Senior Manager, Global Scientific Materials and Alignment - Job ID: 1971

Ascendis Pharma is a dynamic, fast-growing global biopharmaceutical company with locations in Denmark, Europe, and the United States. Today, we're advancing programs in Endocrinology Rare Disease and Oncology.

Here at Ascendis, we pride ourselves on exceptional science, visionary leadership, and skilled and passionate colleagues.

Guided by our core values of Patients, Science, and Passion, we use our TransCon® drug development platform to fulfill our mission of developing new and potentially best-in-class therapies to address unmet medical needs.

Our culture fosters a place where skilled, adaptable, and highly resourceful professionals can truly make their mark. We offer a dynamic workplace for employees to grow and develop their skills.

Scientific Affairs is a key division within Global Medical Affairs responsible for Scientific Materials and Alignment, Scientific Training and Development, Medical Information, and Publications. As a member of the Global Medical Affairs team, the Senior Manager, Scientific Materials and Alignment, is a key contributor in developing external content to communicate and disseminate Ascendis Pharma’s clinical data, real world evidence, and relevant disease state information. The Senior Manager ensures materials are medically accurate, fair-balanced, and aligned with key strategic scientific messaging. This individual will be a leader in creating innovative and engaging materials for dissemination through multiple platforms. In addition, the Senior Manager will be a key contributor to development of aligned scientific narratives through Scientific Communication Platforms and maintaining a global repository of external medical materials to support medical teams for use in scientific exchange with health care professionals in local affiliates. This individual will work closely with the entire Global Medical Affairs organization, with a focus on endocrine rare diseases.

The position reports to the Associate Director, Global Scientific Materials and Alignment and is a hybrid position based in Princeton, NJ.

Key Responsibilities

Demonstrate a deep understanding of therapeutic areas and expertise with aligned products in endocrine rare diseases, including hypoparathyroidism, achondroplasia, and other therapeutic areas in development

Develop innovative and engaging scientific content for use in external scientific exchange, including but not limited to slide decks, infographics, interactive PDFs, animations, video abstracts, and podcasts

As a subject matter expert, research and develop content that is scientifically accurate, evidence-based, strategic, grammatically correct, referenced using appropriate sources, and consistent with quality and regulatory standards

Provide guidance for the appropriate use of scientific evidence and aligned messaging in materials created by internal cross-functional stakeholders or external partners

Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Clinical Development, local Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Legal, Corporate Communications, Competitive Intelligence, and other groups to ensure successful execution of high impact medical materials and messaging that aligns with Ascendis strategy

Stay abreast of up-to-date information on clinical data relevant to Ascendis programs, the competitive landscape, new therapies, clinical trends, and newly issued regulatory laws and guidance to promptly identify possible impact to scientific materials and strategic messages