Head of Learning Digital

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for aHead of Digital Learning who is eager to join our Organizational Learning and Development department based in our headquarter in Brussels Belgium.

About the role

Are you passionate about transforming enterprise learning and driving digital innovation UCB is seeking a visionary Head of Digital Learning to define and lead our global digital learning strategy.

In this pivotal role you will build a scalable learning ecosystem that accelerates skill acquisition internal mobility leadership readiness and workforce productivity enabling UCBs Talent Roadmap and Digital Transformation.

You will ensure compliance and risk management in partnership with Quality Legal Privacy and Security governing regulated learning in GxP contexts and safeguarding data privacy under GDPR and similar regulations.

Who youll work with

You will act as a trusted advisor to business leadership HR Business Partners Talent Management and IT. Youll collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across HR IT Quality Compliance and Business Units and build a partner ecosystem of platform providers content vendors universities and niche specialists.

What youll do

• Develop and execute a 3-year digital learning strategy with clear value cases investment plans and outcome targets.
• Lead an enterprise learning governance forum to set standards approve roadmaps and remove obstacles.
• Launch enterprise academies for priority capabilities (digital leadership functional patient/customer engagement) with curated pathways credentials and communities of practice.
• Build a content operations model blending internal creation expert curation and licensed content optimizing findability and reuse.
• Promote evidence-based learning design (micro-learning spaced practice simulations coaching performance support) accessible on any device.
• Deploy AI responsibly to accelerate content generation translation and Q&A assistants with guardrails for accuracy bias mitigation privacy and IP protection.
• Define and implement a robust measurement framework linking engagement proficiency progression role readiness mobility quality improvement and business outcomes.
• Build and manage vendor relationships negotiate contracts and SLAs and rationalize the portfolio for value and experience.
• Explore external partnerships and credentials to recognize skills with market value (micro-credentials badges).

Interested For this role were looking for the following education experience and skills

• Education: Bachelors degree required; Masters preferred in Learning Sciences Instructional Design Education Technology Organizational Psychology Business Data Science or related field.
• 10 years leading enterprise learning or digital product functions.
• 5 years managing multi-country teams and complex vendor ecosystems; proven experience architecting and scaling modern learning platforms (LMS LXP content/skills graphs) with HRIS and collaboration integrations; demonstrated success launching academies or capability programs.
• Hands-on use of AI in the learning value chain.
• Ability to connect enterprise strategy to platform data and experience choices with a clear value narrative.
• Product and portfolio management: Skilled in prioritizing outcomes and managing backlogs releases and stakeholder expectations.
• Interprets insights and guides evidence-based decisions; able to coach teams on metrics that matter.
• Change leadership influence and coaches leaders and managers to be multipliers of learning.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Operates effectively with HR IT Quality Compliance and business units; resolves trade-offs constructively.
• Learning design literacy: Champions evidence-based practices and accessibility; sets high quality standards for content and experience.
• Vendor and budget management: Negotiates effectively and optimizes total cost of ownership and value delivered.

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 dont just complete tasks we create value. We arent 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 thats 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 weve embraced a hybrid-first approach to work bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless expressly 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 laws.

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