About this opportunity
Make your mark for patients
We are looking for a Digital Technology Medical Affairs Lead who is collaborative, curious, and innovation driven to join our Digital Technology Patient Evidence team, based at our HQ in Anderlecht, Belgium.
About the role
As Digital Technology Medical Affairs Lead, you will act as a trusted technology partner for medical affairs teams, translating their needs into clear roadmaps and digital capabilities that support Medical Excellence and Transformation priorities. You will play a central role in shaping the technology roadmap, driving innovation, and enabling seamless integration of digital solutions and medical technology platforms across functions. By combining technical expertise with strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement, you will help ensure solutions remain effective, reliable, secure, validated, compliant, and aligned with business priorities while delivering meaningful value for patients and stakeholders.
Who you’ll work with
You will work in a global, diverse team that supports medical communities through innovative digital solutions and services. Working closely with medical, digital technology, quality, compliance, and cross-functional partners, you will help shape roadmaps and deliver capabilities that support Medical Excellence and Transformation. You will also be partnered with external technology providers and subject matter experts to deliver best-in-class solutions, ensuring connected systems and high-quality outcomes across medical technology platforms.
What you’ll do
Lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Medical Affairs digital technology platforms, ensuring alignment with business priorities and global objectives
Act as system owner for supported technology platforms, managing release cycles, validation activities, service operations, and continuous improvements to maintain performance and compliance
Oversee system operations and ensure supported systems meet regulatory standards, data integrity expectations, cybersecurity requirements, and quality processes
Collaborate with medical and cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize initiatives, and deliver solutions that improve efficiency and user experience
Build and manage partnerships with technology providers and external service partners to implement new features and stay aligned with relevant industry practices
Ensure integration and connectivity across systems, enabling reliable data flow and supporting collaboration across functions
Build, maintain, and support trusted data foundations that enable analytics, automation, and AI initiatives
Manage budgets and resources effectively, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and with sustainable operational support
Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in information technology, Life Sciences, Business, or a related field
At least 3 years of experience in a technology role, preferably within the healthcare or life sciences environment
Experience working with enterprise platforms supporting regulated processes
Proven ability to manage projects, stakeholders, define requirements, and translate business needs into technology solutions
Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills, and business understanding
Fluent written and spoken English, with strong communication and collaboration skills
Internal applicants should be in their current job for at least 12 months, must meet performance standards and are not on formal corrective/disciplinary process (PIP), warning, final warning, or compliance warning letters within the last 12 months. Please inform your Manager or your Talent Partner before applying to any internal job opportunities.
At UCB, we’ve embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless expressly stated in the description, this role is hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office, irrespective of your current contractual agreement. Should your current working arrangements differ, please contact your Talent Partner to discuss, before submitting your application.
UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable laws.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on [email protected] . Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.
Requisition ID: 93542
Recruiter: Leonor de la Vega
Hiring Manager: Waqas Ahmed
Talent Partner: Britta Gotsch
Job Level: MM II
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How this role compares
Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 924 comparable Medical Affairs roles across 130 biopharma companies.
Salary context
175 of 924 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.
Where these roles are based
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Seniority mix
502 of 924 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
326 of 924 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
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How we calculate "similar"
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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.