Business Planning & Operations Associate

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Business Planning and Operations Associate who is strategic, analytical, and collaborative to join us in our U.S. Corporate Affairs team, based in our office in Atlanta, GA.

About the role

You will play a pivotal role in enabling U.S. Corporate Affairs to operate with clarity, consistency, and impact. As a strategic partner to functional leaders, you will support integrated planning, budgeting, governance, and performance tracking. You will help transform strategy into execution by strengthening ways of working, improving insights, and ensuring operational discipline across the organization.

Who you'll work with

You will be working in a team that partners closely with Corporate Affairs leadership, Finance, Procurement, Legal, and crossfunctional colleagues. The team is focused on driving alignment, operational excellence, and continuous improvement while supporting meaningful engagement with external stakeholders and advancing organizational priorities.

What you'll do

• Support annual and quarterly planning aligned to Corporate Affairs strategic priorities
• Coordinate leadership meetings, agendas, and followup to enable effective decision making
• Track initiative progress, risks, and milestones, ensuring accountability and timely escalation
• Coordinate budgeting, forecasting, and quarterly reviews with finance partners
• Manage vendor contracts, timelines, compliance requirements, and performance tracking
• Develop dashboards, reports, and insights to support leadership decision making

Interested? For this role we're looking for the following

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, sustainability, or related field
• 5+ of experience in planning, operations, or strategy roles
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, forecasts, and operational processes
• Strong analytical, problemsolving, and structured thinking capabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to collaborate and influence across functions

Preferred requirements

• Master's degree in business, finance, sustainability, or related discipline
• Experience in healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or related industries
• Working knowledge of sustainability principles and performance integration
• Experience with enterprise planning, financial, or cloudbased digital tools
• Background supporting senior leaders or enterprisewide initiatives

This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $108,000-141,800. 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.

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 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.

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.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.