Senior Real World Evidence Expert (UK)
About this opportunity
Make your mark for patients
We are looking for a Senior Real World Evidence Expert who is scientifically rigorous, strategically minded, and passionate about generating impactful real‑world evidence to help shape key decisions across the lifecycle of UCB’s assets, based in Slough, UK or Brussels, Belgium
About the Role
As a Senior RWE Expert, you will autonomously design, lead, and deliver a wide range of global real‑world evidence (RWE) studies. Your work will inform internal decision-making, support regulatory and payer interactions, and contribute to the scientific understanding of disease areas. In addition to overseeing project delivery, you will help shape asset‑level RWE strategies and propose innovative approaches to evidence generation in partnership with the RWE Strategy Lead.
Who You’ll Work With
You will collaborate with statistical teams, RWE Analysts, epidemiologists, clinical teams, Evidence Synthesis partners (HE/HTA), Safety/Pharmacovigilance, external vendors, medical experts, and cross‑functional asset teams. You will serve as an influential scientific contributor with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders and ensure RWE outputs meet strategic, regulatory, and scientific needs.
What You’ll Do
Lead execution of complex global RWE studies using diverse methodologies and datasets end‑to‑end.
Develop study concepts, write protocols, shape analysis plans, and ensure governance and QC compliance.
Deliver epidemiology, natural‑history, burden‑of‑disease, safety‑outcome, regulatory, and comparative‑effectiveness studies.
Represent RWE on primary data‑collection teams and lead high‑visibility secondary data‑use initiatives.
Collaborate with vendors, clinicians, statisticians, and analytics teams to deliver scientifically robust outputs.
Interpret results and communicate findings internally and externally across scientific and strategic forums.
Co‑define evidence needs with HE/HTA partners, Safety, and other functions to support regulatory and payer interactions.
Contribute to asset‑level RWE strategy and propose innovative study designs, data sources, and analytic approaches.
Advocate for rigorous scientific methodology and challenge assumptions using strong methodological reasoning.
Help advance RWE functional excellence through thought leadership, innovation, and best‑practice sharing.
Interested? For this role we’re looking for:
Master’s degree, PhD, or MD in a life science, epidemiology, outcomes research, HEOR, statistics, or related field.
Experience designing and delivering RWE studies using primary or secondary data in pharma, academia, or consultancies.
Strong quantitative and methodological expertise across epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, and outcomes research.
Ability to develop high‑quality scientific communications (abstracts, manuscripts, posters, presentations).
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and engage cross‑functional and senior stakeholders.
Proven ability to lead projects independently, think strategically, innovate, and adapt in fast‑changing environments.
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: 92488
Recruiter: Gavin Savage
Hiring Manager: Jenna Roberts
Talent Partner: Bénédicte Demoulin
Job Level: MM II - MM I
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