Make your mark for patients
At UCB, we're looking for a passionate Strategic Partnering Infrastructure Specialist (SPIS) to help drive the success of our Clinical Strategic Partnerships (CLIN SP). This position is based in our Raleigh, NC headquarters.
About the role:
In this role, you'll be at the heart of groundbreaking collaborations, building frameworks, streamlining operations, and creating agile solutions that power world-class clinical development. You'll work alongside dynamic teams, industry leaders, and strategic partners - all while fueling innovation, improving processes, and impacting patient outcomes.
What You'll Do:
* Keep Us Moving Forward: Manage and evolve the CLIN SP process map landscape, ensuring specifications, templates, tools, and guidance documents are always up-to-date and fit for purpose.
* Stay Ahead: Regularly update and maintain the CLIN SP collaboration site, making sure stakeholders have easy access to accurate, current information.
* Communicate with Impact: Create, manage, and distribute key reports and communications that keep our teams informed and aligned.
* Guard Our Quality: Perform quality spot checks on CRO study status reports, ensuring the accuracy and consistency of the data we depend on.
* Shape the Future: Represent Strategic Partnering when evaluating the impact of new regulations (EU CTR, MDR, EU Data Protection) on our processes.
* Expand Access: Build and manage frameworks and vendor relationships to support managed access programs and post-trial access initiatives.
* Lead the Charge: Support project management for operational and commercial steering committees, keeping initiatives on track and on target.
* Train for Excellence: Build and maintain partner training programs - and keep us compliant by monitoring training effectiveness.
* Be Inspection-Ready: Support submission and inspection readiness activities, helping to ensure we're always prepared.
* Lead with Integrity: Help develop and lead Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) plans following audits and inspections.
* Be Global: Embrace opportunities to travel - sometimes internationally - to support our partnerships.
Who You'll Partner With:
You'll collaborate across a broad network of internal and external stakeholders, including:
* Strategic Partnering Infrastructure Lead (SPIL)
* Strategic Partnering Leads
* Clinical Development teams
* UCB Digital Technology experts
* Strategic Partners and CROs
* Cross-functional subject matter experts worldwide
Interested? Here's What We're Looking For
Minimum Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in science, finance, legal, or business.
* Minimum of 5 years of experience in Clinical Operations or project management, with increasing levels of responsibility and success in CRO relationship management.
* Minimum of 2 years experience in clinical development, including:
Preferred Qualifications:
* Advanced degree (MS, PhD, etc.).
Knowledge of FDA/EMEA regulations and guidance.
o Familiarity with ICH/GCP standards and regulatory environments.
o Hands-on experience setting up and running clinical trials.
o Experience working within a strategic CRO relationship.
* Big-picture thinker with a sharp eye for detail - able to toggle seamlessly between strategic and tactical thinking.
* Skilled at building trust and leading virtual, cross-functional teams across geographies.
* Innovator at heart - always seeking better, faster, smarter ways to work.
* Stellar communication skills - written, verbal, and presentation.
* Active listener, strong collaborator, and trusted partner.
* Fluent in English (multilingual capabilities are a plus).
* Willingness and flexibility to travel as needed.
* Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative, self-motivated mindset.
This position offers a reasonably anticipated base salary range of $ $104,800-$137,600 a year.
Actual compensation will depend on factors such as applicant's experience, knowledge, and skills.
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 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class."
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.
UCB Inc.
Apr 25, 2025