Senior Clinical Development Physician
About this opportunity
Make your mark for patients
We are looking for a Clinical Development Physician to join us in our Clinical Development team, based in Shanghai or Beijing.
About The Role
• Clinical Development Physician in China will focus on a country or regional level across multiple therapeutic areas and assets.
• The Development Physician is accountable for the medical content and integrity of the development strategy for an assigned clinical program. As the medical expert for the asset, they will ensure that the program is delivered incorporating current medical and current best clinical practice and the evolving healthcare systems and science. They will also ensure that the program is designed using the most recent knowledge and medical scientific opinion ensuring, where feasible that recent innovation and advances are appropriately incorporated.
• May take leadership of a clinical development program as Clinical Development Lead.
Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills
• With medical background and clinical practice experience of related TA areas (immunology and neurology preferred), adequate knowledge of the drug development process.
• Working experience (＞3 years) in clinical development group of pharmaceutical (or biopharmaceutical) company or equivalent clinical practice is essential.
• Experienced in early clinical development programs is plus.
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.
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.
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 or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.
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.
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How this role compares
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We currently track 295 comparable Senior Clinical Development roles across 51 biopharma companies.
Salary context
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Seniority mix
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Therapeutic area mix
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