Business Analytics Lead, Canada

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Business Analytics Lead to support commercial operational excellence within our Insights to Impact team based out of UCB Canada in Oakville Ontario

About the role

You will work as a dedicated Business Analytics Lead in close collaboration with Patient Impact Teams (Commercial & Medical) to enable data-driven decisions.

What youll do

Key Responsibilities:

• Market & Insights: Develop a deep understanding of the Canadian market and therapeutic areas (Rheumatology Dermatology Epilepsy Myasthenia Gravis); generate actionable insights and deliver analytics solutions to address key business questions.
• Launch & Strategy: Drive and support launch readiness strategies and project follow up for new products and indications in collaboration with local teams and regional stakeholders including the Intercontinental Analytics community.
• Performance & Forecasting: Manage performance through robust insights generation and support accurate forecasting ensuring reliable projections to guide both strategic and operational decisions.
• Collaboration & Innovation: Partner with Canadian and Regional Stakeholders to implement strategic imperatives and foster business thinking through holistic end-to-end analytics.

Main Accountabilities:

• Partner with Patient Impact Teams (Commercial & Medical) to identify analytical needs and deliver solutions that drive informed business decisions and maximize patient impact.
• Translate Canadian business requirements into analytics solutions that are consistent with regional and global standards ensuring alignment and scalability.
• Integrate and analyze multiple data sources (such as sales activity market research financials and field insights) to generate actionable analytics and business insights.
• Leading the forecasting of sales volumes and patients analyzing key drivers of growth to support strategic planning and operational excellence.
• Support business review meetings by providing analytics and insights; promote the adoption of centrally managed analytics platforms (e.g. Power BI Qlik Sense Veeva) while tailoring outputs to meet local needs.
• Optimize Go-To-Market strategies by contributing to initiatives in targeting segmentation field-force optimization incentive plan design and execution and campaign analytics.
• Drive the articulation and implementation of the local data strategy in conjunction with the Intercontinental team ensuring the analytics data strategy remains in tune with business needs and enables optimal insight creation including the management of local data vendors.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration across departments such as Market Access Medical and Real-World Evidence (RWE) to enable holistic solutions for patient impact.
• Translate global and regional objectives into actionable local plans and regularly monitor progress to ensure alignment and achievement of business goals.

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

• MSc in Biotechnology Economics Financials or Medical related university degree
• 5-10 years experience in consultancy pharmaceuticals or healthcare sector
• Excellent understanding of the pharmaceutical G2M data landscape
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with good business acumen
• Team player with the ability to work independently
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $ $119200 - $156450. 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.

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.

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.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable laws.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive accessible environment where all employees and members feel valued respected and supported. We are committed to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities.

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (e.g. alternate formats of materials accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation) please contact and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Please note that our hiring process includes the use of artificial intelligence (AI). All final hiring decisions are made by our hiring teams.