CMC Product Portfolio Manager

Make your mark for patients

To strengthen our Product Strategy & Industrial Implementation department, based in our hub in Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium, we are looking to fill the position of: CMC Product Portfolio Manager

As a UCB CMC Product Portfolio Manager, you like to work in anenvironmentwhere you can:

• Use robust project/program/portfolio management and communication skills to set-up & coordinate Product and projects portfolios in line with strategic plans.
• Work closely with all the technical departments and people, and the other PMO’s
• Build strong relationships with our internal partners, like Finance, Regulatory and IT stakeholders.

As the CMC Product Portfolio Manager, yourmain activities and roles & responsibilitieswill be the below:

• Ensure the Launch program and LCM plannings are appropriately set-up and followed-up, by providing support to SMEs for creating a master plan for their assigned project that includes timelines, required resources, and the responsibilities of each project team member; record, update and track this information in the dedicated software applications.
• Work closely with the SMEs to ensure that project milestones are met and within prescribed budget & resource constraints. Generate monthly reports and dashboards on schedule adherence and associated impacts when there are deviations.
• Consolidate all relevant CMC projects into a Portfolio per product, ensuring appropriate links between projects, milestones and resources.
• Help identifying any resource constraints proactively, escalate them appropriately and facilitate the prioritization-making process.
• Contribute to budgeting effort and risks identification and mitigation.
• Set-up, organize, assign access and maintain communication platforms/tools and information flows.

Interested? For this position you’ll need the followingeducation,experienceandskills:

• Minimum 5 years of project, program and/or portfoliomanagement experience and in associated tools
• Experience in enterprise planning/resource capability and systems. Knowledge of Planisware PPM tool is a strong asse
• Languages: Englishis a strong asset and good basis (spoken and written) in French
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams, including remotely
• You are structured, with excellent organization skills
• Robust knowledge of change management
• A certification in PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Lean or equivalent is a plus
• Good communicator and listener in an international environment, you like to communicate complex data in a simple consolidated way
• You are agile to gain commitment, proactive, accountable, quality-focused, resilient, with a positive mindset
• Knowledge in pharmaceutical CMC/development is a strong asset
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical environment; launch and life cycle management processes and the regulations applicable during development is an asset.

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 around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work for 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 equitable 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.

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