Ascendis Pharma

Director, Clinical and Medical Strategic Planning and Management

Ascendis Pharma

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Palo Alto • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $220,000 - $240,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Facilitate the formulation of clinical development and medical evidence generation plans
  • Ensure strategic alignment with goals and priorities of the Ascendis organization
  • Provide a comprehensive view of endocrine portfolio, including a broad perspective of the pipeline and life cycle management activities
  • 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 e.g. when selecting endpoints
  • Support teams in making informed decisions, which have been discussed cross-functionally
  • Assist teams in finding time and space to come together in effective ways
  • Foster readiness (colleagues come prepared) and productive collaboration
  • Promote ways of working that keep the teams organized, and thus permit subject matter experts the time to think and strategize
  • Promote communication and information-sharing
  • Oversee collaboration within and across functions
  • Schedule discussions for interpreting data
  • Plan the flow of data presentations
  • Create tools and visuals for internal sharing of important clinical & medical messages and narratives
  • Cultivate a culture of proactivity i.e. help teams “see beyond the horizon”
  • Promote a sense of accountability
  • Lay strong foundations for the organization’s short- and long-term successes

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 MS
  • 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
  • Various incentive compensation plans
  • Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
  • Mental Health resources
  • Paid leave benefits for new parents
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
clinical developmentmedical evidence generationlife cycle managementdata presentationstakeholder engagementscientific thinking
Soft Skills
strategic alignmentcollaborationcommunicationorganizational skillsinfluencejudgementproactivityaccountability
Certifications
MDPhDPharmDMS