Make your mark for patients
We are looking for a Data Science and AI Technology Lead who is strategic, collaborative, and hands-on to join us in our Digital and Technology team, based in our HQ office in Brussels, Belgium.
About the role
You will shape the technology direction behind UCB’s advanced analytics and artificial intelligence platforms and turn it into secure, scalable capabilities that deliver real business outcomes. With a global scope across multiple domains, you will lead platform evolution end to end from roadmap and architecture to delivery, governance, and operations. Your decisions will directly influence how data scientists, analysts, and business teams consume data and artificial intelligence at scale. You will work closely with internal teams and technology partners to introduce new services, integrate tools, and continuously evolve the analytics landscape.
Who you’ll work with
You will be working in a team that operates at the intersection of data science, engineering, and business impact. You will collaborate closely with data scientists, data engineers, analytics leaders, information security, infrastructure, and technology strategy colleagues. You will also engage with external partners and vendors. In a matrix environment, you will help align priorities across domains and ensure analytics capabilities effectively support domain-driven initiatives.
What you’ll do
1. Define and drive the technology roadmap for advanced analytics and artificial intelligence platforms, ensuring scalability, sustainability, and alignment with enterprise standards
2. Design and deliver new platform services with technology partners, integrating multiple tools and environments to meet evolving user needs.
3. Own the full platform lifecycle, including operations, upgrades, performance, and continuous improvement of global analytics platforms
4. Establish and oversee platform governance and operations, including access management, configuration, and performance optimization
5. Set and enforce technical standards and best practices for architecture, security, and quality; review designs and resolve complex technical challenges
6. Lead platform initiatives and projects, coordinating stakeholders and vendors to deliver outcomes successfully in a global matrix organization
7. Drive, review and sign-off designs related to (advanced) Analytics and AI solution architecture
Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills
8. Master’s degree or equivalent experience in data, analytics, computer science, or a related field
9. At least 8 years of experience designing and delivering advanced analytics or artificial intelligence solutions at enterprise scale
10. Proven experience in a technology leadership or platform role, with clear accountability for strategy and delivery
11. Data, Analytics and AI solution architecture experience
12. Strong hands-on experience with analytics programming and modeling using Python and R
13. Solid experience with cloud-based analytics platforms, particularly within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, Snowflake and Databricks
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!