The Mito National Lead - Disease Strategy & Field Engagement

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for The Mito National Lead - Disease Strategy & Field Engagement who is a strategic, collaborative, and clinically strong professional to join us in our Mito Field team within the Rare Disease Organization, in a remote field-based role.

About the role

The Mito National Lead - Disease Strategy & Field Engagement will advance understanding of ultra-rare mitochondrial diseases, including TK2 deficiency, in a landscape where patients often go years without answers. This will help close that gap by equipping clinicians with clear, meaningful education and by supporting multidisciplinary teams in recognizing ultra-rare mitochondrial diseases earlier. Through engagement, insight generation, and strategic agility, the Mito National Lead – Disease Strategy & Field Engagement will strengthen UCB’s ability to reach underserved populations, expand awareness across various specialties and multidisciplinary teams, and enable more informed pathways to evaluation and care. The Mito National Lead – Disease Strategy & Field Engagement role requires strong clinical acumen, focused field execution, and close collaboration with cross-functional partners. This is a fully field-based position with frequent travel

Who you’ll work with

You will work closely with cross-functional partners including field Mito Regional Leads (MRL), medical colleagues, marketing teams, market access, and patient support services. Externally you will engage with a wide range of healthcare professionals across multiple specialties and collaborate with academic institutions and centers of excellence to strengthen disease awareness and education.

What you’ll do

• Delivering virtual and in-person education to healthcare professionals on disease awareness


• Support clinicians with diagnostic pathways and patient identification strategies


• Capture and share insights to inform strategy and improve engagement


• Partner cross-functionally to ensure aligned, compliant field execution


• Participate in congresses to build awareness and stakeholder relationships


• Develop relationships across multispecialty teams and healthcare institutions

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, healthcare, or related field


• Minimum 10+ years biopharma or biotech experience, including at least 7 years in field-based healthcare provider engagement 


• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in ultra rare/rare or complex disease areas involving multispecialty diagnostic pathways


• Willingness and ability to travel up to 70% 

Preferred requirements

• Advanced degree in life sciences, public health, or business


• Experience in mitochondrial or neuromuscular disease areas


• Rare disease launch or market development experience


• Familiarity with academic health systems and referral networks


• Strong analytical and insight synthesis skills


• Experience delivering education to groups of healthcare professionals


• Strong clinical communication and independent decision-making skills


• Ability and willingness to travel frequently

This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $181,600  - $ 238,400 annually.  The actual salary offered will take into account related knowledge, skills, experience and location among other factors and may fall outside the expected range.

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 explicitly 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 federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.

 
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