Make your mark for patients
We are looking for a Pharmacometrics Lead, who is innovative and agile to strengthen our Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology group, based at our research site in Slough (UK), Monheim (Germany) or Braine (Belgium).
About The Role
Bringing experience in the application of pharmacometrics to pediatric drug development, neurology and immunology, with the aspiration to lead and manage more junior staff, to contribute to the team’s development and grow expertise and skills in these areas.
Who You’ll Work With
Reporting to the Global Head of Pharmacometrics, you’ll be leading a team of pharmacometricians from both a technical and scientific perspective, ensuring state‑of‑the‑art pharmacometrics approaches are applied to optimize drug discovery and development. You will work closely with the QCP leads assigned to the various projects to ensure clear integration of the pharmacometrics aspects into the programs.
What You’ll Do
* Coaching and mentoring junior staff on navigating within a project and matrix organization.
* Leading and delivering the pharmacometrics strategy to support development of our assets, including extrapolation (where appropriate), dose selection, trial design, PIP development and ongoing evaluation of data as generated.
* Performing hands‑on population PK/PD, exposure–response modeling and clinical trial simulations on an assigned project.
* Developing submission‑ready, fit‑for‑purpose pharmacometrics analysis plans and reports.
* Initiating and overseeing outsourced pharmacometrics activities and further internalising the work as needed.
* Maintaining a working knowledge of regulatory pathways globally and collaborating with health authorities in pediatrics, neurology and immunology.
* Promoting MID3 internally and externally.
Interested? For this role you’ll need the following education, experience and skills
* Doctorate (PhD or MD) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Statistics or Engineering.
* 8+ years of (bio)pharmaceutical industry experience in pharmacometrics with a minimum of 2 years of line‑management responsibilities.
* Hands‑on experience in population PK/PD, disease‑progression modeling and clinical trial simulations.
* Strong understanding of Bayesian methodologies, model‑based meta‑analyses, PBPK, QSP and AI/ML in pharmacometrics.
* Expertise in R, NONMEM or related pharmacometrics software.
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 are not afraid to push forward, collaborate and innovate to make our mark for patients. We foster 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 with 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 at EMEA‑Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com. Please note if your enquiry does not relate to adjustments we will not be able to support you through this channel.
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