E&BI Frameworks Lead, Advanced Therapies

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for an ethical, strategic, and collaborative Ethics & Business Integrity Lead, Advanced Therapies to join our Ethics & Business Integrity team. This hybrid position is based in Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Raleigh, North Carolina.

About the Role

At UCB, we are committed to advancing innovative science while maintaining the highest standards of integrity and patient focus. As the Ethics & Business Integrity Lead, Advanced Therapies, you will serve as the primary ethics and compliance partner for a strategic, clinical-stage business within our organization. You will provide independent, risk-based guidance across research and development, , regulatory activities, medical affairs, and commercialization planning. This global role helps embed integrity, transparency, accountability, and ethical decision-making into everyday business operations.

Who You'll Work With

You will partner closely with leaders and colleagues across Legal, Medical, Regulatory, Quality, Safety, Privacy, Human Resources, Internal Audit, and with the global Ethics & Business Integrity team. Working within a global, matrixed environment, you will help strengthen ethical culture, support strategic business decisions, and ensure compliance expectations remain aligned with business objectives and patient needs.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the primary ethics and compliance advisor to business leaders.
• Lead risk assessments and mitigation planning activities.
• Design Ethics and Business Integrity processes for researches and development team working on advanced therapies.
• Advise on research, development, medical, and regulatory activities.
• Develop and execute risk-based compliance program initiatives.
• Deliver training and communications that promote ethical decision-making.
• Monitor program effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.

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

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• 8+ years of compliance, ethics, legal, audit, or risk experience.
• Significant experience within the life sciences industry.
• Experience supporting clinical-stage development activities.
• Knowledge of U.S. healthcare compliance requirements.
• Experience with risk assessments, monitoring, and training programs.

Preferred Requirements

• Advanced degree in law, compliance, life sciences, or business.
• Professional certification in ethics and compliance.
• Experience supporting biotechnology or advanced therapy programs.
• Experience working within global, matrixed organizations.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build and enhance compliance programs.

This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $148,000 - 195,000. 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 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 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.