Analytical Compliance and Risk Program Lead (CH)

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We are looking for an Analytical Compliance and Risk Program Lead who is strategic, collaborative, and quality-minded to join our team Analytical Industrialization Program / Industrialization & Network Planning, based at our UCB campus located in Braine-l’Alleud, Walloon Region, Belgium.

About the role

You will lead a global analytical compliance and risk program that helps UCB anticipate regulatory expectations and strengthen analytical control strategies across the product lifecycle. You are going to shape governance, support consistent risk-based approaches, and ensure stakeholders have access to the right standards, processes, and training. In this role, you will help protect compliance across methods, specifications, stability, impurities, and analytical regulatory topics for commercial products and future lifecycle management activities.

Who you will work with

You will partner with cross-functional leaders across analytical, regulatory, quality, industrialization, and lifecycle management activities to align expectations and accelerate decision-making. You will collaborate with subject matter experts, Corporate Process Owners, regulatory intelligence networks, and external industry groups to translate evolving expectations into practical standards. You will also represent UCB in expert forums and act as a trusted point of contact during audits, inspections, and regulatory discussions linked to analytical compliance.

What you will do

• Chair the Analytical Compliance & Risk core team and drive global alignment on priorities, decisions, and risk posture.

• Maintain analytical compliance governance across methods, specifications, stability, impurities, and related regulatory topics.

• Anticipate emerging risks through regulatory intelligence, benchmarking, and input from subject matter experts.

• Secure compliant, consistent responses to pharmacopeial changes, monographs, audits, inspections, and authority questions.

• Coach stakeholders and Corporate Process Owners on analytical compliance expectations, standards, and decision frameworks.

• Represent UCB in external expert groups and influence industry approaches to analytical compliance.

Interested?

For this role, we are looking for the following education, experience, and skills:

• You hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in a relevant scientific discipline.

• You bring at least 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.

• You have strong experience in analytical CMC and regulatory guideline implementation.

• You understand analytical control strategies, including methods, specifications, stability, impurities, and specification setting.

• You have experience with risk management and compliance in a global regulatory environment.

• You have supported audits, inspections, or responses to FDA, EMA, PMDA, or other health authorities.

What you will bring

This is an opportunity to shape enterprise standards, influence external thinking, and provide visible leadership in a role with direct impact on analytical compliance, product quality, and regulatory confidence. For this role, we are looking for the following education, experience, and skills:

• You hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in a relevant scientific discipline.

• You bring at least 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.

• You have strong experience in analytical CMC and regulatory guideline implementation.

• You understand analytical control strategies, including methods, specifications, stability, impurities and specification setting.

• You have experience with risk management and compliance in a global regulatory environment.

• You have supported audits, inspections, or responses to FDA, EMA, PMDA, or other health authorities.

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 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.

 

Requisition ID: 93649

Recruiter: Laurence Cordier

Hiring Manager: Luc Quere

Talent Partner: Katrien Jacobs

Job Level: MM I

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