About this opportunity
Make your mark for patients
We are looking for a strategic, analytical, and collaborative Pricing and Contracting Solutions Lead to join our Canadian Market Access, Sustainability and External Engagement team, based in the Oakville, Ontario UCB offices.
About the role
You will lead pricing strategy, contracting governance, and gross-to-net value optimization across UCB’s Canadian portfolio. Working from early pipeline development through loss of exclusivity, you will translate global and regional direction into executable Canadian strategies that support reimbursement outcomes, sustainable patient access, and long-term portfolio value.
You will also advise senior leaders on critical trade-offs involving access, price, volume, profitability, and policy risk.
Who you’ll work with
You will work within the Canadian Market Access, Sustainability and External Engagement team and partner closely with Patient Impact, Finance, Legal, Medical, Supply, Compliance, Global Pricing, and regional stakeholders.
You will lead cross-functional workstreams, oversee external partners, represent Canada in pricing and access governance forums, and strengthen organizational capabilities in pricing and contracting.
What you’ll do
Lead Canadian pricing and contracting strategies for pipeline and marketed products.
Develop launch, indication sequencing, lifecycle, and loss-of-exclusivity pricing scenarios.
Design innovative financial and outcomes-based contracting approaches for Canadian payers.
Present business cases, recommendations, sensitivities, and risks to senior governance forums.
Oversee reimbursement agreements, financial assumptions, contract performance, and gross-to-net analytics.
Strengthen pricing governance, organizational capabilities, standards, training, and compliant ways of working.
Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following
Minimum requirements
Bachelor’s degree with substantial and directly relevant professional experience.
7+ years of progressive pharmaceutical or biotechnology experience.
5+ years significant Canadian or similar market access, pricing, private and public reimbursement, contracting, or finance leadership experience.
Preferred requirements
Master’s degree in health economics, business, life sciences, or public policy.
Training in pricing, finance, health economics, contracting, negotiation, or project leadership.
Experience developing financial, managed-entry, or outcomes-based reimbursement agreements.
Experience leading complex cross-functional programs, consultants, or external service providers.
French-language proficiency supporting engagement with stakeholders across Canada.
Strong executive communication, negotiation, financial evaluation, and cross-functional leadership capabilities
This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $107,000 - $140,000 annually. The actual salary offered will take into account related knowledge, skills, experience and location among other factors and may fall outside the expected range.
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 over 9.000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.
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 or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.
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 equal 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 is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable laws.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and members feel valued, respected, and supported. We are committed to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities.
If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (e.g. alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please contact HRAnswers@ucb.com and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Please note that our hiring process includes the use of artificial intelligence (AI). All final hiring decisions are made by our hiring teams.
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