UCB

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Global Advanced Analytics Data Scientist Lead who is agile, innovative and has good communication skills to join our Advanced Analytics team, based in our headquarters in Brussels, Belgium or in our office in Atlanta, United States.

About the role

The Global Advanced Analytics Data Scientist Lead will lead projects to deliver data-driven actionable insights that create high impact patient value. He/she drives evidence-based decision-making, utilizing secondary data and advanced analytics to reduce reliance on primary data. Responsibilities include project management, implementation of advanced analytics/AI, and ensuring ongoing operational effectiveness. As a subject matter expert, the role integrates primary market research with data analytics to drive proactive predictive analytics and enable future organizational decisions. Ultimately, the role aims to advance the company's vision through actionable insights and successful launches.

Who you’ll work with

You will collaborate closely with multiple functional stakeholders (e.g., R&D, Supply China, Finance, etc.), IT, Data Office, and other Analytics teams to co-create plans and priorities for data and advanced analytics, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

What you’ll do

• Understand business needs and translate them into analytical solutions and insights
• Utilize advanced analytics/AI to generate actionable insights with maximal impact
• Coordinate with business and IT partners to operationalize successful experiments into production
• Ideate, shape, manage, and deliver assigned portfolio of advanced analytics projects
• Keep up-to-date on leading edge advanced analytics and machine learning techniques
• Deliver effective recommendations through visual displays of quantitative and qualitative information

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills

• Minimum 10 years of experience developing program/project plans and leading programs/projects in Pharma or Biotech industries
• Experiences of working with and curating large datasets such as EMR, claims, and other forms of patient data
• Proven experience with predictive modeling techniques such as Machine Learning, decision trees, ensemble learning, neural networks, etc.,
• Experiences of patient analytics to improve the efficiency of clinical operation or to facilitate the product pipeline decision are preferred
• Proficiency in Python or R for programming and application development
• Experience with large-scale data analytics engines and cloud environments
• Preferred experience with NLP models to analyze unstructured data such as clinician notes
• Strong problem-solving skills, project management skills, and ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences

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. 

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. 

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: 86977 

Recruiter: Sylvie Goethals 

Hiring Manager: James Yau 

Talent Partner: Svenja Lueg

Job Level: MM II 

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