Compensation Operations Lead

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Compensation Operations Lead who is detail‑oriented, collaborative, and forward‑thinking to join us in our Global Compensation team, based in our Brussels office in Belgium.

About the role

You will ensure the smooth delivery of global compensation programs and play a key role in maintaining high‑quality compensation processes across countries. You will drive operational excellence by managing compensation systems, supporting annual review cycles, enabling job leveling governance, and ensuring our pay practices remain consistent, transparent, and compliant with local regulations.

Who you'll work with

You will be part of the Global compensation team, reporting to the global compensation head. Alongside to your colleagues in Talent, Finance and Business leadership, you'll collaborate with teams around the world to enable consistent compensation processes, support leaders during review cycles, and ensure that market data, job leveling, and compensation systems are managed effectively and responsibly.

What you'll do

• Own global compensation administration, including salary structures, job architecture, leveling frameworks, and recognition programs.
• Lead annual and off-cycle compensation reviews (merit, promotions, market adjustments), ensuring alignment with global philosophy, internal equity, and local market practices.
• Manage global compensation tools and systems, including configuration for merit, bonus, and LTI programs, and support new tool implementations and automation initiatives.
• Coordinate and execute global compensation cycles end-to-end, partnering with Talent, HRBPs, and business leaders, and presenting outcomes to senior leadership.
• Support benchmarking and market data activities, including job matching, survey participation, and pay competitiveness analysis.
• Own and govern job leveling processes, ensuring consistent application and strong stakeholder understanding.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce global compensation policies, ensuring compliance with local laws, pay transparency requirements, and audit standards.

Interested? For this role we're looking for the following education, experience and skills

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
• Extensive experience in compensation operations and analysis, including salary structures, benchmarking, and job leveling.
• Recognized subject matter expertise across core compensation disciplines; experience in a leadership or people management role is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills, with excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Solid understanding of pharmaceutical business areas, roles, and skill sets.
• Proven ability to manage complex operational processes efficiently and accurately.
• Experience working with digital compensation tools and systems, with an interest in process efficiency and automation.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to lead stakeholder discussions on complex topics.
• Experience with change management, data visualization, and storytelling is an advantage.

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. 
 
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