Regional Rare Disease Lead

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for aRegional Rare Disease Leadto join our UK & Ireland Rare Disease team covering the London Area.

About the Role

As a Regional Rare Disease Lead you will represent UCB within the rare disease communities we serve with a clear focus on improving outcomes for people living with rare diseases. You will build trusted collaborative relationships across healthcare ecosystems combining strong scientific knowledge with commercial excellence to support appropriate access to innovative therapies. This role plays a vital part in delivering UCBs patient centred science driven rare disease strategy.

Who Youll Work With

You will report into the Lead for Rare Diseases UK & Ireland and work closely with cross functional colleagues across medical access and commercial teams. You will also partner extensively with healthcare professionals patient networks and ecosystem stakeholders across your assigned region.

What Youll Do

• Operate consistently with the highest ethical standards prioritising patient needs and compliance.
• Build meaningful insight driven relationships that create value for rare disease patients.
• Develop deep understanding of regional healthcare ecosystems patient pathways and stakeholder needs.
• Execute strategic territory and account plans aligned to patient journeys and ecosystem collaboration.
• Communicate balanced high quality information on rare disease therapies to healthcare professionals.
• Maintain expert knowledge of disease areas standards of care and relevant clinical data.
• Act as a trusted advocate for rare disease patients promoting appropriate tools and resources.
• Deliver agreed commercial objectives while contributing to strong national brand performance.

Interested For this role were looking for:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong curiosity and motivation to understand patient needs and deliver meaningful impact.
• Proven field based experience in biopharmaceutical sales account management or field reimbursement.
• Experience with in specialty neurology and/or rare disease environments is strongly preferred.
• Track record of contributing to successful product launches.
• Ability to use multichannel and digital tools to engage healthcare professionals effectively.
• Solid understanding of medical scientific and healthcare concepts relevant to rare diseases.
• Collaborative agile and solution oriented approach to working in a cross functional environment.

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 dont just complete tasks we create value. We arent 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 thats 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 weve 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.

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