Ascendis Pharma

Scientist

• Support the Global Medical Office team in defining medical narrative and strategic imperatives, and outlining a roadmap for successful delivery of the imperatives across the Ascendis Pharma portfolio of products
• Leverage medical expertise and hands-on clinical experience to ensure relevance and rigor of the medical strategy
• Contribute to the development of an integrated plan for generating evidence e.g. real-world evidence, observational studies, phase IV studies, etc.) to address unmet medical needs, evidence gaps, and anticipated competitive advantages
• Filter and communicate key insights on disease areas, competitive landscape, and unmet medical needs
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant science, applicable literature, disease state information, and landscape trends within aligned therapeutic areas.
• Support the medical education strategy to amplify key medical messaging and enhance country readiness
• Support congress activities, including symposia
• Cultivate relationships with thought leaders in medicine, rising stars, and reference centers in rare endocrinology
• Share scientific and medical insights with healthcare professionals through 1:1 meetings and conferences
• Contribute to the planning and execution of advisory boards and other key KOL meetings (speaker bureau, preceptorship)
• Provide expert medical input to support reimbursement and policy-related activities
• Ensure full compliance with internal SOPs and global regulatory requirements
• Work closely with & support the country medical teams, ensuring alignment with & execution in line with global medical strategy

Global Medical Scientist

Events

• Responsible for leading the planning of select congresses and meetings globally
• Assess workload and assign planning support according to the yearly calendar of events
• Work closely with the Global Head and Associate Director to ensure appropriate event coverage for internal global stakeholders
• Assist the team with financial and strategic operational deliverables to ensure consistency and accuracy of priorities and output
• Meet with internal stakeholders to foster stronger ways of working for event logistics requirements
• Manage logistical details for key congresses and internal events
• Manage event/congress budgets, track expenses, and process payments
• Support vendor research and assist with negotiating contracts with service providers
• Prepare meeting materials, agendas, and registration lists for on-site execution
• Oversee events management during execution, resolving any issues that may arise
• Collaborate with internal marketing stakeholders for event promotions and communications
• Conduct post-event assessments for feedback and future improvements
• Monitor event activities to ensure adherence to regulations and company policies

Senior Manager, Global Meetings & Events

Medical Director

• Draft, revise, and edit scientific publications, including manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals as well as abstracts, posters, and oral presentations for medical conferences.
• Collaborate with Publication Planning team to coordinate kick-off calls with Investigators and establish timelines for the development of publications.
• Work with internal stakeholders to ensure publications are clear, accurate, and aligned with strategic goals.
• Participate in meetings with clinical trial investigators and key opinion leaders for the review and revision of drafts and to manage the editing and revision process, ensuring timely completion of scientific publications.
• Keep current with the latest information, trends, and developments in target therapy areas, and perform literature searches as needed for drafting publications. Interpret literature information relevant to scientific publications. Understand, assimilate, and interpret data and other sources of information with appropriate guidance/direction from authors and therapeutic teams.
• Remain current on industry and company requirements and best practices as they relate to scientific publications.
• Understand and follow applicable company publication policy and procedures and act as a subject matter expert regarding internal processes and relevant publication guidelines.

Associate Director, Global Medical Writing

General

• Serve as the field-based external facing medical representation of Medical Affairs
• Create awareness of Ascendis Pharma in the endocrinology community and communicate the potential of TransCon technology to transform the practice of endocrinology
• Maintain high level of medical expertise to support the portfolio/pipeline and relevant disease states (e.g., bone and growth)
• Provide medical/scientific presentations to both internal and external audiences
• Identify key opinion leaders (KOLs) and key organizations (e.g. professional associations, patient advocacy groups) for disease states within a geography
• Identify the scientific needs of healthcare providers (HCPs), researchers, and patient advocates important to patient care within a geography
• Develop and maintain a KOL engagement plan that foster collaborative relationships within geography
• Capture external insights about the disease state, Ascendis portfolio and pipeline, and competitors and communicate to internal stakeholders in a timely and effective manner
• Build strong relationships with internal colleagues (e.g., Market Access, Marketing, and Sales) by providing medical expertise and support as needed
• Collaborate with Medical Outcomes Scientific Liaisons (MOSLs) to support regional deliverables (e.g., scientific support, internal/external presentations)
• Participate with the development and implementation of the Field Medical Team strategic goals and objectives
• Provide scientific support at medical congresses to include participation in clinical data presentations, scientific exchange at the medical affairs booth, and internal or external meetings
• Provide internal onboarding and ongoing medical training for commercial and medical colleagues
• Engage with external researchers as a primary contact with interest in investigator-initiated trials (IITs)
• Support clinical trial operations to ensure success with planned and ongoing clinical trials to include identifying, supporting, and regularly engaging clinical trial investigators, and sites. Participate in patient find activities as needed.
• Document all relevant activities in the CRM platform
• Ensure understanding of and maintains compliance with department and corporate policies and procedures

Medical Science Liaison

IT Support

• Operate, maintain, and optimize Veeva PromoMats and MedComms platforms in alignment with the Veeva product roadmap, GIT operating model, and business needs for both Medical and Commercial functions.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define functional requirements for content review and approval processes, with a focus on medical, legal, and regulatory review, ensuring simplicity, efficiency, and compliance.
• Share in the governance of platforms, ensuring that all changes are properly vetted and approved by local, regional, and global stakeholders across Medical and Commercial teams.
• Continuously engage with project coordinators, facilitating content review and approval processes, addressing production issues, and identifying areas for improvement to discuss with Global Product Owners and stakeholders.
• Define and optimize workflows for content review and approval, ensuring efficient deployment and ongoing maintenance across global, regional, and local markets, including Europe and the US.
• Build new Digital Asset Management (DAM) capabilities, allowing for global asset approval, localization, cross-market asset sharing, source file management, and promotion of materials to both internal and external teams.
• Lead difficult conversations with stakeholders around prioritization and solutioning, leveraging data points, best practices, and effective communication to guide decisions and build confidence.
• Monitor content throughput, identify bottlenecks, and propose solutions to enhance performance and the overall user experience.
• Lead the administration of Veeva Vault, managing configurations, updates, and optimization of workflows related to PromoMats and MedComms.
• Research and implement new product features, working closely with business stakeholders on prototypes, pilots, and product enhancements.
• Ensure compliance with SDLC methodology and governance processes with emphasis on testing and documentation of all releases.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to document Business Process Mapping, Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, Test Cases, User Guides, and Admin Guides, ensuring clarity and alignment.

IT Business Analysis Specialist

Manager

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with regards to processing of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs)
• Ensure that all safety reports received from any source for Ascendis products are processed in the safety database and reported according to ICH-GCP guidelines, Health Authority regulations, company SOPs, Work Instructions and business partner agreements.
• Assist in the oversight of the PV vendor that processes ICSRs for Ascendis products.
• Participate in triage of incoming AE reports to identify cases of special interest and cases requiring expedited reporting to Health Authorities and business partners.
• Perform quality check of processed ICSRs and provide feedback to PV vendor.
• Perform quality review of information received from assigned vendors and provide feedback to improve the quality and completeness of source documentation.
• Ensure any non-compliance or late ICSR are identified and escalated to management.
• Ensure integrity of safety database outputs used for aggregate reports, Health Authority requests or other safety requirements.
• Liaise with other functional areas for implementation of PV related processes requiring cross functional collaboration.
• Provide input into departmental SOPs and Work Instructions and ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines and regulations.
• Provide input into training documents for the targeted audience.
• Train vendors on processes for identifying and reporting Adverse Events to Ascendis Global Patient Safety (GPS).
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and participate in optimization initiatives.
• Support Case Transmission Verification (CTV) and SAE Reconciliation activities
• Work collaboratively with Vendor Management, Study Management, QPPV Office and Medical Science teams for assigned activities
• Maintain selected oversight of activities within the scope of Ascendis PV group under the direction of Head, ICSR Management
• Participate in relevant crisis management activities within the scope of Ascendis PV group

Manager, ICSR Management Team

• Leverage medical expertise and hands-on clinical experience to promote relevance and rigor of the development program
• For clinical trials: design, provide medical oversight, and support site and subject retention
• Serve as a Medical Monitor for clinical trials, ensure study integrity, and track accumulating safety and efficacy data
• Provide leadership to study teams
• Ensure successful completion of trial-related documents (including clinical trial protocols, investigator brochures, medical monitoring plans, site training materials, clinical study reports, health authority responses, standard operating procedures, etc.) with cross-functional team members
• Anticipate obstacles within a clinical trial, and implement solutions
• Analyze, evaluate, interpret, and report study results
• Contribute to drafting and reviewing clinical documents, manuscripts, presentations, and regulatory submissions
• Contribute to design of the Clinical Development Plan
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant science, medical information, good clinical practices, and regulatory guidance
• Collaborate with—and serve as a clinical research resource for—cross-functional colleagues to optimize product development
• Cultivate relationships with investigative sites, clinical consultants, and key opinion leaders to represent the interests of the company
• Contribute to corporate strategic and organizational initiatives
• Assist with commercial activities as needed
• Complete assigned tasks thoroughly, accurately, and on time
• Adhere to rigorous ethical standards
• Travel up to 20% domestically and internationally for scientific meetings

Associate Medical Director, Clinical Development

Operations

• Act as the primary point of contact for identifying, documenting, and tracking data-related issues
• Create detailed tickets and work directly with external vendors (e.g., IQVIA, Veeva Systems) to troubleshoot and resolve data discrepancies
• Coordinate testing and validation of vendor-delivered fixes to ensure issues are fully resolved before closure
• Maintain clear documentation of issues, root causes, and resolutions
• Partner with internal stakeholders to investigate data questions and anomalies across systems
• Perform deep-dive analysis across multiple platforms (CRM, data warehouse, vendor feeds) to identify root causes
• Collaborate with internal IT teams to trace data flow issues across integrations (e.g., SFTP, APIs)
• Escalate and route issues appropriately based on findings
• Pull and analyze ad hoc data requests to support business questions
• Validate data accuracy and reconcile discrepancies across sources
• Support reporting tools such as Tableau or Power BI
• Serve as a bridge between business teams (Commercial, Medical, Patient Services) and technical teams
• Translate business questions into structured data investigations
• Provide clear communication on issue status, timelines, and resolutions
• Identify recurring data issues and recommend process improvements
• Support data quality monitoring and governance efforts
• Contribute to documentation of data flows, business rules, and standard operating procedures