Director, Clinical & Medical Strategic Planning & Management - Job ID: 1911

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate the formulation of clinical development and medical evidence generation plans
• Ensure strategic alignment with goals and priorities of the Ascendis organization
• Create roadmaps and ensure they are contemporary and visible
• Balance dependencies
• Manage competing demands for resources
• Continuously evaluate performance across the portfolio and programs
• Facilitate execution of the plans to generate impactful evidence
• Support ERDMS teams by maintaining clarity of priorities
• Support teams in making informed decisions
• Facilitate effective collaboration within and across functions
• Schedule discussions for interpreting data
• Create tools and visuals for internal sharing of important clinical & medical messages and narratives
• Cultivate a culture of proactivity
• Promote a sense of accountability

Requirements

• Outstanding stakeholder engagement (e.g. with Innovation & Research, Non-Clinical & Bioanalysis, Product Development, Regulatory Affairs, Patient Safety/Pharmacovigilance, Investor Relations, Business, Commercial, Compliance)
• Lead through influence
• Excellent judgement
• Scientific thinking
• An advanced degree preferred (e.g. MD, PhD, PharmD, or MSS)
• Significant experience in the biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical industry
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 10-15% of the time, domestically and internationally

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company match
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Company-offered Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Company-provided short and long-term disability benefits
• Unique offerings of Pet Insurance and Legal Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discounts
• Professional Development Health Saving Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Variety of incentive compensation plans
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Mental Health resources
• Paid leave benefits for new parents