Clinical Outsourcing Lead, Raleigh, NC

About the role

You will help shape how UCB works with external partners for clinical studies and development services. You will guide vendor selection, lead contract discussions, support budget planning, and help teams keep outsourced activities on track. You will bring clear thinking, strong partnership skills, and a practical focus on quality, value, compliance, and timelines.

Who You Will Work With

• Clinical Outsourcing Managers
• study teams
• Strategic Clinical Partnering colleagues
• finance
• legal
• procurement
• quality
• external vendors
• teams across Patient Evidence, Patient Solutions, Patient Impact, and wider development groups

What You Will Do

• Lead outsourcing activities for assigned clinical studies, programs, and development services.
• Manage RFI and RFP steps, vendor selection, study awards, work orders, service agreements, amendments, and confidentiality agreements.
• Lead vendor contract discussions to support quality, timelines, value, and clear accountability.
• Support budget forecasts, cost estimates, financial reviews, and annual financial planning with study and finance teams.
• Track vendor performance, spot risks early, and share clear updates with internal stakeholders.
• Coach and support Clinical Outsourcing Managers or Strategic Clinical Partnering colleagues on complex work.

Interested?

For this role, we are looking for the following education, experience, and skills:

• A bachelor’s degree in science, finance, legal, business, or a related field; a master’s degree is a plus.
• Strong experience in pharma, biotech, CRO, clinical outsourcing, vendor management, or clinical development.
• Managed vendor negotiations, contracts, budgets, forecasts, and financial assessments with good results.
• Understand clinical development, ICH/GCP, vendor qualification, and outsourced clinical study delivery.
• Communicate clearly in English and can guide discussions, manage conflicts, and build agreement across global teams.
• Organised, adaptable, and able to manage several priorities while keeping quality, compliance, and timelines in focus.

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

• 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.