Make your mark for patients
We are looking for a Public Affairs & Policy Lead Alps, who is eager to join our Health System Policy & Public Affairs department and the leadership team for the Alps cluster, based in our manufacturing site in Bulle, Switzerland.
About the role
As the Public Affairs & Policy Lead Alps, you are a member of the Alps leadership team and you are responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive policy and engagement strategy to shape policy, legislative, and regulatory environments across UCB Alps markets, with a focus on Switzerland.
This role provides strategic direction and supports local affiliates and teams in advancing policy priorities at the market level. Responsibilities include developing a Swiss policy strategy, engagement planning, coalition building, and enabling health system changes to improve patient outcomes, health equity, patient access, and sustainable access solutions.
The role also ensures that UCB is positioned as a trusted and preferred partner within the external ecosystem.
This role reports to the Alps General Manager.
The position is hybrid, with the main office in Bulle, Switzerland.
Regular business travel across Switzerland and Austria is expected.
What you’ll do
- Define, build, and execute policy strategies to shape public policy, legislative, and regulatory environments related to UCB’s portfolio, focusing on value creation throughout the patient journey and aligning with short- and long-term business goals.
- Build and strengthen strategic alliances with relevant patient advocacy groups and political organizations.
- Develop communication plans to support local corporate and policy affairs strategies.
- Provide clear and insightful environmental analysis by monitoring legislative health trends, evaluating policy implications, and assessing the broader political landscape.
- Contribute to strengthening UCB’s position within pharmaceutical industry associations.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to evaluate disease-area health system policies that may impact patient access.
- Develop engagement plans to shape or inform future policies and create contingency plans to address potential policy impacts.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders and identify partnership opportunities to improve patient access and advance supportive health policies.
- Promote effective collaboration across cantonal and national levels, strengthening the UCB Policy & Public Affairs community to enable local execution.
- Communicate clearly with senior leadership and local teams by providing updates, assessing risks, and highlighting required actions to ensure transparency and alignment across workstreams.
- Represent UCB in speaking engagements at policy events, panels, congresses, and industry associations.
Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills
- Proven experience in similar roles.
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Established network with key policy stakeholders in Switzerland.
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Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
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Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
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Proactive and results-oriented approach.
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Entrepreneurial mindset with a positive, solution-oriented attitude.
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Self-motivated, resilient, and able to manage pressure effectively.
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Ability to think independently and constructively challenges the status quo.
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Fluency in Englis, German and French.
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 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.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on [email protected]. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.
