Country Medical Head at UCB in Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Country Medical Head

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Country Medical Head who is strategic, collaborative, and scientifically driven to join us in our Medical Affairs team, this hybrid position based in our Oakville, ON office.

About the role

You will lead the country medical strategy and its execution across the portfolio, connecting global priorities with local patient, scientific, evidence, and healthcare needs. As the senior medical leader for the affiliate, you will strengthen scientific integrity, medical governance, organizational capability, and execution. You will also bring medical and patient perspectives into country leadership decisions while ensuring activities comply with applicable laws, industry standards, and company requirements.

Who you’ll work with

You will be working in a team that partners across Medical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, Patient Engagement, Regulatory, Evidence Generation, Ethics and Business Integrity, and Operations. You will collaborate with country leadership and regional and global medical teams. Externally, you will engage healthcare professionals, scientific experts, patient organizations, payers, regulators, and other healthcare stakeholders to support meaningful patient and scientific impact.

What you’ll do

• Lead country medical strategy and translate global priorities into measurable local plans.
• Provide governance oversight, defined decision rights, controls, and appropriate escalation pathways.
• Represent Medical Affairs in country leadership and external scientific engagements.
• Prioritize portfolio resources, evidence needs, launch readiness, and medical capabilities.
• Connect country, regional, and global teams through integrated planning and execution.
• Develop medical talent through coaching, succession planning, training, and career development.

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

Minimum requirements

• Doctoral degree in medicine, pharmacy, science, or a directly related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive biopharmaceutical or medical affairs experience.
• Experience leading at least one cross-functional or matrix team in biopharmaceutical settings.
• Experience overseeing medical governance, scientific exchange, and regulated material-review activities.
• Experience engaging healthcare professionals, scientific experts, patient organizations, or healthcare authorities.
• Professional English proficiency sufficient for scientific, regulatory, and executive-level communication.

Preferred requirements

• Medical degree from an accredited institution.
• Experience contributing to at least one pharmaceutical product launch or pipeline program.
• Experience working across local, regional, or global biopharmaceutical organizations.
• Experience overseeing evidence generation, publications, registries, or investigator-sponsored research.
• Experience managing medical budgets, performance measures, and portfolio-level resource allocation.
• Master’s degree in business administration or a related business discipline

This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $185,000-243,000. 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.

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.

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.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable laws.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and members feel valued, respected, and supported. We are committed to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities.

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (e.g. alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please contact HRAnswers@ucb.com and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Please note that our hiring process includes the use of artificial intelligence (AI). All final hiring decisions are made by our hiring teams.