New Product Planning Lead - Immunology

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a New Product Planning (NPP) Lead, Immunology to join us in our New Product Planning Team, based at our HQ in Brussels, Belgium.

About the role
The New Product Planning (NPP) team brings commercial expertise and stakeholder insights into Patient Solutions, ensuring patient needs, market realities, and future value considerations are embedded early in drug development.

As the NPP Lead, Immunology, you will serve as the commercial voice within cross-functional candidate teams, shaping development strategies, informing key portfolio decisions, and maximizing future patient and business value. You will also provide a portfolio-level perspective across Immunology programs, identifying opportunities, synergies, and strategic priorities.

Who you'll work with

• Patient Solutions Candidate Teams across Immunology


• The NPP Team Lead, Immunology


• Patient Evidence and Patient Insights partners


• Asset Leads and Evidence Generation teams


• Commercial, Market Access, and Strategy colleagues


• Finance and i2i partners supporting business case development


• External experts including patients, healthcare professionals, payers, and regulators

What you'll do

• Act as the commercial lead for Immunology candidates, shaping development and value creation strategies


• Define commercial drivers of success and inform Target Product Profiles (TPPs) and proof-of-concept criteria


• Integrate patient, healthcare professional, payer, regulator, and competitive insights into key development decisions


• Recommend indication prioritization, sequencing, and asset maximization strategies


• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to develop business cases and evaluate strategic investment options


• Identify evidence-generation needs that support successful candidate progression and commercialization


• Foster cross-asset learning and contribute portfolio-level perspectives across the Immunology pipeline

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

• Minimum of Master's degree in Life Sciences, Business, Pharmacy, Medicine, or a related discipline


• Extensive pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience


• Experience developing and leading commercial strategies in a global environment


• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical industry dynamics, market access, and healthcare ecosystems


• Proven ability to assess early-stage assets and inform development decisions


• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills


• Extensive years of pharmaceutical industry experience


• 5+ years as an NPP Lead or equivalent strategic commercial role


• Prior experience within Immunology


• Strong scientific background with the ability to translate complex science into commercial opportunities

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 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 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 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, 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. 
 
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