External Manufacturing Operations Lead

**Make your mark for patients**

We are looking for External Manufacturing Operations Leads who are accountable and results orientated to join us in our External Manufacturing team (based in Belgium)

**About the role**

As a UCB External Manufacturing Operations Lead, you are accountable for leading the operational management of UCB's global Contract Manufacturers / strategic vendors.

**What you’ll do**
- You will work within the department of External Manufacturing Operations, Drug Product and Devices
- You will be the key person of contact for the CDMO/vendor for all issues related to the management of operations, including relationship management and support in business activities
- You lead cross-functional UCB Vendor Teams for CDMOs in your portfolio to assure continuous supply of compliant products and related services.
- Depending on the specific position in the department, you may have line management responsibility for a team of Operations Leads
- You manage projects and programs moving through early phase development into commercial including new product introductions and lifecycle management / process improvements
- You provide technical support to UCB affiliate team who oversee the operational management of local CMOs.
- You support due diligence activities and implementation of the UCB industrial manufacturing strategy related to local and global CDMOs.
- You represent the External Manufacturing Team in transversal project / improvement programs.

**I**nterested? For this role we’re looking for the following** **education, experience** **and **skills**
- You have a Master’s degree with minimum 10 years of significant operations management experience in GMP environment (DP and Device manufacturing).
- You demonstrate an experience in Pharmaceutical Project Management.
- You possess strong technical knowledge relating to Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (ideally in both drug product and devices)
- You should be experienced and familiar with the latest Regulatory requirements and best practices essential to ensure compliance and robustness, and to drive future improvements
- You are fluent in French and English (written &spoken) and available to travel outside Belgium several times per year.
- You can lead multi-functional teams, influence others, hold teams accountable, results orientated, able to manage complex projects from development through commercialization and to attain results.
- You must be able to manage external business partners and relationships to influence partners to deliver results that UCB needs.

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 around 8,500 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 equitable 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 and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.