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We are looking for a strategic, enterprise-minded Neurology Therapeutic Area Head to lead an integrated customer, specialty, and portfolio agenda across our Neurology indications. This leader will connect global and local priorities, guide portfolio choices, develop a high-performing strategy team, and help unlock the full potential of UCB’s Neurology portfolio. This role is based in our Atlanta, GA headquarters.
About the role
In this Senior Director role, you will lead the Neurology Therapeutic Area within Asset Maximization & Stakeholder Excellence, spanning multiple neurology assets. You will serve as a senior, consistent voice for Neurology across asset, regional, country, and enterprise partners while maintaining clear indication-level ownership.
Working closely with Neurology asset teams and Indication Strategy Leads, you will shape an above-indication perspective, align priorities and trade-offs, strengthen external presence, and ensure local teams receive clear, actionable direction.
Who you will work with
You will report to the Head of Asset Maximization & Stakeholder Excellence and lead the Neurology Indication Strategy Leads. Key partners include Neurology asset leadership and PSLTs, Global Customer Strategy, Enterprise Commercial, Global Strategic Planning, Marketing Excellence, Medical, Access, Business Development, regional and country teams, external experts, scientific societies, and patient communities.
What you will do
- Set the customer and specialty agenda: Build one unified, actionable view of customer needs, tensions, and growth opportunities across Neurology indications, bringing local patient, community, and market insights into global strategy.
- Shape a coherent Neurology portfolio: Clarify strategic trade-offs, sequencing, dependencies, and synergies across in-market and peri-launch indications while protecting indication ownership.
- Prioritize shared investment: Recommend allocating shared resources and activities, including congress planning, insight generation, and common investments, to the highest-value opportunities.
- Accelerate decision-making: Establish clear decision rights and thresholds with asset and AM&SE leadership, so cross-indication decisions are resolved at the right level without creating an additional approval gate.
- Represent Neurology with one voice: Provide clear, senior Therapeutic Area leadership to local, asset and enterprise partners while maintaining direct access to indication expertise.
- Strengthen global presence: Advance Therapeutic Area-level scientific and external engagement in alignment with Medical, Access and Patient teams.
- Enable future growth: Translate market evolution, changing customer needs and pipeline opportunities into portfolio choices and support organic and inorganic growth assessments.
- Lead and develop leaders: Set shared objectives, coach performance, build capabilities, support career development and succession, and strengthen team connectivity across Neurology.
- Contribute enterprise leadership: Help shape consistent AM&SE ways of working and increase leadership capacity for portfolio-level priorities.
Interested? For this role, we are looking for the following education, experience, and skills
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in progressively strategic leadership roles with accountability for influencing business strategy and delivering measurable results.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or other relevant advanced degrees.
- Significant Neurology experience, including specialty-market dynamics and leadership of product launches from Phase 2/development through post-launch.
- Demonstrated leadership experience across global and in-country roles, including launch execution, operational leadership, and P&L responsibility.
- Proven ability to develop portfolio and lifecycle strategies, align senior leaders on priorities and trade-offs, and operate across indication, portfolio, and Therapeutic Area levels.
- Strong cross-functional leadership across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Regulatory, and other key functions, including healthcare projects spanning multiple indications and regions.
- Strong understanding of country-specific regulatory, pricing, reimbursement, and market-access environments.
- Proven experience leading leaders and teams through both direct and matrix management, including recruitment, performance management, talent development, and succession planning.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within a complex international matrix and mobilize diverse stakeholders around shared objectives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information, influence senior stakeholders, and drive action.
This position's expected salary range is $237,000-$311,000 annually. The actual salary offered will consider internal equity and may also vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.
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.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.
Make your mark for patients
We are looking for a strategic, enterprise-minded Neurology Therapeutic Area Head to lead an integrated customer, specialty, and portfolio agenda across our Neurology indications. This leader will connect global and local priorities, guide portfolio choices, develop a high-performing strategy team, and help unlock the full potential of UCB’s Neurology portfolio. This role is based in our Atlanta, GA headquarters.
About the role
In this Senior Director role, you will lead the Neurology Therapeutic Area within Asset Maximization & Stakeholder Excellence, spanning multiple neurology assets. You will serve as a senior, consistent voice for Neurology across asset, regional, country, and enterprise partners while maintaining clear indication-level ownership.
Working closely with Neurology asset teams and Indication Strategy Leads, you will shape an above-indication perspective, align priorities and trade-offs, strengthen external presence, and ensure local teams receive clear, actionable direction.
Who you will work with
You will report to the Head of Asset Maximization & Stakeholder Excellence and lead the Neurology Indication Strategy Leads. Key partners include Neurology asset leadership and PSLTs, Global Customer Strategy, Enterprise Commercial, Global Strategic Planning, Marketing Excellence, Medical, Access, Business Development, regional and country teams, external experts, scientific societies, and patient communities.
What you will do
- Set the customer and specialty agenda: Build one unified, actionable view of customer needs, tensions, and growth opportunities across Neurology indications, bringing local patient, community, and market insights into global strategy.
- Shape a coherent Neurology portfolio: Clarify strategic trade-offs, sequencing, dependencies, and synergies across in-market and peri-launch indications while protecting indication ownership.
- Prioritize shared investment: Recommend allocating shared resources and activities, including congress planning, insight generation, and common investments, to the highest-value opportunities.
- Accelerate decision-making: Establish clear decision rights and thresholds with asset and AM&SE leadership, so cross-indication decisions are resolved at the right level without creating an additional approval gate.
- Represent Neurology with one voice: Provide clear, senior Therapeutic Area leadership to local, asset and enterprise partners while maintaining direct access to indication expertise.
- Strengthen global presence: Advance Therapeutic Area-level scientific and external engagement in alignment with Medical, Access and Patient teams.
- Enable future growth: Translate market evolution, changing customer needs and pipeline opportunities into portfolio choices and support organic and inorganic growth assessments.
- Lead and develop leaders: Set shared objectives, coach performance, build capabilities, support career development and succession, and strengthen team connectivity across Neurology.
- Contribute enterprise leadership: Help shape consistent AM&SE ways of working and increase leadership capacity for portfolio-level priorities.
Interested? For this role, we are looking for the following education, experience, and skills
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in progressively strategic leadership roles with accountability for influencing business strategy and delivering measurable results.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or other relevant advanced degrees.
- Significant Neurology experience, including specialty-market dynamics and leadership of product launches from Phase 2/development through post-launch.
- Demonstrated leadership experience across global and in-country roles, including launch execution, operational leadership, and P&L responsibility.
- Proven ability to develop portfolio and lifecycle strategies, align senior leaders on priorities and trade-offs, and operate across indication, portfolio, and Therapeutic Area levels.
- Strong cross-functional leadership across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Regulatory, and other key functions, including healthcare projects spanning multiple indications and regions.
- Strong understanding of country-specific regulatory, pricing, reimbursement, and market-access environments.
- Proven experience leading leaders and teams through both direct and matrix management, including recruitment, performance management, talent development, and succession planning.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within a complex international matrix and mobilize diverse stakeholders around shared objectives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information, influence senior stakeholders, and drive action.
This position's expected salary range is $237,000-$311,000 annually. The actual salary offered will consider internal equity and may also vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.
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.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.
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Nationals from high-demand countries like India and China face per-country backlogs that can delay final green card issuance for years even after PERM and I-140 approval. Ask your prospective employer about filing timelines and check the USCIS Visa Bulletin before committing.
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Green Card Head of Strategy: Frequently Asked Questions
Can a Head of Strategy role qualify for EB-2 green card sponsorship?
Yes. Head of Strategy positions typically require an advanced degree in business, strategy, economics, or a related field, which meets the EB-2 advanced-degree standard. If you hold a bachelor's degree plus at least five years of progressive experience in strategy or corporate planning, that combination can also satisfy EB-2 requirements, though the employer must document the minimum requirements carefully in the PERM labor certification.
How does green card sponsorship for this role differ from H-1B sponsorship?
Green card sponsorship through EB-2 or EB-3 leads to lawful permanent residence, not a temporary status tied to a single employer. The process starts with PERM labor certification filed with the Department of Labor, which requires a formal recruitment test and a prevailing wage determination. H-1B visa sponsorship involves an LCA and a cap-subject lottery. PERM has no lottery, but nationals from high-demand countries can face significant priority-date backlogs before the final green card is issued.
What does the PERM process look like for a Head of Strategy hire?
The employer starts with a prevailing wage determination from the DOL, then runs a structured recruitment campaign to demonstrate that no qualified U.S. worker was available for the role. If the recruitment test is satisfied, the employer files the PERM application with the DOL. After certification, the employer files an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. You then wait for a visa number to become current before filing for adjustment of status or attending a consular interview.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor green cards for strategy roles?
Migrate Mate lists U.S. employers with verified employment-based green card sponsorship history, searchable by role and location. This saves time compared to cold-applying and hoping the employer has PERM experience. Prioritizing companies that have completed PERM certifications before for comparable roles reduces your risk of delays caused by employer inexperience with the process.
Can I keep my priority date if I change employers during the green card process?
Your priority date can carry over to a new employer's I-140 petition once your original I-140 was approved, which can protect you from losing years of queue position. Separately, if your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 portability allows you to move to a new employer in the same or a similar occupation. These are two distinct rules, and both require careful coordination with your immigration attorney before you resign.