll work with

The Global Head Insights, Epilepsy Hub will be a coordinating insights partner for the Missions and manage business needs re-actively and pro-actively with foresight, i.e., discuss, challenge, and agree on insights needs, priorities, plans and investments. He/she will advise on the best modality getting to the required insights and partner with the relevant team members and expertise in getting to a sensible insight initiative. He or she is also overall responsible and accountable for the combined insights demand and fulfilment of the combined stakeholders (global and regional) for the Epilepsy area (TA, asset and indications). He/she as such manages a small team of regional insights leads supporting EU and US GTM stakeholders, and a dedicated Advanced Analytics lead all dedicated to Epilepsy. You report in the Global Head of Integrated Insights and Analytics, I2I GTM.

What you’ll do

• Help to ensure that UCB achieves its strategic objectives by supporting fact-based decision making through data, analytics, and primary research projects
• Create a true business partnership with the various business stakeholders thru relevant expertise, understanding of the business, interpretation of the insights, advise and foresight, and the delivery of impactful insights whilst challenging on the right allocation of resources and priorities
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of the data and insights available across the organization that can and should be used to meet commercial needs
• Evolve the adoption and usage of (secondary) data and advanced analytics and evolve UCB to become a reference in the industry
• Get involved in relevant projects through support in execution, interpretation and defining actions for relevant stakeholders
• Play an essential role in maximizing learning from different geographies and missions across, aligning insights plans across stakeholders and allocation the right investments to the right priorities
• Play a driving role in managing demand across stakeholders
• Drive deep partnership with the Engine teams and other “fellow” Hubs
• Establish a collaborative dynamic (1) within the Insights Hub where exchange of information and alignment on planned research is the standard, and every demand is assessed against the right modalities with a data driven/analytics first being, (2) with the engines on the execution of projects and understanding of the insights
• Demonstrate being a corporate leader of data-driven insights that help support exploitation of strategic and tactical business opportunities, and be a champion for a data-driven, decision-making culture and the FFG working principles.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience
• Strong understanding of relevant commercial and medical data, analytics, advanced analytics and primary market research methods and applications within the pharmaceutical industry
• Ability to partner with and advise on (senior) stakeholder insights needs through a deep understanding of the business, knowledge of relevant available insights, expertise on the various modalities and best options to get to the relevant answers
• Ability to manage a team of insights professionals and align them on a common agenda
• Strong Leadership needed working in ambiguity and matrix organizations
• Strong quantitative and interpretation skills, and a structured problem solver
• Have an improvement spirit where you will look for the best way for UCB to plan and execute insights demand (allocation of resources, impactful techniques, re-use of methods and results)

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!

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.

Why work for 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 equitable 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.

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