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We are looking for a Global Procurement Category Lead - Market Insights & Patient Services who is strategic, value‑driven and highly collaborative to join our Global Procurement department, based in Brussels, Belgium or Atlanta, Georgia.
About the Role
As Global Procurement Category Lead - Market Insights & Patient Services, you will lead global procurement strategy across Research, Data Acquisition, Medical & Patient Services. You will unify procurement approaches across regions, build strategic supplier partnerships, and ensure sourcing strategies support both business objectives and scientific priorities.
In this highly visible leadership role, you will help shape the future of data, research, and patient services procurement by driving value creation, strengthening supplier performance, enhancing compliance, and supporting innovation across the enterprise. You will lead global category teams and work closely with senior stakeholders to ensure procurement is recognized as a strategic business partner.
Who You’ll Work With
You will report to the Global Head of Marketing, Selling & Impact Procurement and collaborate closely with senior leaders across Insights, Medical Affairs, Patient Services, Market Access, Legal, Compliance, Information Security, and Finance. You will also lead and develop procurement teams across multiple regions while managing relationships with strategic suppliers and external partners.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and execute global category strategies across research procurement, data acquisition, and medical and patient services procurement.
- Lead and develop global category teams, ensuring alignment to common standards, governance, and strategic priorities.
- Build and manage strategic relationships with research agencies, data providers, and patient services vendors.
- Negotiate and oversee complex commercial agreements, including data licensing, research services, and patient support contracts.
- Drive value creation through supplier optimization, commercial innovation, and improved return on research and data investments.
- Partner with business stakeholders to align sourcing strategies with scientific, medical, and commercial priorities.
- Ensure compliance with data privacy, healthcare regulations, and third‑party risk management requirements.
- Shape procurement approaches related to digital, data, and AI‑enabled solutions while supporting responsible innovation.
- Embed sustainability, supplier diversity, and ESG principles into procurement strategies and supplier selection processes.
Interested? For this role we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred in business, life sciences, or a related field.
- Significant procurement leadership experience across market research, data licensing, medical services, or patient services categories.
- Strong experience leading global teams and influencing senior stakeholders within complex matrix organizations.
- Knowledge of data privacy regulations, healthcare compliance frameworks, and third‑party risk management.
- Strong commercial, negotiation, and supplier relationship management capabilities.
- Digital and data fluency, with experience in analytics, AI governance, or data‑driven decision‑making.
This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $172,500-230,000. 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 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 Global Procurement Category Lead - Market Insights & Patient Services who is strategic, value‑driven and highly collaborative to join our Global Procurement department, based in Brussels, Belgium or Atlanta, Georgia.
About the Role
As Global Procurement Category Lead - Market Insights & Patient Services, you will lead global procurement strategy across Research, Data Acquisition, Medical & Patient Services. You will unify procurement approaches across regions, build strategic supplier partnerships, and ensure sourcing strategies support both business objectives and scientific priorities.
In this highly visible leadership role, you will help shape the future of data, research, and patient services procurement by driving value creation, strengthening supplier performance, enhancing compliance, and supporting innovation across the enterprise. You will lead global category teams and work closely with senior stakeholders to ensure procurement is recognized as a strategic business partner.
Who You’ll Work With
You will report to the Global Head of Marketing, Selling & Impact Procurement and collaborate closely with senior leaders across Insights, Medical Affairs, Patient Services, Market Access, Legal, Compliance, Information Security, and Finance. You will also lead and develop procurement teams across multiple regions while managing relationships with strategic suppliers and external partners.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and execute global category strategies across research procurement, data acquisition, and medical and patient services procurement.
- Lead and develop global category teams, ensuring alignment to common standards, governance, and strategic priorities.
- Build and manage strategic relationships with research agencies, data providers, and patient services vendors.
- Negotiate and oversee complex commercial agreements, including data licensing, research services, and patient support contracts.
- Drive value creation through supplier optimization, commercial innovation, and improved return on research and data investments.
- Partner with business stakeholders to align sourcing strategies with scientific, medical, and commercial priorities.
- Ensure compliance with data privacy, healthcare regulations, and third‑party risk management requirements.
- Shape procurement approaches related to digital, data, and AI‑enabled solutions while supporting responsible innovation.
- Embed sustainability, supplier diversity, and ESG principles into procurement strategies and supplier selection processes.
Interested? For this role we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred in business, life sciences, or a related field.
- Significant procurement leadership experience across market research, data licensing, medical services, or patient services categories.
- Strong experience leading global teams and influencing senior stakeholders within complex matrix organizations.
- Knowledge of data privacy regulations, healthcare compliance frameworks, and third‑party risk management.
- Strong commercial, negotiation, and supplier relationship management capabilities.
- Digital and data fluency, with experience in analytics, AI governance, or data‑driven decision‑making.
This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $172,500-230,000. 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 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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Translate procurement credentials for PERM documentation
Your PERM application requires evidence that your role meets specialty occupation standards. Compile contracts you negotiated, vendor portfolios you managed, and cost-savings outcomes you led. Dollar figures and scope data make your file far harder to challenge at the DOL stage.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Not every company that hires Procurement Directors sponsors green cards. Search OFLC disclosure data to confirm a prospective employer has filed PERM certifications for similar director-level supply chain roles before reaching out or accepting an offer.
Use Migrate Mate to filter sponsoring employers
Use Migrate Mate to search Procurement Director openings by green card sponsorship history. Filtering by EB-2 or EB-3 eligibility before applying saves months you'd otherwise spend pursuing roles where sponsorship was never on the table.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility with your employer early
Procurement Directors with an MBA or specialized master's degree often qualify for EB-2, which can mean a shorter priority date wait for many countries. Confirm which category your employer intends to file under before your job offer is finalized, not after.
Prepare for the PERM supervised recruitment window
DOL requires employers to run a specific recruitment process before PERM certification. Understand that this window typically runs 30 to 60 days and that your employer cannot file until it closes, so account for this in any timeline you negotiate with HR.
Build an O*NET-aligned job description with your HR team
PERM audits often target job descriptions that are too broad or narrow relative to the occupation. Work with your employer's HR team to align your Procurement Director duties with the O*NET occupation profile, reducing the risk of a DOL audit or denial.
Green Card Procurement Director: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Procurement Director role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Procurement Director positions can qualify under both EB-2 and EB-3 depending on how the employer defines the role's minimum requirements. EB-2 applies when the position requires an advanced degree, such as an MBA or master's in supply chain management. EB-3 covers roles where a bachelor's degree is the stated minimum. Your employer's attorney sets the category when drafting the PERM job description.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary work visa with a two-year grace period and annual cap lottery risk. EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM leads to permanent residency with no annual cap at the petition level. The tradeoff is time: PERM labor certification, I-140, and adjustment of status often take two to four years total, though you can typically remain employed while the case is pending.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for employers hiring a Procurement Director?
Your employer must conduct DOL-supervised recruitment to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available for the role. This includes posting the job for a set period, documenting all applicants considered, and filing the ETA 9089 with DOL. The Procurement Director job description must match the duties you actually perform and align with prevailing wage data from OFLC's Wage Search to avoid audit flags.
How can I find employers willing to sponsor a green card for a Procurement Director?
Most job postings don't advertise green card sponsorship openly, so searching OFLC disclosure data for prior PERM filings by employer and job title is one reliable method. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with active EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history specifically for roles like Procurement Director, letting you target your applications before spending time in interviews with employers who have no sponsorship track record.
Can I switch employers after my PERM is filed but before my green card is approved?
If your I-140 petition has been approved for at least 180 days and your adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more, portability rules under AC21 allow you to change to a same or similar occupational classification without losing your priority date. Procurement and supply chain director roles are often considered similar enough to port, but confirm this with your immigration attorney before accepting a new offer.