Head of Drug Substance Project Leadership

Job title:

Head of Drug Substance Project Leadership

Company

UCB

Job description

Make your mark for patientsWe are looking for a Head of Drug Substance Project Leadership who is strategic, collaborative, and a change-agent to join our Drug Substance Process Sciences team, based at our UCB campus in Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium.About the RoleAs the Head of Drug Substance (DS) Project Leadership, you will manage a team of DS Project Leads, ensuring best practices and harmonization of drug substance process development across all UCB’s modalities: synthetic molecules, gene therapy products and biologics candidates from clinical development to commercialization.Who You Will Work WithYou will collaborate with Drug Substance Process Sciences functional group heads as well as cross-functional project teams (TST), including quality, regulatory, Clinical Manufacturing Sciences, Industrial Leads and other key stakeholders, to drive product specific drug substance process development across all of UCB’s modalities.What You Will Do

• Lead Drug Substance Process Leaders for all three modalities.
• Ensure that an appropriate strategic balance between speed, costs and risks for product specific DS process development is defined.
• Lead the definition of product specific DS process development strategies, ensure that project plans are defined, presented, executed and managed effectively, manage DS related risks, the articulation of their impacts and mitigations when appropriate.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between project teams, DS process development groups, and DS Process Sciences stakeholders.
• Manage the DS Project Leads team, ensuring timely and budget-compliant project completion.
• Support regulatory submissions and ensure compliance with Health Authorities’ requirements.
• Mentor and develop a skilled team of Drug Substance Project Leaders.

Interested? For this role, we are looking for the following qualifications, experience, and skills:

• Master’s degree or PhD in a related field.
• Demonstrated understanding of drug substance packages for therapeutic molecule development ideally in both synthetic molecules and either biologics or gene therapy or vaccines.
• Proven team management and leadership experience in a matrix environment.
• Strong program management experience and expertise, ideally with a project/program management certification.
• Strategic thinking with a multidisciplinary approach.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and organizational skills.

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 usUCB 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 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 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.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.Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on EMEA-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.

Expected salary

Location

Eigenbrakel, Waals Brabant

Job date

Sat, 23 Nov 2024 06:46:00 GMT

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